Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 296 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,567,067 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($8,002,558). 167 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $29M
- Funders on record
- 296
- Grants received
- $48M
- Net assets
- $31M
What Human Rights Campaign Foundation does
Mission
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is organized for the charitable and educational purposes of promoting public education and welfare for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (lgbtq+) community. The hrc foundation envisions a world where lgbtq+ people are ensured equality and embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public education, research, and training:the hrc foundation advances lgbtq+ equality through nonpartisan research, public education, and training across schools, workplaces, healthcare, and communities. In fy25, programs addressed safe schools, health and aging, hiv prevention, voting rights and participation, youth engagement, and economic empowerment. Hrcf continued to develop and publicize key equality indices and e-learning tools to strengthen inclusion nationwide.community programs and outreach:hrcf provides education, technical assistance, and resources that foster safe, affirming environments for lgbtq+ people. These programs trained professionals, supported youth and families, and promoted fairness across education, health, and social service systems.workplace and economic equality:hrcf's workplace equality programs advance lgbtq+ inclusion in employment through research, corporate partnerships, and benchmarking tools that were used to help corporations achieve the most effective and inclusive workplaces. Additional programs focused on financial health and workforce readiness for marginalized lgbtq+ adults.health, well-being, and fair access:through initiatives on health…
$13,492,115 spentof which $832,908 as grants$748,827 earned by the program74% of program spendingCommunications and public awareness:hrcf builds public understanding and visibility for lgbtq+ people and allies through strategic communications, media engagement, and educational outreach. By telling authentic stories and sharing research, hrcf continued to help shape the national conversation around equality and inclusion.
$3,349,090 spentof which $471 as grants18% of program spendingFederal and state advocacy support:in addition to general public education on the importance of lgbtq+ inclusion in law, hrcf made a grant to the human rights campaign (hrc). Through the grant, hrcf supported activities such as advocating for federal legislation that will provide anti-discrimination protections in employment, credit, education, federal funding, housing, jury service and public accommodations, and legislation that will improve the safety and health of the lgbtq+ community.
$1,418,598 spentof which $1,000,000 as grants8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,259,803.
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 2020 to 2021, from $33M to $43M (+28%).
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: 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Jamaul Webster
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 67 funders to 111 funders, grant income rose $4.5M → $6.0M.
53 of 296 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $4.2M from 37 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Silicon Valley Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 296 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
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
76% 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 HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 27% · 2019 29% · 2020 30% · 2021 15% · 2022 15% · 2023 17% — 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
45% of HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
61% of HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $19M that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 36 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29M arriving through sponsors registered in 21 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
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 63 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 63 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $24k on record.
- CONSULTANTS$16k
- INSTR SUPPORT SERVICES$5k
- ASSOC DUES AND CONF FEES$3k
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 HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 48 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: 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 HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION?
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 296 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,567,067 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($8,002,558). 167 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 296 organizations giving $47,567,067 in grants to HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION, 167 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $8,002,558 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 296 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