California · Nonprofit
THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF)
THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF) (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,894,389 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,000,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $615k
What The Global Forum on Msm & HIV (Msmgf) does
Mission
To advocate for equitable access to effective hiv prevention, care, treatment, and support services for gay men and bisexual men, including those living with hiv, while promoting their health and human rights worldwide.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Robert carr fund (rcf): mpact manages sub-contracts with 4 other networks and 3 consultants working at global and regional level to promote awareness about the hiv needs of men who have sex with men. With this grant from the robert carr fund, mpact leads a consortia to focus on catalyzing movements to decriminalize homosexuality; and steer national, regional and global investment trends towards sustainable, community-led, evidence-informed, and rights-based programming tailored to the specific needs of gay men and other men who have sex with men. There is a focus in underfunded regions where unmanaged, concentrated hiv epidemics among gay men persist. Mpact also emphasizes cross-regional peer exchange to strengthen institutional and advocacy capacity.
$323,611 spentof which $228,752 as grants27% of program spendingEjaf power in q: mpact is developing a process to estimate population size for gay, bi and queer men, and transgender and gender diverse people in ghana, senegal, indonesia and mozambique. The purpose of the population size estimates is to advance advocacy for resources for gay, bi, queer men and trans and gender diverse people. Mpact subcontracts to 5 organizations and 3 contractors to implement this project. In 2025, mpact completed the model after many attempts, and did one partner visit in ghana.
$148,245 spentof which $92,500 as grants12% of program spendingLove alliance 2025: mpact provides technical assistance and strategic planning for the love alliance on advocacy for gay, bi and queer men's rights in south africa, zimbabwe, mozambique, kenya, uganda, burundi, nigeria, burkina faso, egypt and morocco. Through this funding, mpact and partners from these countries attended advocacy meetings at who, unaids, the us government (including usaid), and funders concerned about aids. In 2025, mpact and partners from love alliance countries attended advocacy meetings in washington, dc, new york, ny, geneva, switzerland, and cape town, south africa.
$103,396 spentof which $25,000 as grants9% of program spendingIn 2025, mpact reached over 1,500,000 gay and bisexual men with health messaging over social media platforms. In addition, mpact convened 200 gay and bisexual men in leadership development and community building activities in five countries. Mpact distributed $850,000 in grants and contracts to organizations in 45 countries.
$626,974 spentof which $386,398 as grants$58,665 earned by the program52% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,202,226.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.8M to $1.0M (−44%).
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: 2021 1% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF)’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Andrew Spieldenner
Executive director
Board chair
Jorge Saavedra
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $330k → $64k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $29k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest AIDS Project Los Angeles). These are real filings, and they are not money THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF) raised.
From the IRS filings of THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF)’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
THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 58% · 2019 92% · 2020 100% · 2021 73% · 2022 83% · 2023 84% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF) draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF) is better cushioned than half of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF)
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
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
89%
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 THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF): 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 THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF)?
- THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF) (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,894,389 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,000,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF) have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $2,894,389 in grants to THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF), 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF)?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV (MSMGF) 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 5 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