New York · Nonprofit
GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC
GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,761,106 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC ($1,960,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What Global Action for Trans Equality Inc does
Mission
Gate is an international advocacy organization committed to promoting justice and equality for trans and gender diverse communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Movement building: with over 200 participants, gates unite! Advocate! Thrive! The program yielded key insights into global priorities, which we will utilize as we move into our strategic planning for 2027-2032. Gate supported the organization of the strategic summit for intersectional and inclusive democracies. Gate attended the un civil society conference in nairobi on 9 - 10 may and became a member of 3 impact coalitions: gender, information integrity and safety, and underrepresented groups. Gate supported the formation of a trans-led network in this region by supporting the transgender red umbrella (tgru) organization. The swana region is characterized by relative legal hostility, systemic underfunding, and limited advocacy opportunities for trans-led initiatives.
$1,068,631 spentof which $228,736 as grants$240,629 earned by the program65% of program spendingHuman rights: toolkits published: recognizing, documenting and addressing anti-gender opposition & turning the tide: a toolkit to combat anti-gender extremism. Gate hosted the 8th un trans advocacy week along with our partners, 13 trans and gender diverse activists from around the world were brought to the un headquarters in geneva to attend the 56th session of the human rights council. Gate collaborated with global network of sex work projects (nswp) and other sex worker-led organizations to plan joint advocacy actions in response to the uns special rapporteur on violence against womens harmful reports. Gate supported the drafting of declaration 25+ that increases protections for human rights defenders, including trans and gender diverse activists. Gate supported three national trans-led organizations in estonia, guinea, and kenya to prepare reports on trans rights for submission to un human rights mechanisms, highlighting critical issues faced by the communities in the respective countries.
$308,238 spentof which $9,000 as grants$25,135 earned by the program19% of program spendingProgram health: gates leadership in the whos gender affirming care guidelines process marks a historic step toward addressing these disparities and promoting inclusive healthcare systems that prioritize community needs. Gates community rights and gender (crg) project aims to strengthen the participation and inclusion of the trans and gender diverse community in national hiv, tuberculosis (tb) and malaria responses. Gates is a member of the guideline development group (gdg) of the world health organizations (who) gender-affirming healthcare guidelines and is supporting the development of the first who guidelines on the health of trans and gender diverse people. Gates presence at the world professional association for transgender health (wpath) symposium in lisbon provided us with an opportunity to gather together the latest research and trans- and gender diverse-led initiatives in this global space. The international working group on transmasculine people & hiv, coordinated and funded by gate, seeks to address the exclusion of trans men and transmasculine people from hiv responses by producing and disseminating critical knowledge on trans men and hiv and developing strategies to…
$264,641 spentof which $11,500 as grants$32,955 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,641,510.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.6M to $3.1M (+89%).
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 37% · 2018 18% · 2019 10% · 2020 16% · 2021 7% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Erika Castellanos
Executive director
Board chair
Simon Petitjean
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $150k → $374k.
7 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
26% 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 GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 57% · 2019 62% · 2020 45% · 2021 42% · 2022 39% · 2023 80% — 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
33% of GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
94% of GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $832k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 978 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 978 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
35%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC?
- GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,761,106 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC ($1,960,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $4,761,106 in grants to GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC?
- WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,960,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 21 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