Lavender Rights Project

Analysis

Lavender Rights Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Lavender Rights Project reported income of $2.8m and spending of $2.3m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $630k to $2.8m (+341%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 267%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Lavender Rights Project sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services Inc ($2.8m), First at Blue Ridge Inc ($2.8m) and The Immigration Project Inc ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 1.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $154k (6.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $365k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 21 employees.