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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TRANSLIFELINE.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,665,261
Total expenses
$5,745,015
Contributions and grants received
$4,517,502
Grants paid
$489,197
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$134,332
Other revenue
$13,427
Total assets, end of year
$2,269,289
Total liabilities, end of year
$298,172
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,971,117
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,063,585
Management and general expenses
$964,054
Fundraising expenses
$717,376
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,063,585

Program services were 70.7% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $2,220

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,515,282

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $134,332 · excluded $134,332

  • 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

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other

    total $13,427 · excluded $13,427

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,427

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $119,400 · program services $119,400

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $369,797 · program services $369,797

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $293,171 · program services $146,660 · management and general $118,528 · fundraising $27,983

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,290,975 · program services $2,479,814 · management and general $509,401 · fundraising $301,760

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $38,857 · program services $30,971 · management and general $5,489 · fundraising $2,397

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $490,925 · program services $381,925 · management and general $77,796 · fundraising $31,204

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $284,875 · program services $210,462 · management and general $48,282 · fundraising $26,131

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $24,924 · program services $14,152 · management and general $7,671 · fundraising $3,101

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $90,400 · management and general $90,400

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $10,879 · management and general $10,879

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $223,969 · program services $137,361 · management and general $12,866 · fundraising $73,742

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,871 · program services $2,069 · management and general $1,170 · fundraising $19,632

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,428 · program services $14,124 · management and general $3,654 · fundraising $3,650

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $156,412 · program services $79,423 · management and general $37,886 · fundraising $39,103

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $82,938 · program services $47,615 · management and general $21,920 · fundraising $13,403

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,620 · program services $3,762 · management and general $5,764 · fundraising $25,094

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,346 · program services $1,529 · management and general $1,770 · fundraising $9,047

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,440 · program services $2,127 · management and general $203 · fundraising $110

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,522 · program services $3,007 · management and general $2,719 · fundraising $796

  • 24a · Other expenses: Processing fees

    total $137,379 · fundraising $137,379

  • 24b · Other expenses: Other

    total $21,962 · program services $13,050 · management and general $6,325 · fundraising $2,587

  • 24c · Other expenses: Training & education

    total $7,925 · program services $6,337 · management and general $1,331 · fundraising $257

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,928,029 · end of year $986,676

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6 · end of year $382

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $134,278 · end of year $319,832

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 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 $49,761 · end of year $51,041

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,440 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,293,523 · end of year $911,358

  • 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 $61,467 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $318,164 · end of year $238,172

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $38,060 · end of year $60,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $62,409

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,942,534 · end of year $1,884,237

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $108,337 · end of year $86,880

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Trans Lifeline is a national trans-led 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving the quality of trans lives by responding to the critical needs of our community with direct service, material support, advocacy, and education. Our vision is to fight the epidemic of trans suicide and improve overall life-outcomes of trans people by facilitating justice-oriented, collective community aid.

  • In 2023, Trans Lifelines Hotline program answered a total of 8,947 calls in total, with the top five caller concerns being mental health, disability, financial issues, housing instability, and a lack of access to gender-affirming treatment. Additionally, as part of the process of union recognition and bargaining, the Hotline developed its first-ever set schedule and set operating hours, which were successfully implemented at the beginning of 2024. On a less celebratory note, a significant decrease in funding necessitated the shrinking of the org across all depts, but despite this setback, the number of calls answered in 2023 was roughly the same as the number of calls answered in 2022. That being said, the work that was done to bolster the Hotline in 2023 will result in the org being able to serve substantially more peers, moving forward, than any previous year to date.

    Expenses $2,279,177

  • In 2023, Trans Lifeline's Microgrants program distributed $369,797 in small grants to 403 individuals and $60,000 in grants to 2 small direct-service organizations for updated legal identification documents, legal name and gender changes, gender affirming hair removal access, and post-release and commissary support. Unfortunately, due to funding shortfalls, Trans Lifeline had to pause this program halfway through 2023. Despite this, our Microgrants program was still able to distribute roughly the same amount of money in just half the time, proving the worth of operational improvements made in 2022.

    Expenses $1,236,116 · Grants $489,197

  • In 2023 Trans Lifelines Advocacy program distributed materials for our #SafeHotlines campaign and published the Safe Hotlines project newsletter to over 2.5k subscribers. Additionally, our Advocacy program also surveyed over 250 help-seekers and interviewed over 20 survivors of non-consensual intervention as part of our study in collaboration with American University. The data and findings from this study were disseminated by our research team as part of our report, to be released in 2024, on the impacts of non-consensual interventions on crisis hotline callers.

    Expenses $548,292

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Scout Wolfcave

    Director of Ops

    Total calculated
    $150,353
    From this org
    $137,124
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,229
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,124
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,206
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,023
    Filer's total
    $150,353

  • Yana Walton

    Dir of Advancement

    Total calculated
    $143,508
    From this org
    $129,118
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,390
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ari Luna

    Dir Ppl & Culture

    Total calculated
    $140,397
    From this org
    $127,910
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,487
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jaime Sanchez

    Dir of Comms

    Total calculated
    $131,243
    From this org
    $121,714
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,529
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rebecca Ruechel

    Dir of Technology

    Total calculated
    $126,532
    From this org
    $113,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,730
    Hours/week
    40

  • K Thomas

    Development Dir

    Total calculated
    $117,546
    From this org
    $111,234
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,312
    Hours/week
    40

  • Aisha Naseem

    Interim ED

    Total calculated
    $84,496
    From this org
    $78,486
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,010
    Hours/week
    40

  • C White

    Interim ED

    Total calculated
    $58,278
    From this org
    $58,249
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Orthwein

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tonei Glavinic

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ace Sutherland

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Vicki Harris

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • August Rocha

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Whit Washington

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bianca Salvetti

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ari Taylor-Wolf

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SJ Janjua

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachelle Simpson

    Board Member

    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
  • 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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443109349301034

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