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Lgbtq S A V E S

Lgbtq S A V E S (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,651 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($30,403). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$82k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$104k
Net assets
$34k
3/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 25%
01What it does

What Lgbtq S A V E S does

Mission

LGBTQ SAVES empowers LGBTQ youth aged 12-24 in Fort Worth by fostering safe and brave spaces for social connection personal growth and community support. Through in-person and virtual weekly meetings Pride events and inclusive community dinners we create a nurturing environment for youth and their families.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. SCHOLARSHIPS We believe showing up matters. Each July we award scholarships to youth who are active in our programs.

    $5,165 spent
    4% of program spending
  2. Community Outreach and Involvement - PROGRAMS EMPOWERING LGBTQ+ YOUTH: Our goal is to support youth in growing learning and thriving in the community.

    $114,860 spent
    84% of program spending
  3. Family Programs - We offer many opportunities throughout the year for families and caregivers to participate alongside their youth. We value working in partnership with families and are committed to supporting the people who support our youth.

    $16,407 spent
    12% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $136,432.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($117k) Expenses 100 ($108k) Net assets 100 ($100k)2024 Revenue 70 ($82k) Expenses 137 ($148k) Net assets 34 ($34k)
20232024
Revenue (70)Expenses (137)Net assets (34)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $100k to $34k (−66%).

$100k
$34k
20232024
Total assets

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.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of Lgbtq S A V E S’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,557 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’23
−$66k
’24

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

Sharon Herrera

Founder and Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

20232024
Listed33
Joined·+0
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $6k → $29k.

5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 Lgbtq S A V E S’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

Lgbtq S A V E S has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

74% 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 Lgbtq S A V E S.

29%
largest funder
54%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 94% · 2021 67% · 2022 42% · 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

43% of Lgbtq S A V E S's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 21% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

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

63% of Lgbtq S A V E S'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 $38k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from Texas funders.

WI
RI
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $66k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Lgbtq S A V E S's revenue fell 30% between 2023 and 2024.

Operating margin−80% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−30% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,880 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like Lgbtq S A V E S

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 Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Lgbtq S A V E S?
Lgbtq S A V E S (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,651 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($30,403). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Lgbtq S A V E S have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $103,651 in grants to Lgbtq S A V E S, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Lgbtq S A V E S?
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,403 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Lgbtq S A V E S find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 14 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