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PROJECTQ

PROJECTQ (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,509,040 to it, the largest being WEINGART FOUNDATION ($300,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$963k
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$1.5M
Net assets
$23k
10/25 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 44%
01What it does

What Projectq does

Mission

Projectq provides free gender affirming haircuts, self empowering workshops, food & hygiene boxes, gender affirming clothing, chest binders, menstrual products, and so much more to lgbtqia+ youth experiencing homelessness.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The pq store. This program provides (from the organization's office) free fresh vegetables, dry goods and hygiene products to service receivers with the intention of nourishing their minds and eliminating one obstacle from their path. Though this program is designed to meet the needs of young trans people of color, everyone is welcome.

    $11,206 spentof which $11,206 as grants
    1% of program spending
  2. The program for housing insecure queer youth of color in the los angeles area experiencing nutrition scarcity (food & hygiene boxes). This monthly program provides free care packages of fresh vegetables, dry goods and hygiene products to service receivers with the intention of nourishing their minds and eliminating one obstacle from their path. Though this program is designed to meet the needs of young trans people of color, everyone is welcome.

    $28,522 spentof which $28,522 as grants
    4% of program spending
  3. The organization provides free gender affirming clothing to lgbtqia+ youth experiencing homelessness who are in need of self care assistance.

    $2,157 spentof which $2,157 as grants
    0% of program spending
  4. The organization provides more programs (all in support of its charitable purpose) including self empowering workshops, gender affirming haircuts, job placement, free closet and community events.

    $710,419 spentof which $16,446 as grants
    94% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $752,304.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($411k) Expenses 100 ($220k) Net assets 100 ($150k)2021 Revenue 109 ($448k) Expenses 210 ($461k) Net assets 93 ($139k)2022 Revenue 234 ($963k) Expenses 491 ($1.1M) Net assets 15 ($23k)
202020212022
Revenue (234)Expenses (491)Net assets (15)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $177k to $77k (−56%).

$194k
$177k
$77k
202020212022
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 15% · 2021 3% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of PROJECTQ’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$191k
’20
−$13k
’21
−$116k
’22
0.8
months of
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

Madin Lopez

Executive director

As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.

202020212022
Listed599
Joined·+7+0
No longer listed·30
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $10k → $220k.

10 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 PROJECTQ’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

PROJECTQ has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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

57% 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 PROJECTQ.

20%
largest funder
56%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 48% · 2020 49% · 2021 31% · 2022 24% · 2023 45% — 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

25% of PROJECTQ's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

95% of PROJECTQ's grant income comes from California funders.

NY
CA
MD
TX

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

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $405k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PROJECTQ has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,081 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−12% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.8mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)53% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,081 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2022

Organizations like PROJECTQ

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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 30%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
89%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

51%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PROJECTQ: 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 PROJECTQ?
PROJECTQ (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,509,040 to it, the largest being WEINGART FOUNDATION ($300,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PROJECTQ have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,509,040 in grants to PROJECTQ, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PROJECTQ?
WEINGART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PROJECTQ 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2020–2022), and the filings of 25 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