GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

R26Z

Classification

1200

Street

18 TREMONT ST STE 950

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Mission and programs · 2025

• IN THE PAST YEAR, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT ACHIEVED THE FOLLOWING:LITIGATION:- SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AGAINST A NEW HAMPSHIRE LAW BANNING DEI PROGRAMS ADDRESSING RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, AND DISABILITY.- REPRESENTED FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN RECEIVED TRANSGENDER HEALTHCARE AT CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL AND SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED COURT ORDER BLOCKING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S EFFORTS TO SUBPOENA PRIVATE MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THEM. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)- ARGUED, ON APPEAL, IN DEFENSE OF INJUNCTIONS WE OBTAINED AGAINST THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT TRANSGENDER FEMALE INMATES IN FEDERAL FACILITIES, AND IN OUR CHALLENGE TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S TRANSGENDER MILITARY BAN. - FILED ADDITIONAL LAWSUITS CHALLENGING THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY BLOCKING TRANSGENDER ADULT DEPENDENTS OF SERVICEMEMBERS FROM ACCESSING ESSENTIAL MEDICAL CARE; AGAINST YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH AND CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOR ABRUPTLY TERMINATING MEDICAL CARE FOR TRANSGENDER PATIENTS UNDER 19; AND AGAINST THE MILITARY FOR RESCINDING PROMISED RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO CERTAIN TRANSGENDER AIR FORCE SERVICE MEMBERS. - IN BERNIER V. TURBOCAM, CURRENTLY IN SUMMARY JUDGMENT BRIEFING, GLAD LAW IS CHALLENGING A PRIVATE EMPLOYER'S REFUSAL TO COVER AN EMPLOYEE'S MEDICAL CARE RELATED TO GENDER TRANSITION, CITING RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS.- INTERVENED IN MATTER IN MAINE TO SUCCESSFULLY OBTAIN A COURT ORDER REJECTING A FEDERAL AND STATE EFFORT TO WEAKEN AN AGREEMENT THAT UPHELD THE RIGHTS OF YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES. AMICUS ADVOCACY:- SUBMITTED A NUMBER OF SUPREME COURT AMICUS BRIEFS IN CRITICAL LGBTQ+-RELATED CASES, INCLUDING CASES RELATED TO CONVERSION THERAPY (CHILES V. SALAZAR); TRANSGENDER STUDENTS INCLUSION IN ATHLETICS (BPJ V. WEST VIRGINIA, ET. AL.); AND LGBTQ+ INCLUSION IN EDUCATION (MAHMMOUD V. TAYLOR). - SUBMITTED AMICUS BRIEFS IN COURTS OF APPEALS AROUND THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN DEFENSE OF TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS' ACCESS TO VITAL ID DOCUMENTS.- LED LGBTQ+ COALITION IN AMICUS BRIEF FILING IN CASES CHALLENGING THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION'S MODIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. LEGISLATIVE, REGULATORY, AND POLICY ADVOCACY:- COMMENTED ON AND ULTIMATELY DELAYED THE ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO MODIFY TITLE IX (THE LAW BANNING SEX DISCRIMINATION IN SCHOOLS); ADDRESSING EFFORTS TO EXCLUDE LGBTQ+ STUDENTS FROM FUNDING FOR STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH; - COMMENTED ON A FEDERAL EFFORT TO ERASE TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY STUDENTS FROM DATA COLLECTION ABOUT HARASSMENT- PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN IN OPPOSING A HARMFUL BALLOT INITIATIVE TARGETING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN MAINE.- COMMENTED ON PROPOSED RULES THAT THREATEN HEALTH CARE FUNDING FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH. - PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN DRAFTING AND/OR SUPPORTING, THE ILLINOIS EVERY FAMILY ACT.- ADVOCATED FOR NEW VERMONT CONFIRMATORY ADOPTION LAW TO BOOST SECURITY FOR LGBTQ+ FAMILIES - WORKED IN COALITION TO ADVOCATE FOR A NEW MASSACHUSETTS LAW THAT REMOVES BARRIERS AND INCREASES SECURITY IN THE NAME CHANGE PROCESS, AND A LAW THAT EXPANDED STATE PROTECTIONS FOR ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE AND TRANSGENDER HEALTHCARE. - SUCCESSFULLY OPPOSED EIGHT BILLS IN MAINE THAT TARGETED TRANSGENDER STUDENT ATHLETES, THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, AND THE MAINE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT.ONGOING MISSION:- CONTINUING TO WORK TO DEFEND OBERGEFELL AND NATIONWIDE MARRIAGE EQUALITY. - CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARD THE ERADICATION OF HIV BY ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT WITHOUT UNNECESSARY BARRIERS.

