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Maxwell Scales

Deputy Executive Director · Transgender Legal Defense and Education

Deputy Executive Director at Transgender Legal Defense and Education. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 4 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 1 other individual we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
4
Roles reported
4
Reported compensation
$218K
Others who share this name
1

Who this is

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Reported as Deputy Executive Director of Transgender Legal Defense and Education, based in New York, NY.
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Received $218K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Chief Operations and Equity Officer of Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund — $51K.
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Also listed as Interim Executive Director of Lambda Literary Foundation — $4K.
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Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Transgender Legal Defense and Education Deputy Executive Director · $2.1M revenue · New York, NYSEE FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1.pay $30K → $164KFiled FY2024, FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$164Kreported comp
Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund Chief Operations and Equity Officer · $8.2M revenue · Washington, DCTO PROMOTE THE SAFETY AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE THROUGH COLLABORATION, EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT.Filed FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$51Kreported comp
Advocates for Trans Equality A4teef Chief Operations and Equity Officer · $425K revenue · New York, NYTO END DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ON NATIONAL ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.Filed FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Lambda Literary Foundation Interim Executive Director · $1.2M revenue · New York, NYTO NURTURE, CELEBRATE AND PRESERVE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) LITERATURE THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT HONOR EXCELLENCE, PROMOTE…Filed FY2021 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$4Kreported comp

Disambiguation

Other people named Maxwell Scales

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Maxwell Scales 1 organization · Brooklyn, NYThe Audre Lorde Project INC

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Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

A
Executive Director · FY2024
$306K
A
Executive Director · FY2023
$209K
R
Executive Director · FY2024
$196K
M
Former Executive Director · FY2022
$188K
J
Chief Advancement Officer · FY2024
$186K
J
Chief Financial Officer · FY2024
$172K
D
Legal Director · FY2023
$153K
R
Executive Director (from July) · FY2021
$153K
C
Chief Equity & Operations Officer · FY2024
$146K
O
Chief Officer of Strategic Programs · FY2024
$140K
S
Chief Mobilization Officer · FY2024
$140K
S
Executive Director (former) · FY2023
$137K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org