Totals
- Total revenue
- $15,659,809
- Total expenses
- $18,078,690
- Contributions and grants received
- $14,273,673
- Grants paid
- $2,504,259
- Program service revenue
- $228,284
- Investment income
- $1,230,002
- Other revenue
- -$72,150
- Total assets, end of year
- $37,700,839
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,922,299
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $34,778,540
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $13,340,547
- Management and general expenses
- $2,741,976
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,996,167
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $13,340,547
Program services were 73.8% 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
$321,417
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$13,952,256
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$147,111
-
2a · Program service revenue: Case Fees
total $197,823 · related or exempt $197,823
-
2b · Program service revenue: Contract Fees
total $10,000 · related or exempt $10,000
-
2c · Program service revenue: Honoraria
total $20,461 · related or exempt $20,461
-
3 · Investment income
total $1,230,002 · excluded $1,230,002
-
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
$16,200
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$321,417
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$94,251
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$78,051 · excluded -$78,051
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous
total $5,901 · excluded $5,901
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$5,901
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $2,318,354 · program services $2,318,354
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $135,905 · program services $135,905
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $50,000 · program services $50,000
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $832,487 · program services $320,134 · management and general $372,028 · fundraising $140,325
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $5,477,253 · program services $3,617,925 · management and general $1,045,004 · fundraising $814,324
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $115,583 · program services $76,820 · management and general $19,590 · fundraising $19,173
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,304,852 · program services $829,085 · management and general $265,999 · fundraising $209,768
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $458,946 · program services $284,123 · management and general $100,018 · fundraising $74,805
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $380,539 · program services $263,737 · management and general $115,376 · fundraising $1,426
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $45,477 · management and general $45,477
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $37,825 · fundraising $37,825
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $101,569 · management and general $101,569
-
11g · Fees: other
total $2,171,302 · program services $1,834,315 · management and general $144,538 · fundraising $192,449
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $368,249 · program services $212,554 · fundraising $155,695
-
13 · Office expenses
total $406,876 · program services $220,598 · management and general $125,302 · fundraising $60,976
-
14 · Information technology
total $459,818 · program services $292,283 · management and general $82,278 · fundraising $85,257
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $428,911 · program services $268,956 · management and general $91,512 · fundraising $68,443
-
17 · Travel
total $2,005,138 · program services $1,850,968 · management and general $79,775 · fundraising $74,395
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $498,767 · program services $404,455 · management and general $66,756 · fundraising $27,556
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $63,707 · program services $41,765 · management and general $12,553 · fundraising $9,389
-
23 · Insurance
total $47,346 · program services $29,552 · management and general $10,180 · fundraising $7,614
-
24a · Other expenses: Other expenses
total $207,376 · program services $201,103 · management and general $2,330 · fundraising $3,943
-
24b · Other expenses: Staff/Volunteer development
total $96,483 · program services $58,430 · management and general $25,521 · fundraising $12,532
-
24c · Other expenses: Bank fees
total $38,294 · program services $2,312 · management and general $35,907 · fundraising $75
-
24d · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions
total $27,633 · program services $27,173 · management and general $263 · fundraising $197
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $4,794,373 · end of year $2,568,540
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $4,396,422 · end of year $4,975,514
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $7,528 · end of year $445,458
-
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 $256,860 · end of year $198,654
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$209,963
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$102,979
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $91,081 · end of year $106,984
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $29,762,229 · end of year $28,715,265
-
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 $932,090 · end of year $690,424
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,400,042 · end of year $1,665,546
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $498,964 · end of year $465,447
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,293,332 · end of year $791,306
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $16,257,096 · end of year $14,459,815
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $20,791,149 · end of year $20,318,725
Mission and programs · 2024
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.
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POLICY & ORGANIZING: TLC provided training, convening and strategy opportunities to hundreds of transgender leaders, and built capacity of allies in related social justice movements to support this work through an array of programs. The organization worked in coalition to engage leaders from across the country to educate the public regarding its expansive vision and to build movement alignment. To protect youth, TLC has played a critical national support, coordination, and convening role, working with groups where the attacks against trans people are centered, especially in the South and the Midwest. TLC is collaborating with key partners in the South to center the leadership and expertise of Southern trans policy groups and advocates to build a shared strategy to counter the intensity of the backlash against trans people.
