California · Nonprofit
THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER
THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER (California) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,679,170 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ($1,663,040). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $7.7M
- Net assets
- $26M
What The San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center does
Mission
The san diego lgbt community center enhances and sustains the health & well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and hiv communities to the betterment of our entire san diego region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community services and programs:latin@ services: created in 2004, latin@ services provides lgbtq+ latino/a san diegans a safe, affirming, culturally appropriate environment to access health information and enroll in supportive services. Latin@ services offers a wide variety of groups in both english and spanish and provides participants who are living with hiv with health-enhancing skills. Additional services include case management, skill-building and support groups, client advocacy services, immigration services, benefits enrollment, and language translation services. The center is proud to be the first lgbt center in the united states to have a dedicated latino/a services program.men's services: from social events to discussion groups, the center has a wide variety of programming for men, including games & grub for an evening of socializing with interesting men of all ages, discussion groups, social opportunities, volunteering options and other services.senior services: senior services creates a safe space where those age 50 and "better" have access to important resources and referrals regarding healthcare, social services, and community activities. This program provides a…
$2,663,519 spentof which $272,800 as grants$209,079 earned by the program23% of program spendingHousing services and programs: sunburst youth housing project (yhp): yhp provides affordable and supportive housing for san diego's homeless youth, with a special focus on lgbtq+ 18- to 24-year-old youth. The primary goal is to increase housing stability for san diego's homeless youth and prevent future episodes of homelessness. The 23-unit development is located in downtown san diego, close to city college, public transportation, community health facilities, and other essential resources.karibu permanent supportive housing program: karibu provides 21 units of affordable and supportive housing for the lgbtq+ community, ages 18+ through a scattered site housing model.lgbtq safe s.t.a.y. Wellness center: this program provides overnight emergency housing for transitional age youth, ages 18-24. Resources include gender-neutral living quarters and restrooms, showers, laundry facilities, clothing, and toiletries, as well as lgbtq+-empowering staff and case managers who provide access to resources and referrals, with a focus on locating permanent housing for the youth.host home program: this program identifies, screens, and trains community members who are known to the youth (18-24) and…
$6,512,296 spent55% of program spendingBehavioral health services: the center offers a wide range of professional counseling services for individuals, couples/families, and groups. Specialized services include chemical dependency/substance abuse counseling, gender-expansive services, the relationship violence treatment & intervention program (rvtip), grief groups, and bilingual services.
$1,148,653 spent10% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$1,497,893 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,822,361.
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 2021 to 2022, from $13M to $32M (+150%).
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: 2017 38% · 2018 34% · 2019 32% · 2020 45% · 2021 51% · 2022 18% · 2023 44% · 2024 62% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Caroline Dessert
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $264k → $1.1M.
20 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 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 SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
74% 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 SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 53% · 2019 53% · 2020 20% · 2021 26% · 2022 33% · 2023 55% — 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
35% of THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
54% of THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER'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 $3.5M that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$3.4M
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 SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Center Advocacy Project · exempt
- Engage San Diego Action Fund · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER?
- THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER (California) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,679,170 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ($1,663,040). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $7,679,170 in grants to THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER?
- JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO is the largest funder on record, with $1,663,040 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER 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 57 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