Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,573,543

Total expenses

$4,567,770

Contributions and grants received

$2,272,965

Grants paid

$672,250

Program service revenue

$2,749,066

Investment income

$9,529

Other revenue

-$458,017

Total assets, end of year

$3,611,486

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,241,349

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,370,137

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,805,479

Management and general expenses

$349,216

Fundraising expenses

$413,075

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,805,479

Program services were 83.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• EQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE CONDUCTS PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE AND OUR ALLIES, WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR LGBQ+ PEOPLE IN HEALTHCARE, SCHOOL, AND OTHER SETTINGS. OUR AMERICORPS PROGRAM MENTORS LGBTQ+ MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, TO ENSURE THAT LGBTQ+ STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE ON CAMPUS. OUR OUT AGAINST BIG TOBACCO PROGRAMS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY ENSURE THAT LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE AWARE OF PREDATORY ADVERTISING BY BIG TOBACCO IN LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES AND HAVE THE TOOLS TO ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES TO CURB THAT INFLUENCE IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CALIFORNIA'S VA58 CAMPAIGN, WE CREATED LGBTQ+ YOUTH FOCUSED COVID VACCINATION MATERIALS TO INCREASE THE UPTAKE OF VACCINES AND CORRECT MIS- AND DISINFORMATION. OUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION TRAINING OFFERS HEALTHCARE AND HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS TRAINING ON LGBTQ+ IDENTITIES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR SUPPORTING LGBTQ+ CLIENTS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, OUR TEAM IS WORKING TO DEVELOP AN ONLINE LGBTQ+ TRAINING FOR 7-12TH GRADE CERTIFICATED STAFF IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, EQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE PROVIDES LGBTQ+ PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION AND RESOURCES DESIGNED TO AID THEM IN PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS. THE REAL IMPACT CAMPAIGN PROVIDES LGBTQ+ PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR REDUCING THE HARM OF OPIOID USE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $1,479,041 · Grants $161,000 · Revenue $1,383,522

• EQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE IS DEDICATED TO BUILDING POWER WITHIN THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY BY TRAINING INDIVIDUALS TO SEEK LEADERSHIP ROLES WITHIN CIVIC LIFE. THROUGH THE COMCAST FELLOWSHIP, WE PLACE LGBTQ+ AND ALLIED COLLEGE STUDENTS IN SUMMER INTERNSHIPS WITH CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATIVE OFFICES. THROUGH THE LGBTQ+ LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, WE TRAIN LGBTQ+ LEADERS TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND TO SEEK APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. OUR CALIFORNIA LGBTQ+ LEADERSHIP SUMMIT GATHERS OPENLY LGBTQ+ ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS THE STATE FOR NETWORKING AND TO DISCUSS PRIORITY ISSUES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. NOSOTROS VIHVIENDO PROGRAM BUILDS THE CAPACITY OF EMERGING LEADERS WORKING ON HIV STIGMA REDUCTION AND INTERVENTION IN LATINE COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $401,384 · Grants $60,000 · Revenue $270,387

• EQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE EQUIPS LGBTQ+ AND ALLIED STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO CONDUCT ADVOCACY AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, OUR STOP THE HATE PROJECT GATHERS LEADERS IN THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP IDEAS FOR ADDRESSING THE RISE IN HATE CRIMES AND HARASSMENT OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, AND OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. FAIR SHARE FOR EQUALITY CONVENES LGBTQ+ LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE EACH YEAR TO DISCUSS BUDGET PRIORITIES AND DEVELOP A STRATEGY FOR STATE AND LOCAL BUDGET ADVOCACY IN SUPPORT OF LGBTQ+ RESOURCES. THE BIENNIAL SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS REPORT CARD PROVIDES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSPARENTLY SHARE THEIR POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR CREATING A SAFE SCHOOL CLIMATE. ONCE THE RESULTS OF THE REPORT CARD ARE PUBLISHED, EQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE STAFF TRAINS STUDENT, PARENT, AND EDUCATOR STAKEHOLDERS HOW TO USE THE REPORT CARD AS AN ADVOCACY TOOL FOR PROMOTING SAFE SCHOOL CLIMATES FOR LGBTQ+ STUDENTS AND STAFF. EQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE ALSO CONDUCTS ONGOING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS, WITH THE AIM OF ENSURING HIGH VOTER TURNOUT AND EXCEPTIONAL LEVELS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FROM LGBTQ+ CALIFORNIANS.

  Expenses $1,393,126 · Grants $451,250 · Revenue $1,031,250

• EQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE'S NEVADA-BASED DBA SILVER STATE EQUALITYINSTITUTE CONDUCTED COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INCREASED CIVIC ENGAGEMENTON CRITICAL ISSUES IMPACTING THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. THIS INCLUDEDCRITICAL ONGOING RESPONSE EFFORTS TO COVID-19, RAPID RESPONSE TOADDRESS THE SPREAD OF MPOX, AND ONGOING WORK TO REDUCE THE STIGMAAROUND HIV. ADDITIONALLY,SILVER STATE EQUALITY'S NEVADA STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL CONVENEDSTUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO DISCUSS NEEDED PROTECTIONS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR SUPPORTING LGBTQ+ STUDENTS AND THEIR ALLIES. MOREOVER, SILVER STATE EQUALITY INSTITUTE WORKED ON ITS LEGISLATIVEPRIORITIES FOR 2023 BY MANAGING THE NEVADA EQUALITY COALITION THATSUPPORTS PRO-EQUALITY BILLS MOVING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE THROUGHPUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. SILVER STATE EQUALITY INSTITUTE ALSOCONTINUED TO RUN AN LGBTQ+ YOUTH IN OUT OF HOME PLACEMENTS WORKGROUPCONSISTING OF ORGANIZATIONS PRIMARILY LOCATED IN NEVADA (WITH A FEWNATIONAL PARTNERS) TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF YOUTH IN FOSTERCARE, JUVENILE JUSTICE SETTINGS, AND YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

  Expenses $531,928 · Revenue $63,907

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• EQUALITY CALIFORNIA

  $400,000

  H- ELECTION

• EQUALITY VIRGINIA INC

  $36,250

  HIV MODERNIZATION SUBGRANT

• FRESNO BARRIOS UNIDOS

  $15,000

  TOBACCO HEALTH DISPARITIES SUBGRANT

• Q YOUTH FOUNDATION

  $15,000

  STATE OF CALIFORNIA TRUSTED MESSENGER SUBGRANT

• POMONA PRIDE CENTER INC

  $14,250

  CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SUBGRANT

• IMPERIAL VALLEY LGBT RESOURCE CENTER

  $13,250

  COVID VACCINE AWARNESS AND CA EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SUBGRANTS

• COMMUNITY PARTNERSLATINO EQUALITY ALLIANCE

  $12,500

  TOBACCO HEALTH DISPARITIES SUBGRANT

• AGUILAS

  $10,000

  LATINX HEALTH AWARENESS SUBGRANT

• COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

  $10,000

  LATINX HEALTH AWARENESS SUBGRANT

• RAINBOW COMMUNITY CENTER OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

  $10,000

  LATINX HEALTH AWARENESS SUBGRANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

• EQUALITY CALIFORNIA

  501(C)(4) · EQUALITY · CA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

8 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202433179349304448

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