Global Philanthropy Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920399631
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Wilmington, DE, USA
Phone
3027789747
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Federated Giving Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,924,860
Expenses
$2,876,714
Assets
$3,845,856
Liabilities
$63,476

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Matthew Hart (Executive Dir.): $425,996 total reported compensation
  • David Scamell (Dir. of Gov't Relations & Field Eng): $167,273 total reported compensation
  • Ezra Berkley Nepon (Deputy Director): $149,515 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Global Philanthropy Project (GPP or the Organization) is a collaboration of funders and philanthropic advisors working to expand global philanthropic support to advance the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people in the Global South and East. GPP activities are organized through a number of structures including task forces, working groups, and advisory committees.

What it reported doing in 2024

Other Program Services: A) Fund Our Futures Campaign - GPP initiated the Fund Our Futures Campaign to call on philanthropy and donor governments to meet this political moment by deepening commitments to global LGBTI rights. The campaign, which closed on June 30 2025, secured $182 million in new funding pledges for global LGBTI movements from 64 grantmakers at a pivotal time for human rights and democracy worldwide.B) Trans and Intersex Funding Initiative - GPP members strategize and collaborate to develop new research and support collaborative funding efforts towards increasing the amount and influencing the type of funding dedicated to trans and intersex issues globally. In 2025, GPP launched the Mobilizing for Trans Futures: Trans-Inclusive Grantmaking Training.C) Research - GPP develops new research exploring and documenting opportunities, challenges, and trends in the field, including: The Global Resources Report - This biennial report provides detailed data on the distribution of LGBTI funding by geography, issue, strategy, population focus, and type of donor, offering a tool for identifying trends, gaps, and opportunities in the rapidly changing landscape of LGBTI funding. State of Trans and Intersex Organizing, 3rd Edition Surveys Launch 2023 - In October 2024, GPP published a third edition of these reports documenting and analyzing a survey of global trans and intersex groups organizing activities, priorities, and access to funding. Funding Cuts Impact Assessment - GPP is assessing the emerging impact of recent announcements of donor government funding cuts in the context of decreased funding for LGBTI movements expected from the philanthropic sector, and offering recommendations and guidance, and collaborative opportunities for member and partner organizations.D) Convenings and Webinars - GPP regularly organizes and hosts regional and global donor convenings to cultivate and deepen the knowledge, skills, and capacity of GPP members and other funders. GPP events center donor education, research sharing, networking, and dialogues related to issues impacting LGBTI communities.E) GPPs regional cafs - provide informal spaces for grantmakers with specific regional focus to share lessons, challenges, and trends, discuss resource and research needs, and share information about grantee partners when needed.GPP also hosts webinars to cultivate and deepen the knowledge, skills, and capacity of GPP members and other funders in support of global LGBTI issues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 54
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 75.2%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -49.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 74.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -105.2% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 75.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $426K · 14 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $104K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.