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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,708,016
Total expenses
$6,198,967
Contributions and grants received
$8,755,892
Grants paid
$81,850
Program service revenue
$736,270
Investment income
$153,694
Other revenue
$62,160
Total assets, end of year
$8,791,422
Total liabilities, end of year
$524,125
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,267,297
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,358,687
Management and general expenses
$1,051,609
Fundraising expenses
$788,671
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,358,687

Program services were 70.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $13,320

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,742,572

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $225,379

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CASE FEES

    total $698,712 · related or exempt $698,712

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP REV

    total $24,958 · related or exempt $24,958

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $12,600 · related or exempt $12,600

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $137,173 · excluded $137,173

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $3,811 · excluded $3,811

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $643,245

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $626,724

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $16,521

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $16,521 · excluded $16,521

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $159,322

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $13,320

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $101,227

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $58,095 · excluded $58,095

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $254 · excluded $254

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $254

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $81,850 · program services $81,850

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $599,235 · program services $374,646 · management and general $81,269 · fundraising $143,320

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,918,116 · program services $2,223,096 · management and general $374,976 · fundraising $320,044

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $85,750 · program services $57,931 · management and general $10,764 · fundraising $17,055

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $414,603 · program services $273,347 · management and general $74,269 · fundraising $66,987

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $250,646 · program services $171,260 · management and general $39,385 · fundraising $40,001

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $253,960 · program services $107,253 · management and general $146,707

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $118,410 · program services $989 · management and general $117,201 · fundraising $220

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $11,160 · fundraising $11,160

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $17,038 · management and general $17,038

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $328,423 · program services $197,946 · management and general $40,530 · fundraising $89,947

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,244 · program services $873 · management and general $177 · fundraising $194

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $89,686 · program services $28,944 · management and general $54,595 · fundraising $6,147

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $138,760 · program services $82,160 · management and general $10,355 · fundraising $46,245

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $244,328 · program services $172,133 · management and general $34,217 · fundraising $37,978

  • 17 · Travel

    total $82,478 · program services $71,878 · management and general $7,612 · fundraising $2,988

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,644 · program services $4,644

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $40,870 · program services $28,732 · management and general $5,753 · fundraising $6,385

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $50,454 · program services $13,693 · management and general $36,761

  • 24a · Other expenses: SETTLEMENT EXPENSES

    total $230,000 · program services $230,000 · management and general $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP EXPE

    total $223,363 · program services $223,363

  • 24c · Other expenses: CASE EXPENSES

    total $13,949 · program services $13,949

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,550 · end of year $170,772

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,122,385 · end of year $2,982,971

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $309,150 · end of year $1,245,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,840 · end of year $19,866

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $106,780 · end of year $118,812

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $164,198

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $102,809

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $66,949 · end of year $61,389

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,419,159 · end of year $4,105,363

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $185,224 · end of year $87,249

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $342,267 · end of year $439,241

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,507 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $173,002 · end of year $84,884

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,815,816 · end of year $6,716,065

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $886,445 · end of year $1,551,232

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS (NCLR) IS A NATIONAL LEGAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ACHIEVING FULL CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THROUGH IMPACT LITIGATION, PUBLIC POLICY WORK, DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, AND COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ORGANIZATION MISSION STATEMENT CONTINUATION. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS (NCLR) IS A NATIONAL LEGAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ACHIEVING FULL CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH IMPACT LITIGATION, PUBLIC POLICY WORK, DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, AND COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

  • LEGAL: NCLR RESPONDED RAPIDLY TO SEVERAL DISCRIMINATORY EXECUTIVE ORDERS IMPACTING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY SINCE THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IN JANUARY OF 2025. NCLR FILED TALBOTT V. UNITED STATES ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL PLAINTIFFS CHALLENGING EXECUTIVE ORDER 14183: PRIORITIZING MILITARY EXCELLENCE AND READINESS WHO ARE FIGHTING TO RETAIN THEIR EMPLOYMENT IN THE ARMED SERVICES. NCLR ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF THREE TRANSGENDER WOMEN IN DOE V. BONDI, A CHALLENGE TO A FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS POLICY WHICH WOULD OVERRIDE PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT PROTECTIONS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, INCLUDING TRANSGENDER WOMEN, AND WOULD TERMINATE ALL MEDICAL CARE FOR GENDER DYSPHORIA FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. BOTH SUITS SECURED PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS IN OUR FAVOR. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)IN ADDITIONAL TO DIRECT LITIGATION, NCLR SUBMITTED AMICUS BRIEFS IN SHILLING V. UNITED STATES, A SECOND CHALLENGE TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 14183, UNITED STATES V. SKRMETTI, A CASE CHALLENGING TENNESSEE'S LAW BANNING MEDICAL CARE FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH AND CHILES V. SALAZAR, A CASE CHALLENGING COLORADO'S CURRENT BAN ON THE HARMFUL PRACTICE OF CONVERSION THERAPY.

