Brian A McCarthy Foundation

• The foundation supports LGBT health, education, culture and well-being, HIV research and prevention, and LGBT youth housing and anti-violence work, with a priority on the New York/metro area, so a charity in that area doing this work is the best fit.
• It does not accept unsolicited applications and works by invitation only, so a cold proposal is unlikely to be considered; the realistic route is to be approached first and then send a letter of inquiry of no more than two pages.
• Half of its grants to organisations were $50,000 or less, within a grant range of $5,000 to $50,000, so a modest request is realistic, and in its latest filing 87% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded before, so relationships matter.
• Grants are generally not recurring and grantees must report within six to eight months of receiving one, so scope the work to a single grant and plan for reporting.
• Individuals, organisations that lobby as defined by the Internal Revenue Service, and anything other than a Section 501(c)(3) public charity are outside its scope.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• I’m From Driftwood · General operating support
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Ali Forney Center · Support for mental health programming
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Callen-Lorde Community Health Center · Funding for services to uninsured and underserved patients, in direct response to community need
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Center for HIV Law and Policy · Funding for the positive justice project
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Elton John AIDS Foundation · Funding for the rocket fund campaign
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Foundation for AIDS Research · Support for amfar's hiv cure research
  $50,0002024 tax year
• UnLocal · Funding for the queer immigrant justice project (qijp) providing high quality legal assistance to queer immigrants seeking asylum and lawful permanent residency
  $40,0002024 tax year
• San Diego LGBT Community Center · Support for support core programs including behavioral health services, lgbtq safe stay wellness center, and adult housing as well as assisting with the efforts of the annual holiday fundraising campaign
  $30,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.