California · Nonprofit
THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT
THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,558,206 to it, the largest being LEVI STRAUSS FOUNDATION ($276,833). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $772k
What The Transgender District does
Mission
The mission of The Transgender District is to create an urban environment that fosters the rich history, culture, legacy, and empowerment of transgender people and its deep roots in the southeastern tenderloin neighborhood. Our vision is to stabilize and economically empower the transgender community through ownership of homes, businesses, historic and cultural sites, and safe community spaces.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
We run an entrepreneurship accelerator program for queer and transgender people of color who aspire to start a business project. The program requires participation in webinars, information sessions, coaching/mentorship and holds a six-week time commitment- with sessions occurring once or twice a week. The Transgender District's entrepreneurship accelerator program will begin the long, overdue, and necessary work to empower both existing and new efforts led by black trans organizations and individuals.
$216,945 spentof which $165,248 as grants17% of program spendingOur rent stabilization & eviction prevention program is dedicated to providing essential support to low-income transgender and gender nonconforming tenants in the tenderloin and broader san francisco. Addressing the economic disparities that contribute to housing insecurity, including higher rates of unemployment and limited job opportunities, this program offers essential assistance to those facing housing insecurity and at-risk of eviction.
$12,700 spentof which $12,700 as grants1% of program spendingThe districts social justice and community outreach programs included the following for fiscal year 2024: 1. Community assessments and town halls to gather feedback and guide the organization's impact reports. 2. Community advisory committee was launched and facilitated 8 monthly meetings and initiating key programs such as the "hire trans folks"campaign. 3. Tgnc health & wellness fair. A fair created to address the barries to accessing health care and wellness resources for our community. 4. Arbor day was held and the district partnered with the "friends of the urban forest and san francisco public works department to plant 100 trees in the tenderloin district to promote urban beautification 5. Quarterly artist residency meetings featured trans and non-binary artists through ai-powered exhibits to increase visibility and artistic recognition. 6. Lip sync battles and music showcase events were held in partnership with mid-market arts and tl museum and reached over 70 attendees. 7. Sounds of the tenderloin in partnership with the tenderloin museum spotlighted local trans talent through co-sponsored cultural programing. 8. Walking tours and film screenings hosted historical tours…
$1,029,508 spent82% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,259,153.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.
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 59% · 2025 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $5k → $558k.
7 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 TRANSGENDER DISTRICT’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 TRANSGENDER DISTRICT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
67% 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 TRANSGENDER DISTRICT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 79% · 2023 32% — 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
70% of THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $453k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 TRANSGENDER DISTRICT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 479 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT: 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 TRANSGENDER DISTRICT?
- THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,558,206 to it, the largest being LEVI STRAUSS FOUNDATION ($276,833). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,558,206 in grants to THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT?
- LEVI STRAUSS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $276,833 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 20 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