National Lgbtq Task Force

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521624852
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2023935177
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,271,272
Expenses
$9,182,239
Assets
$8,987,895
Liabilities
$1,100,369

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

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KIERRA JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • ALICIA BOYKINS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SAYRE REECE (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIERRA JOHNSON (PRESIDENT): $338,779 total reported compensation
  • SAYRE REECE (VICE PRESIDENT): $223,805 total reported compensation
  • ALICIA BOYKINS (VICE PRESIDENT): $219,486 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 mission of the national lgbtq task force is to build power, take action and create change to win complete equality and achieve justice for lgbtq people and their families. As a leader in the broader progressive movement, the task force works toward a society that values and respects the diversity of human expression and identity and creates equity for all.

What it reported doing in 2024

During fy2025, highlights of our accomplishments pursuant to our mission included the 2025 creating change conference, held in las vegas from january 22-26, brought together participants for a robust in-person gathering. The task force delivered a range of programming including daylong institutes, workshops, caucuses, and the annual interfaith service. Keynote addresses and award presentations featured leading activists, artists, and authors, reinforcing creating change as a primary forum for lgbtq and allied activists, leaders, students, and supporters nationwide.during 2025, our work focused on movement capacity building, leadership development, public education, and cross-sector coalition strengthening across priority states and nationally.we expanded leadership pipelines through the holley law fellowship and an organizing fellowship pilot, placing fellows in partner organizations to increase research, outreach, and organizing capacity. We launched a national organizing bootcamp and continued to grow the organizing committee as a national virtual hub for political education, skills-building, and coordinated calls to action.through our c3 table convening, we brought together national and regional partners to coordinate nonpartisan civic engagement strategies, strengthen collaboration, and share infrastructure ahead of major election cycles. In priority states, we provided training, technical assistance, leadership development, and voter education support in partnership with local organizations.our policy team conducted legal and policy analysis on key supreme court cases and federal legislation, disseminated educational materials to our base, and supported nonpartisan advocacy and legislative education efforts. We also advanced faith-based engagement through national convenings, interfaith programming, and the development of nonpartisan faith advocacy guides to equip faith communities for informed civic participation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -115%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $339K · 29 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $642K reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 40 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.