The mission of Speak Out is to educate support and connect the LGBTQ community of color through social media engagement mentorship personal empowerment and health awareness.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$336K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: 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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $211K a year · 16% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$336K
to officers and key staff · 30% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 30% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $240K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$135K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
+669% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$1.0M
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2023▲ +669%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$184K
FY2023$1.4M
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2023
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$1.1M
FY2025$1.1M
Net assets
$1.0M
FY2023▲ ×114
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$9K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2025$747K

From the FY2023 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 Mar 2018.

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

Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $926K Management & general 15% · $172K Fundraising 2% · $21K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $336K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$137,000Pt VII · Sec A
Program Manger
$102,250Pt VII · Sec A
Exec Director
$96,912Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Antonio Driver’s $66K as CEO is at the 9th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2023FY2022
Tony Scoip—$102,250—
Antonio Driver$65,895$96,912$32,000
Rex Nas$47,076——
Dr Walter C Lundy JR——$12,000

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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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

Empowers LGBTQ+ people of color through education, mentorship, and health awareness.

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4 programs · $1.7M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Eis

Eis is the bridge in the continuum of care that joins hiv prevention to hiv treatment and care services. Us helping us' eis consists of a variety of outreach and education approaches including use of its mobile health units to reach communities with limited access to hiv and other other healthcare services.

$550Kprogram expense
02

HIV Counseling Testing and Referral Services

Us helping us has developed an innovative integrated screening model that incorporates hiv testing using rapid testing technologies with testing for other sexual transmitted infections including gonorrhea chlamydia syphilis and hepatitis c. Testing is completed in 30 minutes and is completely confidential.

$378Kprogram expense
03

HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral Services

Us helping us has developed an innovative integrated screening model that incorporates hiv testing using rapid testing technologies with testing for other sexual transmitted infections, including gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis and hepatitis c. Testing is completed in 30 minutes and is completely confidential.

$375Kprogram expense
04

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (prep)

Prep is a biomedical innovation that prevents someone who is hiv-negative from acquiring hiv, if taken as prescribed. Us helping us provides prep services, including prep education and referral services, prep care (prescriptions), and other prep navigation services (E.G., patient assistance, insurance navigation).

$350Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$854K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$560K
Other incomeLn 4–11$555
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$926K
Managementcol C$172K
Fundraisingcol D$21K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$830K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$135K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$560K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$854K
Investment incomeLn 3$19
Other incomeLn 4–11$555
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$830K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$135K
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.2M$1.1M$126K$747K 990 PDF
FY2024 Not on file
FY2023 Viewing $1.4M$1.1M$295K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $184K$9K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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