California · Nonprofit
LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC
LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC (California) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,492,526 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($610,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $5.5M
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center Inc Lyric does
Mission
The primary purpose of this corporation is to build community and inspire positive social change through education enhancement, career trainings, health promotion, and leadership development with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questionable youth, their families, and allies of all races, classes, genders, and abilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing: supports youth facing housing insecurity and homelessness in san francisco by providing consistent, individualized case management and connecting them to appropriate community resources, including housing, healthcare, education, and employment services. The program is supported by dedicated housing navigators who work closely with youth to assess their needs, provide guidance, and help them navigate complex systems. A program manager oversees the housing component, ensuring that the services are tailored and aligned with each youth's goals and needs. The organization served 283 clients during the fiscal year.
$836,091 spentof which $2,000 as grants$2,377,593 earned by the program22% of program spendingYouth workforce development/tay leadership (career development): lyrics youth workforce development/career development programs provide lgbtqq and straight ally youth with the knowledge, skills, abilities, and experiences that prepare them for the work world. Through this program, youth learn to: engage in activities that build their emotional and intellectual capacity; succeed in school and explore post-secondary pathways to cultivate economic self-sufficiency; obtain meaningful work experience that builds their basic job readiness/leadership skills; and develop the means to thrive as individuals, utilizing critical thinking/problem solving skills to contribute to the vitality of their communities. We also offer a 12-week internship option where participants receive individualized support, job-readiness training, and project-based learning opportunities. The program deepens participants. Understanding of social issues, supports job skills development and community connection, and engages youth in a culminating group project to address a community need. The organization served 44 clients during the fiscal year.
$319,821 spent$245,770 earned by the program9% of program spendingCommunity programs (drop-in): is a drop-in community space designed to foster identity development and a strong sense of purposeful belonging among youth. Rooted in cultural, gender responsive, trauma informed, and youth centered practices, the program emphasizes inclusion, respect for differences, and collaborative co-creation within a safe, gender affirming environment. These core values ensure the program remains relevant, meaningful, and impactful.developed in response to community needs, the program aligns with strategic goals to enhance youth self-esteem, foster purposeful connections with peers and caring adults, and build social awareness.program delivery is supported by a dedicated team that includes a program manager, two youth advocates, and one drop-in services coordinator. Together, they provide accessible drop-in services and continuous support to youth participants. Services include short term case management, peer identity support groups, and community building programs that strengthen social connections and empower youth through shared experiences. The organization served 175 clients during the fiscal year.
$1,476,767 spent$1,240,259 earned by the program40% of program spendingHealth & wellness / violence prevention: lyric decreases the isolation of lgbtq young people and promotes healthy communities of caring peers and adult allies through individualized case management and peer-led groups. Lyric provides one-on-one support to all participants through mentorship, supervision, counseling, and informal meetings with individuals. When a participant requires more substantial wraparound support, youth receive case management to create and carry out a more holistic, individualized service plan (isp) to address a myriad of needs. The organization served 82 clients during the fiscal year.schools (q-groups):established in 2011, lyric's school program is a model of bringing lyric's over 30 years of expertise with lgbtqq youth directly into sfusd school communities. Lyric school-based initiative's purpose is to educate and build allyship among students, school staff, and families to create learning environments where lgbtqq youth can be successful and truly thrive. Q groups support bipoc middle and high school queer, transgender, gender nonconforming, and questioning youth in the school setting through structured group programming addressing issues such as…
$1,090,399 spent$1,231,373 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,723,078.
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 $3.8M to $5.4M (+40%).
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 72% · 2018 82% · 2019 83% · 2020 75% · 2021 55% · 2022 63% · 2023 73% · 2024 83% · 2025 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% 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.
Chief executive
Laura Lala-Chavez
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $220k → $293k.
12 of 54 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 YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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 YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
56% 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 YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 47% · 2019 58% · 2020 49% · 2021 21% · 2022 26% · 2023 34% — 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
52% of LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
72% of LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC has grown faster than half of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.0M
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.
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC: 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 YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC?
- LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC (California) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,492,526 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($610,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $5,492,526 in grants to LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $610,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 54 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing