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BASIC RIGHTS EDUCATION FUND

EIN 93-1266613 PORTLAND, OR

Revenue 2024
$890,713
Expenses 2024
$1,654,781

Program services were 68.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R26
Classification
2100
Street
PO BOX 40625

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BASIC RIGHTS EDUCATION FUND WILL ENSURE THAT ALL LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER OREGONIANS EXPERIENCE EQUALITY BY BUILDING A BROAD AND INCLUSIVE POLITICALLY POWERFUL MOVEMENT, SHIFTING PUBLIC OPINION AND ACHIEVING POLICY VICTORIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO END DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY.

  • TRANSGENDER JUSTICE WORK: WITHIN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS FACE DISPROPORTIONATE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT, POVERTY, HARASSMENT, ASSAULT AND HOMELESSNESS. INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE AND IDENTITY DOCUMENTS, AS WELL AS DISCRIMINATION AND MISTREATMENT BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CONTRIBUTE TO THESE ADVERSE OUTCOMES. OUR TRANSGENDER JUSTICE PROGRAM SEEKS TO ADDRESS AND COUNTER THESE CONDITIONS THROUGH OUR WORK WITH POLICY MAKERS AND STATE AGENCY STAFF ON THREE KEY ISSUES: TRANSGENDER-INCLUSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR STATE'S EXISTING NONDISCRIMINATION LAW AND IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF TRANSGENDER OREGONIANS IN JAILS AND PRISONS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)ACCORDING TO THE 2015 U.S. TRANS SURVEY, TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE UNEMPLOYED AND TWICE AS LIKELY TO LIVE IN POVERTY THAN THEIR NON-TRANSGENDER PEERS. TO HELP ADDRESS THIS CRISIS, WE ADMINISTER OUR FAIR WORKPLACE TRAINING, WHICH AIMS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OREGON EMPLOYERS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING AN INCLUSIVE AND AFFIRMING WORKPLACE FOR TRANSGENDER EMPLOYEES. DEMAND FOR THE PROGRAM HAS PROVEN HIGH, AND SINCE LAUNCHING IT IN OCTOBER 2016, WE'VE DELIVERED OVER 200 TRAININGS. RECIPIENTS HAVE INCLUDED BUSINESSES, LIKE AMAZON AND PACIFIC BELL, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LIKE THE BUREAU OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY AND THE BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, AND HEALTH CENTERS, LIKE OHSU. IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE A WIDER VARIETY OF TRAINING REQUESTS, WE ARE DIVERSIFYING OUR CONTENT. WE NOW OFFER A SPECIFIC MODULE FOR MEDICAL CENTERS AND RETAIL SETTINGS.WE SIMILARLY PRESENT TRANSGENDER 101 TRAININGS ACROSS THE STATE. IN THE PAST WE'VE OFFERED SESSIONS IN COOS BAY, PENDLETON AND ALBANY, TO NAME A FEW. THESE TRAININGS, WHICH ARE HELD AT WELCOMING CHURCHES, ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND CREATE ALLIES. WE'VE FOUND A HIGH DEMAND FOR THESE PRESENTATIONS AS WELL, WITH THE EVENTS ACROSS THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BASIC RIGHTS IS ALSO COMMITTED TO PRIORITIZING THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR ONGOING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COHORT: CATALYST. THIS YEARLONG COHORT AFFORDS PARTICIPANTS REAL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES TO ACQUIRE SKILLS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE CHANCE TO FIND MENTORS IN THEIR CHOSEN FIELDS. IT FEATURES RESIDENTIAL WEEKEND RETREATS AND DAY-LONG TRAININGS, AS WELL AS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AT LOBBYING, ORGANIZING AND FUNDRAISING. WE PRIORITIZE DIVERSITY IN THE RECRUITMENT OF THIS 20-PERSON COHORT, WITH A GOAL OF AT LEAST 30% OF THE PARTICIPANTS LIVING OUTSIDE THE PORTLAND METRO AREA.

    Expenses $1,083,828 · Revenue $32,500

  • RACIAL JUSTICE WORK: SINCE 2007, BASIC RIGHTS OREGON HAS WORKED TO COUNTERACT STRATEGIES PITTING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AGAINST LGBTQ COMMUNITIES. BASIC RIGHTS IS COMMITTED TO CREATING LGBTQ LEADERSHIP THAT TRULY REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY. THIS MEANS PRIORITIZING GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED, SUCH AS QUEER AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE OF COLOR. WE DO THIS BY WORKING IN COALITION WITH IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING THE FAIR SHOT COALITION.

    Expenses $8,458

  • CIVIC & STATEWIDE ENGAGEMENT: BASIC RIGHTS OREGON SEEKS TO SERVE OREGON'S LGBTQ POPULATION IN EVERY COMMUNITY, EVERY COUNTY AND EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE. A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS APPROACH IS LOCATING AND SUPPORTING THE VIBRANT, GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM THAT'S ALREADY CREATING CHANGE AROUND US. TO HELP FACILITATE THIS EFFORT, WE ORGANIZED A STATEWIDE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT IN EUGENE, WHICH CONTINUED IN 2022. THE SUMMIT WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 100 COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND LEADERS FROM THROUGHOUT OREGON. THE EVENT HELPED TO FOSTER A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF OUR MOVEMENT'S VALUES AND STRATEGIES AND HAD ESPECIALLY STRONG PARTICIPATION FROM YOUTH AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITIES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)IN FY22 THE ORGANIZATION CARRIED OUT A STATEWIDE TOUR, VISTING 8 CITIES ACROSS THE STATE TO PERFORM TRANS 101 AND OTHER TRAININGS AND COORDINATE WITH LOCAL ADVOCATES.

    Expenses $25,912 · Grants $3,053

  • ADVOCACY

    Expenses $14,909

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • KYNDALL MASON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,979
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $143,269
    Other
    $7,710
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $143,269 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,710 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $150,979 related

  • MCKEE TODD ADDAMS

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR THROUGH 06/2024

    Total calculated
    $70,183
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $66,328
    Other
    $3,855
    Hours/week
    24.7 + 15.3 related

  • JACKIE YERBY

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • ROWAN EVERARD

    BOARD CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • AL MACHEMEHL

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • BETSY NATTER

    BOARD TREASURER STARTING 03/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BROOK SHELLEY

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • ROBIN MARIL

    BOARD SECRETARY STARTING 05/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • ERIC GARCIA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CIERRA BROWN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SALLY HSU

    BOARD MEMBER STARTING 06/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARLISLE PEARSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIAN HAMMOND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEN KEUNG

    BOARD MEMBER STARTING 10/2024

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $890,713
    Expenses
    $1,654,781
    Contributions
    $850,954
    Grants paid
    $3,053
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,324,607
    Expenses
    $1,035,295
    Contributions
    $1,250,342
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,078,520
    Expenses
    $815,820
    Contributions
    $926,410
    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
    $986,817
    Expenses
    $877,440
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,138,743

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $657,271
    Expenses
    $796,507
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,125,169

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $593,630
    Expenses
    $711,645
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,107,310

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,038,527
    Expenses
    $622,256
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,217,708

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $838,979
    Expenses
    $613,158
    Assets (EOY)
    $983,144

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,001,816
    Expenses
    $912,691
    Assets (EOY)
    $970,562

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $480,484
    Expenses
    $1,243,790
    Assets (EOY)
    $998,129

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,997,416
    Expenses
    $1,653,407
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,691,995

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,780,097
    Expenses
    $1,416,930
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,306,277

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,407,837
    Assets (EOY)
    $862,847

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.