Expenses $3,465,595 · Grants $1,461,186 · Revenue $10,000
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BLACK LGBTQIA+ MIGRANT PROJECT: The Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) builds and centers the power of Black LGBTQIA+ migrants to ensure the liberation of all Black people through organizing and base-building, deportation defense, and strategic communications. BLMP uses leadership development, capacity building, and organizing to address the ways in which Black LGBTQIA+ migrants are criminalized by the legal and immigration systems and marginalized in the broader migrant community as well as in racial and economic justice movements
Expenses $2,417,515 · Grants $135,905
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LEGAL PROGRAM: TLC's legal program succeeded in a variety of efforts to pursue legal protections for trans people. This included class action suits to ensure proper treatment in prisons, challenging overreach by governmental entities acting against organizations that support trans individuals, and filing amicus briefs to ensure courts hear important arguments on behalf of trans people. The organization's free, national legal Helpdesk and its Prison Mail Program responded to thousands of requests. Further, TLC incubates projects providing legal and humanitarian assistance to individuals in need.
Expenses $1,928,160 · Revenue $218,284
-
BORDER BUTTERFLIES PROJECT
Expenses $1,452,927 · Grants $207,000
-
NARRATIVE LAB
Expenses $1,192,978 · Grants $490,000
-
COMMUNICATIONS
Expenses $1,187,578
-
DISABILITY JUSTICE PROJECT
Expenses $815,588
-
POSITIVELY TRANS
Expenses $445,004
-
TRUTH/GENDER JUSTICE LEADERSHIP PROJECT
Expenses $327,062 · Grants $210,168
-
BLACK TRANS CIRCLES
Expenses $108,140
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Shelby Chestnut
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $242,455
- From this org
- $224,783
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,672
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $162,283
- Bonus
- $62,000
- Other
- $500
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,672
- Filer's total
- $242,455
-
Oluchi Omeoga BLMP Co-
Director
- Total calculated
- $209,754
- From this org
- $181,090
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,664
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $155,310
- Bonus
- $6,362
- Other
- $19,418
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,664
- Filer's total
- $209,754
-
Rose Berry BLMP Co-
Director
- Total calculated
- $185,880
- From this org
- $167,323
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,557
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,310
- Bonus
- $6,796
- Other
- $7,217
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $18,557
- Filer's total
- $185,880
-
Nolizwe Nondabula BLMP Co-
Director
- Total calculated
- $184,240
- From this org
- $161,840
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,400
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,310
- Bonus
- $7,242
- Other
- $1,288
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,400
- Filer's total
- $184,240
-
Bran Fenner Managing
Director
- Total calculated
- $175,987
- From this org
- $147,205
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,782
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $141,125
- Bonus
- $2,000
- Other
- $4,080
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,782
- Filer's total
- $175,987
-
Billie Chen FinanceOper
Director
- Total calculated
- $173,392
- From this org
- $143,384
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,008
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $133,613
- Bonus
- $2,000
- Other
- $7,771
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,008
- Filer's total
- $173,392
-
Lynly Egyes
Legal Director
- Total calculated
- $168,081
- From this org
- $137,604
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,477
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $135,604
- Bonus
- $2,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,477
- Filer's total
- $168,081
-
Emem Maurus
Project Legal Dir.
- Total calculated
- $155,893
- From this org
- $128,988
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,905
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $126,988
- Bonus
- $2,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $26,905
- Filer's total
- $155,893
-
Meera Vaidyanathan
Development Dir.
- Total calculated
- $154,192
- From this org
- $135,406
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,786
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $133,406
- Bonus
- $2,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $18,786
- Filer's total
- $154,192
-
Sue Yacka-Bible
Dir Communications
- Total calculated
- $147,679
- From this org
- $125,351
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,328
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Harry Itie
BLMP Comm. Dir.
- Total calculated
- $143,621
- From this org
- $126,441
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,180
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Imara Jones Chair
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Chinyere EzieVice Ch
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Phillipe CunninghamVice Ch
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ana Conner Secretary
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Myles Paisley Treas
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Diamond Collier
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
-
Jayy Covert
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Daroneshia Duncan-Boyd
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gwendolyn Rogers
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 7: Non-Fixed payments not listed above
- TLC paid a nonfixed bonus amount of $60,000 (out of the total $62,000 bonus) to Shelby Chestnut. In October 2024, the board finished it's annual Executive Director compensation review and market/industry comparative research, and approved a raise of $60,000 starting 1/1/2025; for 2024 they approved a one-time bonus of the same amount, $60,000 at that time, in order to address the industry salary gap for 2024 as well. All other bonuses given to staff, including Shelby's $2,000 end-of-year bonus and those listed on page 2, were fixed.
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
-
$1,206,186
Transformation & Emergent Funds
-
$280,168
TRUTH/Gender Justice
-
$255,000
Freedom Oaklahoma
-
$80,000
Border Butterflies Proj.
-
$77,000
Narrative Lab
-
$70,000
Narrative Lab
-
$70,000
Narrative Lab
-
$70,000
Narrative Lab
-
$70,000
Narrative Lab
-
$70,000
Narrative Lab
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503159349302675
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