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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 FY2024
$3.5M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$2.9M
Net assets
$1.0M
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

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 FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Robert carr fund (rcf): mpact manages sub-contracts with 12 other networks and 5 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 and the two consortia it leads 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.

    $1,185,989 spentof which $1,187,698 as grants
    54% of program spending
  2. In 2024, mpact reached over 500,000 lgbti people with social media messaging and funding for sexual health services. Mpact supported 12 regional networks and 37 community based organizations. Distributed 1.1 m in grants and contracts, provided technical assistance to people and organizations in 31 countries.

    $612,177 spentof which $25,000 as grants
    28% of program spending
  3. Gilead: through funding from gilead, mpact worked with senior people of color living with hiv in the us and queer people living with hiv in mexico, colombia and brazil. These projects provided opportunities for communities to come together, discuss stigma and barriers to wellness and health in their lives, and develop advocacy strategies. The projects also produced narratives around living with hiv and other issues for podcasts, social media and public meetings.

    $228,132 spent
    10% of program spending
  4. Gsk: mpact was able to produce vaccine education for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. The vaccines included: mpox, hepatitis, hpv and meningococcus. Education spots appeared online in social media and on platforms such as grindr.

    $181,147 spent
    8% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,207,445.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.6M) Expenses 100 ($3.5M) Net assets 100 ($205k)2018 Revenue 112 ($4.1M) Expenses 108 ($3.8M) Net assets 224 ($459k)2019 Revenue 101 ($3.6M) Expenses 103 ($3.6M) Net assets 223 ($458k)2020 Revenue 97 ($3.5M) Expenses 104 ($3.7M) Net assets 151 ($309k)2021 Revenue 95 ($3.4M) Expenses 93 ($3.3M) Net assets 230 ($471k)2022 Revenue 96 ($3.5M) Expenses 76 ($2.7M) Net assets 627 ($1.3M)2023 Revenue 27 ($982k) Expenses 31 ($1.1M) Net assets 261 ($536k)2024 Revenue 98 ($3.5M) Expenses 86 ($3.0M) Net assets 510 ($1.0M)
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Revenue (98)Expenses (86)Net assets (510)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 2022 to 2023, from $1.8M to $1.0M (−44%).

$1.3M
$2.0M
$1.5M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.8M
$1.0M
$1.4M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 1% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% 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).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$86k
’17
$254k
’18
−$451
’19
−$150k
’20
$162k
’21
$815k
’22
−$115k
’23
$528k
’24
3.4
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

Andrew Spieldenner

Executive Director

Board chair

Jorge Saavedra

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017201820192020202120222024
Listed1212141313139
Joined·+2+2+4+3+1·
No longer listed·20531·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $330k → $64k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Lazy Bear Fund Incunclassified
$50k
funders
1
2
2
1
3
3
2
2

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).

35%
largest funder
86%
top three
~4
effective funders

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.

NY
CA
NC

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve3.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 19%Fundraising 8%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

87%

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 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing