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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,537,203
Total expenses
$13,575,797
Contributions and grants received
$17,293,653
Grants paid
$1,065,691
Program service revenue
$10,373
Investment income
$1,246,527
Other revenue
-$13,350
Total assets, end of year
$40,240,583
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,192,338
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$37,048,245
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,723,825
Management and general expenses
$2,093,072
Fundraising expenses
$1,758,900
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,723,825

Program services were 71.6% 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

    $247,680

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $17,045,973

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,167

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Honoraria

    total $10,373 · related or exempt $10,373

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,246,527 · excluded $1,246,527

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $18,840

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

    $247,680

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $85,615

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$66,775 · excluded -$66,775

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $53,425 · excluded $53,425

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $53,425

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $841,885 · program services $841,885

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $126,812 · program services $126,812

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $96,994 · program services $96,994

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,023,619 · program services $329,684 · management and general $552,072 · fundraising $141,863

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,656,324 · program services $3,287,978 · management and general $681,661 · fundraising $686,685

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $82,227 · program services $59,340 · management and general $9,114 · fundraising $13,773

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $857,588 · program services $566,336 · management and general $167,816 · fundraising $123,436

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $431,855 · program services $275,870 · management and general $86,956 · fundraising $69,029

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $212,355 · program services $190,192 · management and general $19,601 · fundraising $2,562

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,886 · management and general $45,886

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $27,714 · fundraising $27,714

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $68,332 · management and general $68,332

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,898,343 · program services $1,653,563 · management and general $90,516 · fundraising $154,264

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $233,069 · program services $95,498 · fundraising $137,571

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $289,208 · program services $188,933 · management and general $56,554 · fundraising $43,721

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $373,534 · program services $240,075 · management and general $70,295 · fundraising $63,164

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $465,117 · program services $300,097 · management and general $91,992 · fundraising $73,028

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,099,383 · program services $954,909 · management and general $55,447 · fundraising $89,027

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $248,919 · program services $234,187 · management and general $7,976 · fundraising $6,756

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $43,919 · program services $28,132 · management and general $9,232 · fundraising $6,555

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $42,838 · program services $27,365 · management and general $8,626 · fundraising $6,847

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other expenses

    total $171,962 · program services $127,665 · management and general $33,279 · fundraising $11,018

  • 24b · Other expenses: Staff/Volunteer development

    total $103,308 · program services $66,956 · management and general $21,178 · fundraising $15,174

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank fees

    total $90,731 · program services $1,195 · management and general $16,568 · fundraising $72,968

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $29,581 · program services $29,634 · management and general -$29 · fundraising -$24

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,294 · program services $525 · fundraising $13,769

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,559,721 · end of year $4,794,373

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,474,942 · end of year $4,396,422

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $115,490 · end of year $7,528

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $141,264 · end of year $256,860

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

    $262,987

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

    $171,905

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $55,222 · end of year $91,082

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $28,055,892 · end of year $29,762,229

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,164,267 · end of year $932,089

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,289,313 · end of year $1,400,042

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $413,491 · end of year $498,964

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,299,131 · end of year $1,293,332

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,247,665 · end of year $16,257,096

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,317,198 · end of year $20,791,149

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Transgender Law Center TLC changes law, policy and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.

  • BLACK LGBTQIA+ MIGRANT PROJECT: In 2023, BLMP deepened engagement of our 300+ national members via an increasing diversity of virtual programming including political and popular education; wellness & healing justice programming; and an immigration legal education series. These efforts strengthen member analysis, resilience, and capacity to navigate immigration systems that affect their own lives. Held third cohort of "Fierce Freedom School" (with Transgender Law Center) for Black trans women; met with program alums and redesigned the program as "Fierce & Free" for Black trans people of all genders; had overwhelming response to first "Fierce & Free " application process. This program builds leadership and organizing skills. Cont'd at Schedule O

    Expenses $2,087,257

  • POLICY & ORGANIZING: The Trans Agenda for Liberation (TA4L) Coalition helped trans organizers and our allies highlight not only challenges trans people face but the many solutions we envision. In the last 12 months, we have onboarded 14 new members. Founding coalition members were featured in the "As Big as the Sky" short film by TLC which highlights the intergenerational wisdom that TLC is cultivating. We have heard from high-school-age trans youth planning national marches about how the TA4L pillars helped them to center marginalized and criminalized trans people of color in their outreach, strategy, and calls to action. We have heard from trans groups planning townhalls aimed at addressing anti-Black, anti-immigrant, and anti-trans policing practices using the TA4L's messaging. Cont'd at Schedule O

    Expenses $1,900,143 · Grants $230,800 · Revenue $10,373

  • LEGAL PROGRAM: TLC?s legal team continued to litigate a range of cases that are having a real impact. Examples of recent successes and ongoing cases include the following: Criminalization of Self-Defense - Victory!: Black and Brown transgender women are being murdered at an alarming rate, yet when they fight back, they are too often arrested for assault or murder. "B" is a Black trans woman in Tennessee who was charged with second-degree murder. We were consulted by her attorney in 2019 and discovered that she was a survivor of human trafficking by multiple people in her life, and that the person she had killed was trafficking her into sex work. Cont'd at Schedule O

    Expenses $1,734,593 · Revenue $10,373

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kris Hayashi

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $195,804
    From this org
    $182,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,400
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $82,404
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $100,000
    Deferred
    $1,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,400
    Filer's total
    $195,804
  • Oluchi Omeoga BLMP Co-

    Director

    Total calculated
    $178,246
    From this org
    $158,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,815
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,993
    Bonus
    $6,910
    Other
    $7,528
    Deferred
    $4,435
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,380
    Filer's total
    $178,246
  • Nolizwe Nondabula BLMP Co-

    Director

    Total calculated
    $175,281
    From this org
    $163,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,480
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,840
    Bonus
    $7,063
    Other
    $8,898
    Deferred
    $4,435
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,045
    Filer's total
    $175,281
  • Shelby Chestnut

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $166,832
    From this org
    $153,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,832
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $500
    Deferred
    $4,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,332
    Filer's total
    $166,832
  • Rose Berry BLMP Co-

    Director

    Total calculated
    $165,459
    From this org
    $161,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,040
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,427
    Bonus
    $6,697
    Other
    $7,295
    Deferred
    $3,636
    Nontaxable benefits
    $404
    Filer's total
    $165,459
  • Billie Chen FinanceOper

    Director

    Total calculated
    $151,496
    From this org
    $127,523
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,973
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,523
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $500
    Deferred
    $3,592
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,381
    Filer's total
    $151,496
  • Bran Fenner

    Dir. People & OC

    Total calculated
    $147,047
    From this org
    $125,213
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,834
    Hours/week
    40
  • Emem Maurus

    Project Legal Dir.

    Total calculated
    $143,125
    From this org
    $120,867
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,258
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lynly Egyes

    Legal Director

    Total calculated
    $142,480
    From this org
    $125,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,585
    Hours/week
    40
  • Meera Vaidyanathan

    Development Dir.

    Total calculated
    $136,306
    From this org
    $121,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,946
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sue Yacka-Bible

    Dir Communications

    Total calculated
    $132,414
    From this org
    $114,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,284
    Hours/week
    40
  • Imara Jones Chair

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chinyere EzieVice Ch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ana Conner Secretary

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cori Parrish Treas

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brielle Darynn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theresa Witherspoon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alic Shook

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louis Porter II

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sunu Chandy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beckham Rivera

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ebony Harper

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Morgan Darby

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Myles Paisley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mat dos Santos

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349322791

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