    Expenses $2,642,461 · Revenue $711,312

  • IMMIGRATION: NCLR IMMIGRATION PROJECT HOGAR {HOME} IS A LEADER ON LGBTQ IMMIGRATION ISSUES, BOTH WORKING DIRECTLY WITH IMMIGRANT CLIENTS AND ENGAGING AROUND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY. OUR EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS ARE BOTH EFFECTIVE AND HELP TO BUILD A SOLID BODY OF CASE LAW, MAKING IT EASIER FOR OTHER ATTORNEYS TO SUCCESSFULLY REPRESENT LGBTQ IMMIGRATION CASES. WE PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SERVING IMMIGRANTS AND PARTICIPATE IN LEGAL CLINICS. IN ADDITION, WE ARE PART OF A NETWORK OF LGBTQ IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS THAT COMMUNICATE REGULARLY TO SHARE STRATEGIES AND STAY UPDATED ON ONGOING POLICY CHANGES. NCLR REMAINS COMMITTED TO OUR CLIENTS (80-100 CLIENTS SERVED ANNUALLY) AND THE LARGER LGBTQ IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)RESPONDING TO 300-500 REQUESTS FOR LGBTQ IMMIGRATION RELATED INFORMATION EACH YEAR. THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION SEEKS TO DEPORT 3,000 PEOPLE A DAY AND A TOTAL OF ONE MILLION PEOPLE PER YEAR. FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 288,000 UNDOCUMENTED LGBTQ IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY, THE THREAT OF DEPORTATION IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING. MANY OF OUR CLIENTS FLEE COUNTRIES WHERE BEING LGBTQ IS CRIMINALIZED AND SOMETIMES PUNISHABLE BY DEATH. DEPORTATION CAN BE A DEATH SENTENCE.

    Expenses $348,032

  • BORN PERFECT: IN MARCH OF 2025, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DECIDED TO TAKE UP A CHALLENGE TO THE TENTH CIRCUIT'S RULING UPHOLDING COLORADO'S LAW PROHIBITING CONVERSION THERAPY FOR MINORS. NCLR HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS CASE, ALONGSIDE THE STATE OF COLORADO, ORGANIZING EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE COURT HEARS FROM A ROBUST ARRAY OF AMICUS CURIAE PARTIES TO UNDERSCORE THE CRITICAL ROLE THESE LAWS PLAY IN PROTECTING MINORS FROM DRAMATICALLY INCREASED RISKS OF SUICIDALITY, DEPRESSION AND FAMILIAL DISRUPTION THIS "THERAPY" CAUSES. NCLR ENGAGED IN A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN CENTERED AROUND THE SUPREME COURT CASE TO ENSURE THAT PARENTS AND POLICYMAKERS ALSO UNDERSTAND THESE HARMS, AND EMPHASIZING THAT 22 STATES AND MORE THAN 150 CITIES HAVE PASSED LAWS OR ORDINANCES BANNING (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THESE PRACTICES FOR MINORS. THE CAMPAIGN DEVELOPED AND COORDINATED A MESSAGING STRATEGY ACROSS A COALITION OF MOVEMENT PARTNERS THAT INCLUDED EARNED MEDIA, SOCIAL NETWORKING CAMPAIGNS, AND EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS TO BROADEN SUPPORT FOR BANNING THE PRACTICE NATIONWIDE.

    Expenses $296,742

  • ALL OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $1,071,452 · Grants $81,850 · Revenue $24,958

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • IMANI RUPERT-GORDON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $293,247
    From this org
    $268,452
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,795
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,452
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,281
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,514
    Filer's total
    $293,247

  • ELIZABETH KIM

    CO-CHAIR (THRU 08/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ELISA DIANA HUERTA

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DULCE GARCIA

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • KAREN BOWEN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DOM BRASSEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JAMILA CAMBRIDGE

    DIRECTOR (THRU 03/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEN CORNELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ZOE DUNNING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIN FAHY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMANDA HAMILTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SAYDEAH HOWARD

    DIRECTOR (THRU 04/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHLOE LEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MOREY RIORDAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALLISON SPARKS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HILLARY SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GWEN TILLMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHANNON MINTER

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $283,487
    From this org
    $232,352
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,135
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $232,352
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,189
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,946
    Filer's total
    $283,487

  • CHRISTOPHER F STOLL

    SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $228,964
    From this org
    $195,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,424
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,540
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,118
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,306
    Filer's total
    $228,964

  • JULIANNA S GONEN

    FEDERAL POLICY DIR. (THRU 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $205,111
    From this org
    $170,454
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,657
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,454
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,279
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,378
    Filer's total
    $205,111

  • AMY WHELAN

    SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $184,626
    From this org
    $176,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,263
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,363
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,369
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,894
    Filer's total
    $184,626

  • SHAUNA R MADISON

    VP OF PEOPLE, CULTURE AND EQUITY AND COMPLIANCE CO

    Total calculated
    $198,172
    From this org
    $180,638
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,534
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,638
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,632
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,902
    Filer's total
    $198,172

  • JENNIFER BING

    VP OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $205,407
    From this org
    $168,582
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,825
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,582
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,214
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,611
    Filer's total
    $205,407

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • NCLR SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND

    501(C)(4) · ADVOCATE FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by NATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
1 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610969349300921

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