  Expenses $5,590,203 · Revenue $2,517

• IN THE PAST YEAR, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION (CPE) ACHIEVED THE FOLLOWING: PUBLICATIONS & EVENTS:- PUBLISHED GLAD LAW BRIEFS NEWSLETTER: - PRINT EDITION IN JUNE 2025 - ONLINE EDITION IN NOVEMBER 2025.- COORDINATED GLAD LAW'S PARTICIPATION IN BOSTON PRIDE FOR THE PEOPLE, MULTIPLE SMALLER PRIDE EVENTS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND, AND PARTICIPATED IN PALM SPRINGS PRIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)GLAD LAW ANSWERS:- HANDLED 1,800 DISTINCT LEGAL INTAKES THROUGH CALLS AND EMAILS. - PROVIDED LEGAL INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND REFERRALS TO LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING UPDATED INFORMATION AS THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE RAPIDLY CHANGED WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF FEDERAL POLICIES AND COURT RULINGS. ID PROJECT:- HANDLED 276 INTAKES TO OUR ID PROJECT SUPPORTING PEOPLE NEEDING TO UPDATE NAME AND GENDER MARKERS- ONBOARDED TWO ADDITIONAL LAW FIRM PARTNERS TO SUPPORT THE ID PROJECT- STARTED A REFRESH OF ALL 6 NEW ENGLAND ID GUIDES (ONGOING) HOSTED COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS ON KEY TOPICS:- FIRST 100 DAYS COMMUNITY BRIEFING MAY 2025- SUPREME COURT TERM DEBRIEF JULY, 2025- BACK TO SCHOOL: MASSACHUSETTS LGBTQ STUDENTS RIGHTS BRIEFING SEPTEMBER 2025- SUPREME COURT PREVIEW OCTOBER 2025- SPIRIT OF JUSTICE COMMUNITY EVENT SAFEGUARDING CIVIL RIGHTS: STATE STRATEGIES FOR PROGRESS NOVEMBER 2025- ONE YEAR LATER: LGBTQ+ RIGHTS UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JANUARY 2026- COMMUNITY BRIEFING ON TRANSGENDER STUDENT RIGHTS AT THE SUPREME COURT, CO-HOSTED WITH ACLU OF MASSACHUSETTS FEBRUARY 2026 STRATEGIC MESSAGING & RESEARCH:- RAN A SUSTAINED MEDIA OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO TELL THE STORY OF TRANSGENDER SERVICE MEMBERS BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRANSGENDER MILITARY BAN WENT INTO EFFECT. THIS INCLUDED A VIDEO STORY PROJECT AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH DIGITAL CREATORS TO SHARE THE VIDEOS ON VETERANS' DAY- COMPLETED A MESSAGE RESEARCH PROJECT ON STRENGTHENING FAMILY TIES: LGBTQ FAMILY RECOGNITION AND FAMILY BUILDING, WITH EXTERNAL RESEARCH PARTNERS.- BEGAN DEVELOPMENT OF A SECOND EDITION OF THE BOOK TRANSGENDER FAMILY LAW. WRITING AND EDITING ARE ONGOING AND WE ANTICIPATE PUBLISHING AT THE END OF 2026.POLICY CONVENINGS:- HELD QUARTERLY RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCATES MEETINGS.- HOSTED AN IN PERSON NEW ENGLAND POLICY CONVENING IN SEPTEMBER 2025 IN WORCESTER, MA, WITH ADVOCATES FROM SIX STATES.

  Expenses $2,276,021

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $11,617,669

  Expenses

  $9,747,181

  Contributions

  $11,335,780

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $10,767,148

  Expenses

  $7,842,076

  Contributions

  $10,516,860

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $7,972,364

  Expenses

  $5,667,590

  Contributions

  $7,943,747

  Grants paid

  $15,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,659,358

  Expenses

  $4,734,014

  Contributions

  $4,674,382

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,190,845

  Expenses

  $4,335,537

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,851,942

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,075,629

  Expenses

  $4,275,441

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,026,895

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,132,941

  Expenses

  $4,317,496

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,432,627

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,422,798

  Expenses

  $3,909,056

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,611,819

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,750,432

  Expenses

  $3,445,443

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,990,991

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,459,109

  Expenses

  $3,130,971

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,644,789

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,312,804

  Expenses

  $3,361,495

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,566,620

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $4,428,378

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,902,340

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,793,115

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,815,719

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• EQUALITY FLORIDA INSTITUTE

  $15,000

  2023 · PARTNERING WITH PRIDE PARTNERSHIP

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Grants received

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $1,000,000

  2024 · COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $422,474

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $334,283

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $283,650

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $260,066

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $254,505

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• THE DALLAS FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $91,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS

  $77,250

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $76,932

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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