About Equality Federation Institute
Build state-based leadership and resiliency to catalyze a national movement for LGBTQ+ equality by advancing workplace fairness, family recognition, defeating anti-transgender bills, ending HIV criminalization, and strengthening state organizations.
Focus Areas
LGBTQ+ rightsTransgender rightsHIV advocacyNondiscriminationConversion therapy bansCivic engagementLeadership developmentState-level policy
Who They Fund
LGBTQ+ communities (including older adults)people living with HIVstate-level HIV/LGBTQ+ coalitions and advocacy organizationsnonprofit leaders and executive directors
About Equality Federation Institute
Equality Federation Institute funds state-based LGBTQ+ organizing with an emphasis on building leadership, resilience, and policy capacity across partner organizations. Recent grants show a consistent pattern of support for advocacy infrastructure rather than single-issue project work, with funding tied to healing justice, HIV policy, town halls on LGBTQ+ inclusivity, and training for executive directors and organizers. The largest recent award in the data was $64,500 to Freedom Oklahoma V for healing justice, social impact and public awareness, HIV policy, and town halls on LGBTQ+ inclusivity. Other large grants follow the same model: $55,100 to Freedom Oklahoma in 2024 for HIV coalition advocacy, travel support for state convenings, town halls, and organizing assistance, and $53,300 to Promo Fund in St. Louis for HIV coalition work, healing justice, travel, and public awareness. The foundation’s grantmaking also reaches state-level organizations working on LGBTQ+ rights and related advocacy in places such as Baltimore, Montclair, Columbus, and Lincoln. Across the recent grants list, the throughline is support for state partners that can carry policy, organizing, and leadership work in their own communities.
What Equality Federation Institute Funds
HIV policy advocacy is a central thread in the recent grants. Equality Federation Institute gave $31,500 to Centro Por La Justicia in San Antonio and $23,300 to the same organization the following year, both tied to work with HIV coalition partners and advocacy goals related to HIV policy. They also supported LGBTQ+ public engagement and town halls. Outlinc Inc in Lincoln received $32,500 for town halls on LGBTQ+ inclusivity, state convening travel, healing justice, and organizing support, while Equality Illinois Institute in Chicago received $8,500 for town halls, nonpartisan voter engagement, and state convening travel. Leadership development appears in the portfolio as well. Freestate Justice in Baltimore received $23,900 for HIV policy work, travel to state convenings, and executive director training, showing that the foundation backs organizational capacity alongside advocacy. Healing justice is another recurring theme, appearing in grants to Louisiana Trans Advocates in Lafayette and Transohio Inc in Cleveland.
How Equality Federation Institute Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$496K
Total Assets
$4.8M
Total Revenue
$5.3M
Total Expenses
$5.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $6K and $28K, with a median of $9K.
25th Percentile
$6K
Median
$9K
75th Percentile
$28K
Geographic Reach
National25 states funded
About 2% of grants go to recipients in LA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
FRANCES HUTCHINS
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