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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,502,368
Total expenses
$2,100,969
Contributions and grants received
$3,171,556
Grants paid
$249,236
Program service revenue
$298,719
Investment income
$31,936
Other revenue
$157
Total assets, end of year
$3,097,661
Total liabilities, end of year
$122,064
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,975,597
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,641,510
Management and general expenses
$249,861
Fundraising expenses
$209,598
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,641,510

Program services were 78.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,171,556

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $260,623 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: REGISTRATION FEES

    total $38,096 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,936 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $31,936

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $157 · related or exempt $157 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $157

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $249,236 · program services $249,236

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $270,453 · program services $142,772 · management and general $53,045 · fundraising $74,636

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $40,020 · program services $33,797 · management and general $1,962 · fundraising $4,261

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,005 · program services $12,672 · management and general $4,708 · fundraising $6,625

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $86,909 · program services $45,879 · management and general $17,046 · fundraising $23,984

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $60,257 · program services $0 · management and general $60,257 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,924 · program services $0 · management and general $3,924 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $600,315 · program services $490,074 · management and general $50,163 · fundraising $60,078

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,975 · program services $4,431 · management and general $1,036 · fundraising $508

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,901 · program services $11,305 · management and general $2,576 · fundraising $1,020

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,199 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $3,199

  • 17 · Travel

    total $558,531 · program services $496,101 · management and general $30,504 · fundraising $31,926

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $143,678 · program services $138,499 · management and general $3,641 · fundraising $1,538

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,745 · program services $1,449 · management and general $538 · fundraising $758

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,928 · program services $2,171 · management and general $519 · fundraising $238

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $6,530 · program services $0 · management and general $6,530 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    total $406 · program services $387 · management and general $13 · fundraising $6

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $26,284 · program services $12,486 · management and general $12,985 · fundraising $813

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $673 · program services $251 · management and general $414 · fundraising $8

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,176,811 · end of year $314,793

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $292,259

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $399,803 · end of year $1,346,859

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $32,075 · end of year $22,543

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

    $2,075

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

    $58

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $2,017

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $1,060,311

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $8,794 · end of year $32,732

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $25,640 · end of year $26,147

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $64,063 · end of year $77,934

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $44,130

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $983,058 · end of year $1,698,304

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $596,002 · end of year $1,277,293

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

GATE IS AN INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PROMOTING JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

  • MOVEMENT BUILDING: WITH OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS, GATES UNITE! ADVOCATE! THRIVE! THE PROGRAM YIELDED KEY INSIGHTS INTO GLOBAL PRIORITIES, WHICH WE WILL UTILIZE AS WE MOVE INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR 2027-2032. GATE SUPPORTED THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STRATEGIC SUMMIT FOR INTERSECTIONAL AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACIES. GATE ATTENDED THE UN CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI ON 9 - 10 MAY AND BECAME A MEMBER OF 3 IMPACT COALITIONS: GENDER, INFORMATION INTEGRITY AND SAFETY, AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. GATE SUPPORTED THE FORMATION OF A TRANS-LED NETWORK IN THIS REGION BY SUPPORTING THE TRANSGENDER RED UMBRELLA (TGRU) ORGANIZATION. THE SWANA REGION IS CHARACTERIZED BY RELATIVE LEGAL HOSTILITY, SYSTEMIC UNDERFUNDING, AND LIMITED ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANS-LED INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $1,068,631 · Grants $228,736 · Revenue $240,629

  • HUMAN RIGHTS: TOOLKITS PUBLISHED: RECOGNIZING, DOCUMENTING AND ADDRESSING ANTI-GENDER OPPOSITION & TURNING THE TIDE: A TOOLKIT TO COMBAT ANTI-GENDER EXTREMISM. GATE HOSTED THE 8TH UN TRANS ADVOCACY WEEK ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS, 13 TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE ACTIVISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WERE BROUGHT TO THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN GENEVA TO ATTEND THE 56TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL. GATE COLLABORATED WITH GLOBAL NETWORK OF SEX WORK PROJECTS (NSWP) AND OTHER SEX WORKER-LED ORGANIZATIONS TO PLAN JOINT ADVOCACY ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE UNS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENS HARMFUL REPORTS. GATE SUPPORTED THE DRAFTING OF DECLARATION 25+ THAT INCREASES PROTECTIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, INCLUDING TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE ACTIVISTS. GATE SUPPORTED THREE NATIONAL TRANS-LED ORGANIZATIONS IN ESTONIA, GUINEA, AND KENYA TO PREPARE REPORTS ON TRANS RIGHTS FOR SUBMISSION TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS, HIGHLIGHTING CRITICAL ISSUES FACED BY THE COMMUNITIES IN THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES.

    Expenses $308,238 · Grants $9,000 · Revenue $25,135

  • PROGRAM HEALTH: GATES LEADERSHIP IN THE WHOS GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES PROCESS MARKS A HISTORIC STEP TOWARD ADDRESSING THESE DISPARITIES AND PROMOTING INCLUSIVE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS THAT PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY NEEDS. GATES COMMUNITY RIGHTS AND GENDER (CRG) PROJECT AIMS TO STRENGTHEN THE PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION OF THE TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN NATIONAL HIV, TUBERCULOSIS (TB) AND MALARIA RESPONSES. GATES IS A MEMBER OF THE GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT GROUP (GDG) OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS (WHO) GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE GUIDELINES AND IS SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST WHO GUIDELINES ON THE HEALTH OF TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLE. GATES PRESENCE AT THE WORLD PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSGENDER HEALTH (WPATH) SYMPOSIUM IN LISBON PROVIDED US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER THE LATEST RESEARCH AND TRANS- AND GENDER DIVERSE-LED INITIATIVES IN THIS GLOBAL SPACE. THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TRANSMASCULINE PEOPLE & HIV, COORDINATED AND FUNDED BY GATE, SEEKS TO ADDRESS THE EXCLUSION OF TRANS MEN AND TRANSMASCULINE PEOPLE FROM HIV RESPONSES BY PRODUCING AND DISSEMINATING CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE ON TRANS MEN AND HIV AND DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO INCREASE THE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY IN THE GLOBAL HIV AND OTHER HEALTH RESPONSES.

    Expenses $264,641 · Grants $11,500 · Revenue $32,955

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • CORI ZACCAGNINO

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $147,129
    From this org
    $130,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,129
    Hours/week
    40
  • ERIKA CASTELLANOS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,454
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $140,454
    Hours/week
    40
  • SIMON PETITJEAN

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ABHI MUCHTAR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • AYDEN SCHEIM

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • JAY MULUCHA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ALEXANDRA RODRIGUEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • TAMARA ADRIAN

    BOARD MEMBER (RESIGNED NOVEMBER 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ZAKARIA QID

    BOARD MEMBER (RESIGNED JUNE 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • MONALISA AKINTOLE

    BOARD MEMBER (REMOVED NOVEMBER 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ORNEILL LATIYAH

    BOARD MEMBER (RESIGNED DECEMBER 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • RIKKI NATHANSON

    BOARD MEMBER (RESIGNED NOVEMBER 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
31 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512129349301451

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