About Human Rights Campaign Foundation
The HRC Foundation seeks to fundamentally change the way LGBTQ+ people are treated in our everyday lives by building capacity and changing policies, practices, hearts and minds across institutions that shape daily life.
Focus Areas
LGBTQ+ rights and inclusiontransgender justiceyouth well-being and schools (Welcoming Schools)workplace equalityhealth & agingHIV & health equityeconomic empowermentglobal partnershipslegal impact litigation and advocacypublic education and research
Who They Fund
LGBTQ+ individuals (including people at risk for HIV)Lesbians / queer women (conference attendees)
About Human Rights Campaign Foundation
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s largest recent grants are three seven-figure awards to Human Rights Campaign Inc for direct lobbying in furtherance of the foundation’s exempt purpose, including $1,000,000 in 2023, another $1,000,000 in 2024, and $975,000 in 2024. That pattern places advocacy at the center of its grantmaking alongside support for LGBTQ+ inclusion, transgender justice, youth well-being, workplace equality, health and aging, HIV and health equity, economic empowerment, and public education and research. In the latest grants list, the foundation also funded National Black Justice Coalition for polling research support and Trillium Health Inc for training initiative support, showing that its dollars go to both policy-oriented work and capacity-building efforts. Its active programs reinforce that mix: the Trans Justice Initiative invests in BIPOC trans communities, while the HBCU Program supports institutions working to improve LGBTQ+ inclusion and engagement. The foundation also runs All Children–All Families partnerships with child welfare agencies to improve outcomes for LGBTQ+ youth in foster care.
What Human Rights Campaign Foundation Funds
Within LGBTQ+ public education and research, the foundation gave $45,000 to National Black Justice Coalition for polling research support. In capacity building, it awarded $34,650 to Trillium Health Inc for training initiative support and $31,469 to Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center for the same purpose. HIV-focused work is another clear thread: Thrive Ss Inc received $33,000 for HIV testing kit initiative support and general program support, while Alpha Trans Corp received $29,000 for HIV testing kit initiative support. The grant list also includes economic and community support through a $30,000 general program support grant to Emil K Wilbekin Foundation Inc dba Native Son and a $25,000 general program support grant to Start Somewhere LLC dba Lesbians Who Tech for Lesbians Who Tech conference support.
How Human Rights Campaign Foundation Gives
Typical grant sizes cluster in a narrow band: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $12,000, and the 75th percentile is $25,000. The recent grants list shows a small number of very large advocacy awards at the top, followed by many five-figure general support and program-specific grants. Some recipients appear more than once in the list, including Human Rights Campaign Inc, Young Scholars for Academic Empowerment dba Truevolution, and Brotherhood Inc, which points to repeated support rather than one-off funding only. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or PRIs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.4M
Total Assets
$38.5M
Total Revenue
$28.6M
Total Expenses
$27.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $25K, with a median of $12K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$12K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
National20 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KELLEY ROBINSON
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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