Tegan and Sara Foundation: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 81-4377673)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$222K
FY2021	$227K
FY2022	$258K
FY2023	$385K
FY2024	$335K
FY2025	$112K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$318K
FY2021	$355K
FY2022	$453K
FY2023	$355K
FY2024	$369K
FY2025	$249K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$560K
FY2021	$432K
FY2022	$237K
FY2023	$267K
FY2024	$233K
FY2025	$96K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2016.

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

Where the money goes

51 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

51%

49%

Program services 51% · $126K Management & general 49% · $123K

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

13 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Tegan Quin

Co-Founder

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sara Quin

Co-Founder

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Emy Storey

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michelle McGeough

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Carlyn Lamia

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Carolyn Merrell

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Vivek Shraya

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jessica Halem

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowers LGBTQ women and girls to improve their lives.

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3 programs · $126K · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

Community Grants

Provides rapid response funds for grassroots LGBTQ+ organizations to launch projects benefiting the community in the wake of critical events including domestic violence hotline support, pandemic recovery and inclusive education.

$48Kprogram expense

02

Health Access and Research

Initiatives for improved healthcare access for LGBTQ+ people, including through development of an inclusive healthcare provider directory, research on unique healthcare conditions of LGBTQ+ women in wake of covid, and mental health support.

$45Kprogram expense

03

Summer Camps

Provides scholarships and funding support to U.S. And canadian LGBTQ+ summer camps that provide confidence, leadership and community to queer youth. Increases the number of LGBTQ+ youth that would otherwise struggle to attend, including low-income and rural youth, through "camperships" to cover cost of attendance.

$32Kprogram 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

Tides FoundationFY2024$100K

Cigna FoundationFY2024$895

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$101K

Grants paid · 7 grants · $70K · 2020–2024

Brave TrailsCA · FY2024$10,000

Brave TrailsCA · FY2023$10,000

The UCLA FoundationCA · FY2021$10,000

Translifeline DBA Trans LifelineCA · FY2021$10,000

American Association of Physicians for Human Rights INCDC · FY2020$20,000

The UCLA FoundationCA · FY2020$5,000

Translifeline DBA Trans LifelineCA · FY2020$5,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$112K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$101K

Other incomeLn 4–11$8K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K

Money outPt IX

$249K

Ln 25

Programscol B$126K

Managementcol C$123K

Owns and owesPt X

$96K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$102K

Total assetsLn 16$102K

LiabilitiesLn 26$6K

PeoplePt VI, VII

13

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a13

IndependentVI 1b13

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$101K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$8K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K

Other incomeLn 4–11$8K

Total revenueLn 12$112K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$102K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$102K

Total assetsLn 16$102K

LiabilitiesLn 26$6K

Net assetsLn 32$96K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 60

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$239K	$102K
Total assetsLn 16	$239K	$102K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$6K	$6K
Net assetsLn 32	$233K	$96K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$66K	$66K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$14K	$14K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$120K	$45K	$75K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$46K		$46K
Office expensesLn 13	$39		$39
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$2K		$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$249K	$126K	$123K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$112K	$249K	−$137K	$96K	990 PDF
FY2024	$335K	$369K	−$34K	$233K	990 PDF
FY2023	$385K	$355K	$30K	$267K	990 PDF
FY2022	$258K	$453K	−$195K	$237K	990 PDF
FY2021	$227K	$355K	−$128K	$432K	990 PDF
FY2020	$222K	$318K	−$96K	$560K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $112,223 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $310,944$101,124

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $11,285$2,639

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $13,245$8,460

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $335,474$112,223

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $144,500$80,500

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $224,930$168,502

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $369,430$249,002

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$33,956−$136,779

Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 5 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13

VI-1b Independent voting members13

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $112,223 across 6 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $2,639 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$7,628

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$93,496

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$101,124

VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $8,460$8,460

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $11,099$112,223

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $249,002 across 6 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $66,000$66,000

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $14,500$14,500

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $45,249 · Management $74,751$120,000

IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $46,399$46,399

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $39$39

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $2,064$2,064

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $125,749 · Management $123,253 · Fundraising $0$249,002

Part X · Balance sheet $102,024 assets, 7 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $238,905$102,024

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $238,905$102,024

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,015$5,915

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,015$5,915

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $232,890$96,109

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $232,890$96,109

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $238,905$102,024

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $96,109 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$112,223

XI-2 Total expenses$249,002

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$136,779

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$232,890

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$96,109

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

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Tegan and Sara Foundation

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Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Tegan and Sara Foundation

Community Grants

Health Access and Research

Summer Camps

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV