Washington · Nonprofit
Lavender Rights Project
Lavender Rights Project (Washington) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,650,265 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($1,125,694). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $7.7M
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What Lavender Rights Project does
Mission
Lavender Rights Project elevates the power, autonomy, and leadership of the black intersex & gender diverse community through intersectional legal and social services. We utilize the law as an organizing principle to affirm our civil rights and self-determination. Our organization disrupts oppressive systems that target black gender diverse and intersex communities of color and lead to disproportionate levels of poverty, housing disparities, and gender-based violence, especially among black and indigenous people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2023, Lavender Rights Project established a Public Policy program that focuses on public policy advocacy efforts, strategic partnerships, and coalition building that creates systemic change. With a proliferation of anti-Black and anti-trans legislation recently, we work to directly influence public policies in Washington State and nationally that remove historical barriers to liberation.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
DeCrim: LRP works to end the criminalization of Black communities through legal advocacy, community power building, and targeted political action. We work to disrupt transmisogynoir everywhere by collaborating with those most impacted by violence, injustice, and discrimination. By investing in the safety of our community, LRP is fighting for the liberation of those most vulnerable. Among our key achievements in 2023 is the passage of the Shield Law, safeguarding those seeking gender-affirming care from discrimination and legal repercussions. We also successfully advocated for budget line items specifically allocated for gender-affirming healthcare, ensuring that these essential services are adequately funded and accessible to all trans community members. Through our Movement Lawyering efforts we seek to decriminalize Black communities by tracking legislative activities and plugging into partnerships that build community support through action and will provide direct legal services to select cases that align with these efforts. We are currently focusing on a campaign to end Cash Bail in the state of Washington which disproportionately impacts low-income Black people, especially…
$876,134 spentof which $10,147 as grants$12,500 earned by the program52% of program spendingEconomic Justice: LRP recognizes Economic Justice as a cornerstone of protecting all Black life and the long-term safety of Black gender diverse communities. We prioritize direct economic support and movement building as answers to legacies of workplace discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence. In 2022, LRP launched a two-year pilot Guaranteed Base Income (GBI) program to provide a small group of people at risk of houselessness with a $1,000 monthly stipend that supported immediate stabilization. We are currently evaluating the data from the pilot program and working with partners to expand GBI. In addition, LRP intends to build our Economic Justice focus to explore issues like reparations, employment, small business support, and financial education for members of our community.
$90,940 spentof which $63,987 as grants5% of program spendingHousing Justice: LRP's Housing Justice department is committed to equity, inclusivity, integrity, and adaptability to best serve our community. We center our Housing Justice work around education and advocacy, actively influencing policy discussions in King County and throughout Washington State, ensuring the inclusion of experiences and voices of Black gender diverse individuals. Additionally, our program conducts specialized trainings for agencies serving Black trans women and femmes. These sessions focus on fostering informed, educated, and continuously evolving staff members dedicated supporting and empowering our community. Through our Wellness Nexus, we are dedicated to enhancing holistic well-being by providing resources and referrals in the areas of physical wellness, mental wellness, and spiritual/social wellness. This program envisions a community where individuals thrive in every aspect of their lives. Open to all marginalized people, we utilize our own experience as Black trans people and specialize in services that create broad impact. Our 2023 policy advocacy contributed to the Health Through Housing initiative, which redirected $16 million in jail funds to support…
$432,569 spentof which $573 as grants$29,000 earned by the program26% of program spendingPublic Policy: Established in 2023, LRP's Policy Department focuses on public policy advocacy efforts, strategic partnerships, and coalition building that creates systemic change. With a proliferation of anti-Black and anti-trans legislation recently, we work to directly influence public policies in Washington State and nationally that remove historical barriers to liberation. Our policy team recently hosted a national policy convening in Atlanta with Black trans policy leaders from around the country to identify shared priorities and coordinate a collective response. We are also working with Washington state partners to publish our 2025 Washington state legislative priorities. As we look ahead to 2025, we are building power by creating stability, joy, and safety for all people with a focus on the Black community, especially gender diverse people.
$283,064 spentof which $28,298 as grants17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,682,707.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $3.9M to $5.3M (+37%).
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: 2018 2% · 2019 38% · 2020 20% · 2021 20% · 2022 20% · 2023 26% · 2024 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of Lavender Rights Project’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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
Jaelynn Scott
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 26 funders, grant income rose $8k → $1.7M.
22 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 Lavender Rights Project’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 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
Lavender Rights Project has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% 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
78% 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 Lavender Rights Project.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 84% · 2019 60% · 2020 25% · 2021 16% · 2022 30% · 2023 22% — 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
32% of Lavender Rights Project's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
71% of Lavender Rights Project's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
Lavender Rights Project runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Lavender Rights Project
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Lavender Rights Project: 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 Lavender Rights Project?
- Lavender Rights Project (Washington) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,650,265 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($1,125,694). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Lavender Rights Project have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $7,650,265 in grants to Lavender Rights Project, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Lavender Rights Project?
- INATAI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,125,694 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lavender Rights Project find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 61 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