Massachusetts · Nonprofit
GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC
GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 132 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,294,075 to it, the largest being GILL FOUNDATION ($3,424,000). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 132
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc does
Mission
Legal advocates & defenders for the lgbtq and people with hiv communities - see sch o
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
In the past year, the legal department achieved the following:litigation:- successfully obtained a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against a new hampshire law banning dei programs addressing race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability.- represented families whose children received transgender healthcare at children's national hospital and successfully obtained court order blocking the department of justice's efforts to subpoena private medical information about them. (continued on schedule o)- argued, on appeal, in defense of injunctions we obtained against the federal administration to protect transgender female inmates in federal facilities, and in our challenge to the administration's transgender military ban. - filed additional lawsuits challenging the administration's policy blocking transgender adult dependents of servicemembers from accessing essential medical care; against yale new haven health and connecticut children's medical center for abruptly terminating medical care for transgender patients under 19; and against the military for rescinding promised retirement benefits to certain transgender air force service members. - in…
$5,590,203 spent$2,517 earned by the program71% of program spendingIn the past year, the communications and public education (cpe) achieved the following: publications & events:- published glad law briefs newsletter: - print edition in june 2025 - online edition in november 2025.- coordinated glad law's participation in boston pride for the people, multiple smaller pride events across new england, and participated in palm springs pride for the first time. (continued on schedule o)glad law answers:- handled 1,800 distinct legal intakes through calls and emails. - provided legal information, resources, and referrals to lgbtq+ individuals, including updated information as the legal landscape for lgbtq+ people rapidly changed with the introduction of federal policies and court rulings. Id project:- handled 276 intakes to our id project supporting people needing to update name and gender markers- onboarded two additional law firm partners to support the id project- started a refresh of all 6 new england id guides (ongoing) hosted community education events on key topics:- first 100 days community briefing may 2025- supreme court term debrief july, 2025- back to school: massachusetts lgbtq students rights briefing september 2025- supreme court preview…
$2,276,021 spent29% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,866,224.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $9.1M to $12M (+30%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 2% · 2021 2% · 2022 11% · 2023 13% · 2024 1% · 2025 1% · 2026 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ricardo Martinez
Executive director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 58 funders, grant income rose $950k → $2.3M.
39 of 132 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 132 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 52% · 2019 39% · 2020 28% · 2021 32% · 2022 35% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 18 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC's funding base is broadening — from 25 funders to 58 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 148 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2026
Government funding GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1k on record.
- (HH) CONSULTANT SVCS (TO DEPTS)$1k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 14 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC?
- GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 132 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,294,075 to it, the largest being GILL FOUNDATION ($3,424,000). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 132 organizations giving $17,294,075 in grants to GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC, 72 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC?
- GILL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,424,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 132 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing