Equality California Institute
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 68-0438008. Reported 103 grants totalling $4,836,793 to 74 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Equality California Institute, the IRS classifies it under public & societal benefit rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE W99) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 74 distinct organizations, with 17% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 21% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $8,125 and $27,000; the smallest was $7,000 and the largest $400,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equality California | Los Angeles, CA | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Equality California Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $700,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $455,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Transgender Health and Wellness Center | Palm Springs, CA | $182,958 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fairness Education Fund Inc | Louisville, KY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Freestate Legal Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mississippi Center for Justice | Jackson, MS | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| AIDS Foundation of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equality Florida Institute Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equality Foundation of Georgia Inc | Atlanta, GA | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equality Virginia | Richmond, VA | $145,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nashville C a R E S Inc | Nashville, TN | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pomona Pride Center Inc | Pomona, CA | $113,534 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Garden State Equality Fund | Asbury Park, NJ | $108,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Transfamily Support Services | San Diego, CA | $101,348 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Imperial Valley Lgbt Resource Center | El Centro, CA | $74,551 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Divine Truth Unity Fellowship Church | San Bernardino, CA | $62,509 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lgbtq Collaborative | Modesto, CA | $58,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $57,625 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Source Lgbt Center Inc | Visalia, CA | $45,143 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trans-E-Motion | Clovis, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Equality Federation Institute | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Queer Humboldt | Arcata, CA | $28,125 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Somos Familia Valle | Sun Valley, CA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chinese for Affirmative Action | San Francisco, CA | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oasis Legal Services | Berkeley, CA | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ca Transcends Global | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Act for Women and Girls | Visalia, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brothers of the Desert Corporation | Palm Springs, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Bay Sanctuary Covenant | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North County Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Questioning Resource | Oceanside, CA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Lgbtq Community Center of the Desert | Palm Springs, CA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Unique Womans Coalition | W Hollywood, CA | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Q Youth Foundation | Arcata, CA | $18,125 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance Inc | Modesto, CA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pride Panthers Coalition Inc | Fresno, CA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Merced County Arts Council Inc | Merced, CA | $17,125 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pflag Fresno | Fresno, CA | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fresno Barrios Unidos | Fresno, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission | Fresno, CA | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Trans Resource Hub | West Covina, CA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Immigrant Protection | San Francisco, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County | Santa Ana, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aguilas | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alianza Translatinx | Santa Ana, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian Health Services | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Burbank Community YMCA | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dolores C Huerta Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada Inc | Jackson, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mens Health Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Alliance for Black Trans Libration and Advance | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Orlando Bedolla - Encuerados | Studio City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County | Concord, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Realistic Education in Action Coalition to Foster Health | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Goddess Mercado | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Three Brown Jotos | Altadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Our Family Coalition | San Francisco, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Gabriel Valley Lgbtq Center | El Monte, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amador County Arts Council | Sutter Creek, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission | Fresno, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | Visalia, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Phoenix Transition Program Inc | Conley, GA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Service for Groups Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Translatin Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Transcanwork Inc | W Hollywood, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Golden Gate Business Association | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oakland Lgbtq Community Center Inc | Oakland, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Positive Images | Santa Rosa, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacramento Lgbt Community Center | Sacramento, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride | San Diego, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
20 of 74 (27%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Equality California
TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO CREATE A WORLD THAT IS HEALTHY, JUST AND FULLY EQUAL FOR ALL LGBT PEOPLE. - Fairness Education Fund Inc
LGBTQ+ COVID-19 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - AIDS Foundation of Chicago
ILLINOIS HIV MODERNIZATION - Equality Florida Institute Inc
FLORIDA HIV MODERNIZATION - Equality Foundation of Georgia
GEORGIA HIV MODERNIZATION - Nashville Cares Inc
TENNESSEE HIV MODERNIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 56 of 74 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | $1,834,000 | $17,500 |
| 2022 | 20 | $1,363,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $605,250 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 29 | $1,034,543 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
69% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Equality California Institute's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 29 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 1 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1150 S Olive Street 10TH Fl, Los Angeles, CA, 90015.
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