Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2011.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
8 people listed on the 990; $109K paid to officers and key staff.
Jasmine Beach-Ferrara’s $108K as Executive Director is at the 30th percentile of top reported officer pay among 797 $1–10M civil rights & advocacy nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasmine Beach-Ferrara | $108,491 | $108,698 | $97,174 | $92,000 | $82,640 |
| Allison Scott | $107,273 | — | — | — | — |
| J Chong | $8,289 | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Campaign for Southern Equality executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Advocates for LGBTQ equality and justice throughout the Southern United States.
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In 2022, CSE programming included our Legal Equality Project, Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project (STYEP), Community Health Program, Southern Equality Fund, Southern Equality Fund, Southern Equality Studios, and Souther Equality Research and Policy Center.
Key highlights of 2023 programming included assisting families of trans youth to access gender affirming care and distributing more than $400,000 through the STYEP program; advocating for the passage of local pro-LGBTQ policies in NC; organizing in opposition to anti- LGBTQ bills in SC; providing grassroots grants and emergency…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.5M | $3.0M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $2K | $2K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $40K | $76K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $107K | $107K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $348K | $348K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $114K | $63K | $30K | $22K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $691K | $572K | $68K | $51K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $21K | $17K | $1K | $2K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $86K | $67K | $9K | $9K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $60K | $47K | $7K | $7K |
| Management feesLn 11a | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $8K | $0 | $0 | $8K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $17K | $0 | $17K | $0 |
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $70K | $70K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $2K | $0 | $2K | $0 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $53K | $22K | $8K | $24K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $1K | $1K | $135 | $67 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $13K | $11K | $1K | $672 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $671 | $0 | $671 | $0 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $12K | $10K | $1K | $592 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $454K | $454K | $0 | $0 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $57K | $41K | $2K | $14K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $147K | $208K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Sep 15, 2025 | $3.0M | $2.5M | $508K | $3.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 29, 2024 | $2.7M | $2.1M | $560K | $3.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 9, 2023 | $2.6M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $2.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 16, 2022 | $1.5M | $1.1M | $427K | $1.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Aug 17, 2021 | $1.3M | $1.0M | $288K | $992K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,673,914 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,673,914 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,113,981 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $3,145,330 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,069,291 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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