North Carolina · Nonprofit
The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc
The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,912,949 to it, the largest being LAUGHING GULL FOUNDATION ($521,150). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $867k
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $509
What The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc does
Mission
To create a community where all LGBTQ+ lived experiences are affirmed, supported, and celebrated.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The LGBTQ Center of Durham commits to centering the experiences of those who are the most marginalized among us. The Center provides housing navigation, emergency and financial assistance, and mental health resources, and supports survivors of sexual and domestic violence through support groups, survivor advocacy, and crisis response. The Center also hosts PRIDE Durham, an annual festival that promotes bringing love and activism back to the forefront to drive stronger connections and further growth and success in a tumultuous political climate.
$1,476,251 spentof which $287,175 as grants$139,787 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,476,251.
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 2023 to 2024, from $846k to $20k (−98%).
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: 2023 35% · 2024 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $35k → $558k.
8 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 23 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
The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
71% 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 LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 51% · 2021 42% · 2022 25% · 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
57% of The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
52% of The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc'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 $924k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $989k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.2M
- Department of Justice$600k
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 The LGBTQ Center of Durham 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 LGBTQ Center of Durham 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 The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc?
- The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,912,949 to it, the largest being LAUGHING GULL FOUNDATION ($521,150). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,912,949 in grants to The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc?
- LAUGHING GULL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $521,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The LGBTQ Center of Durham Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 23 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