Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc
LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,111,756 to it, the largest being DAVID BOHNETT FOUNDATION ($1,298,717). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 79
- Grants received
- $8.1M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc does
Mission
LGBTQ Victory Institute works to achieve and sustain equality through leadership development, trainings, research and convenings. We work around the globe to increase the number, expand the diversity, and ensure the success of out LGBTQ+ elected and appointed officials at all levels of government.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference: The annual conference for LGBTQ+ leaders provides a collegial, informative, and friendly environment for networking, leadership development, and discussion among out LGBTQ+ public leaders in government, advocacy, politics, and business. Local, state, federal, and international officials gather to exchange ideas and best practices for serving their communities and advancing equality.
$749,506 spent17% of program spendingGlobal Program: Victory Institute works with local partners globally to build LGBTQ+ political participation in countries where LGBTQ+ elected officials are rare and LGBTQ+ equality remains elusive. Victory Institute offers trainings, works with political parties, builds visibility campaigns and institutes other programs in-country to support out leaders. It also holds the Conference of LGBTI Political Leaders of the Americas and Caribbean every other year with more than 600 LGBTQ+ elected officials and activists in attendance.
$611,418 spent$145,886 earned by the program14% of program spendingResearch and Communications: Victory Institute manages the Out for America map, a database and research tool that documents every known openly LGBTQ+ elected official in the United States. It also releases an annual Out for America research report that analyzes the current state of LGBTQ+ representation in elected office by demographics and position levels. Victory Institute also promotes the work and achievements of LGBTQ+ elected officials in the media and through its email listserv. It will provide media strategy and support to elected officials who face homophobic or transphobic attacks as well.
$470,146 spent11% of program spendingCandidate & Campaign Trainings and LGBTQ+ Public Leadership Summits: Victory Institute's renowned Candidate & Campaign Training provides individuals with the practical and technical skills they need to plan and prepare for a candidacy, on a non-partisan basis. The Leadership Summits offer out leaders an opportunity to explore public service opportunities in their communities, including public office. Both training programs are tailored to the realities of running for and serving in office as an out LGBTQ+ person.
$429,031 spent10% of program spendingVictory Congressional Internship: This program matches college students with members of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, whose members are committed to achieving full human rights for LGBTQ+ people. The Congressional interns have the rare opportunity to work directly with elected leaders on Capitol Hill and receive 40 hours of professional development training from Victory Institute. There are two cohorts per year, in spring and summer. The goal is to expose interns to inclusive leaders in public service.
$317,706 spent7% of program spendingAll other program services
$1,817,072 spent41% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,394,879.
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 2019 to 2020, from $195k to $1.8M (+802%).
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: 2022 7% · 2023 15% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of LGBTQ Victory Institute 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. 5 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose $541k → $1.6M.
27 of 79 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 LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 79 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
LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
53% 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 Victory Institute Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 35% · 2019 29% · 2020 31% · 2021 13% · 2022 16% · 2023 19% — 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
51% of LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc's funding base is broadening — from 10 funders to 38 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9k on record.
- Agency for International Development$9k
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 LGBTQ Victory Institute 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 7 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LGBTQ Victory Institute 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 LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc?
- LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,111,756 to it, the largest being DAVID BOHNETT FOUNDATION ($1,298,717). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc have?
- IRS filings report 79 organizations giving $8,111,756 in grants to LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc, 50 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc?
- DAVID BOHNETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,298,717 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc 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.
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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 79 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