National Center for Lgbtq Rights Fka National Center for Lesbian Rights

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943086885
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
4153651308
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,708,016
Expenses
$6,198,967
Assets
$8,791,422
Liabilities
$524,125

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • IMANI RUPERT-GORDON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • IMANI RUPERT-GORDON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $293,247 total reported compensation
  • SHANNON MINTER (LEGAL DIRECTOR): $283,487 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTOPHER F STOLL (SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY): $228,964 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The national center for lgbtq rights (nclr) is a national legal organization dedicated to achieving full civil and human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (lgbtq) people and their families (continued on schedule o)through impact litigation, public policy work, direct legal services, and community and public education.

What it reported doing in 2024

Immigration: nclr immigration project hogar {home} is a leader on lgbtq immigration issues, both working directly with immigrant clients and engaging around federal immigration policy. Our efforts on behalf of individual clients are both effective and help to build a solid body of case law, making it easier for other attorneys to successfully represent lgbtq immigration cases. We provide educational programming for community members serving immigrants and participate in legal clinics. In addition, we are part of a network of lgbtq immigrant organizations that communicate regularly to share strategies and stay updated on ongoing policy changes. Nclr remains committed to our clients (80-100 clients served annually) and the larger lgbtq immigrant community, (continued on schedule o)responding to 300-500 requests for lgbtq immigration related information each year. The current administration seeks to deport 3,000 people a day and a total of one million people per year. For the approximately 288,000 undocumented lgbtq immigrants living in this country, the threat of deportation is especially concerning. Many of our clients flee countries where being lgbtq is criminalized and sometimes punishable by death. Deportation can be a death sentence.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.8%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 70.3%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 36.1%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.8% of revenue deployed · 70.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $293K · 23 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $264K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 40 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.