Extensive New Report "Follows the Money" of LGBT Orgs

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Extensive New Report "Follows the Money" of LGBT Orgs
Posted by Chris Geidner on March 2, 2011 12:41 AM

http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/03/new-report-follows-the-money-o.html

Today, the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) is releasing what it calls "a comprehensive look at the finances of 39 leading national LGBT organizations." The participant organizations had revenues of more than $161.3 million in 2009 and represent nearly 70 percent of funding for all LGBT social justice advocacy organizations.

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Among the most striking findings is that more than 96 percent of LGBT adults contributed less than $35 to any of those 39 LGBT organizations in 2009. According to MAP, "only 3.4% of LGB adults have donated to a participant" organization. Less than 15,000 people gave $1,000-plus donations in 2009.