Gender Spectrum provides education, training and support to help create a gender sensitive and inclusive environment for all children and teens

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 15 volunteers and 12 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $187K a year · 19% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Named funders
1
named funder · $12K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$98K
+204% vs prior year
Spent
$39K
Net assets
$97K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$98K
FY2025▲ +204%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$732K
FY2024$32K
FY2025$98K
Expenses
$39K
FY2025▼ -96%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$39K
Net assets
$97K
FY2025▲ +155%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$485K
FY2021$421K
FY2022$380K
FY2023$48K
FY2024$38K
FY2025$97K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2009.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cameron Van Fossen’s $136K as Executive Dir. is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 240 <$100K 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

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Liam Day$9,808$158,188$170,000$94,808
Cameron Van Fossen$135,970———
Lisa Kenney———$59,709

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.

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Programs and updates

Educates and trains to foster gender-sensitive, inclusive environments for children and teens.

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3 programs · $794K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Child, Youth and Family Education and Resources

The annual Gender Spectrum Conference continues to be the nation's preeminent gathering for transgender, non-binary and other gender-expansive youth and their families. Every summer hundreds of families from across the country come together for two days of parenting workshops, youth programming, and individual support from the country's…

$465Kprogram expense
02

Mental Health & Medical Traning

$281Kprogram expense
03

Professional Development and Partnerships

Gender Spectrum offers comprehensive professional development and training services to educational, civic, social service, business, and other organizations to help to create more gender inclusive environments. Our professional trainings underscore that restrictive notions of gender limit everyone's ability to reach their full potential.

$48Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$12K
Grants paid · 13 grants · $763K · 2020–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$7,200
Unitemized GrantFY2023$4,378
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,275
Unitemized GrantFY2023$100
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,734
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,444
Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,800
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,300
Unitemized GrantFY2021$4,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,440
Unitemized GrantFY2021$400
Unitemized GrantFY2021$75
Reimagine GenderCA · FY2020$732,400

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$98K
Gifts and grants$98K
Other income$2
Money out
$39K
Owns and owes
$97K
net assets
Total assets$97K
Liabilities$0
People
3
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$98K
Other income$2
Total revenue$98K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$97K
Liabilities$0
Net assets$97K
Operations
Employees12
Volunteers15
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $98K$39K$59K$97K 990 PDF
FY2024 $32K$38K 990 PDF
FY2023 $732K$1.1M−$332K$48K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.3M$1.3M−$32K$380K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$1.4M−$64K$421K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.4M$1.9M−$564K$485K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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