San Francisco, CA

WAYOUT LGBTQ FOUNDATION

EIN 82-3204059

Justice, Rights & Public Safety LGBTQ+ Community & Advocacy LGBTQ+ communities Children & youth

Mission

wayOUT empowers LGBTQ+ youth to feel safe being who they really are.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

About WAYOUT LGBTQ FOUNDATION

WAYOUT LGBTQ Foundation (doing business as wayOUT) is a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) that finds, vets and fundraises for local LGBTQ+ youth centers and programs across the United States. The organization operates multiple local chapters (including Bay Area, New York City, Los Angeles and Seattle) and serves as a conduit between donors and community-based youth centers, leaving final grant decisions and use of funds to recipient organizations.

In recent years wayOUT has scaled its grantmaking and fundraising: since its founding it reports having raised more than $750,000 for LGBTQ+ youth centers, worked with 22+ grant recipients across more than a dozen states, and ran chapter-driven campaigns and events that directed six- and five-figure sums to individual local centers in 2022–2024. The organization focuses grant support on frontline needs such as shelter and homelessness services, mental health and suicide-prevention, transgender youth support, school-based resources, and LGBTQ+-competent health care.

Notable achievements

Established national grant program

Built a grant program that has partnered with 20+ youth centers nationwide, issuing recurring grants and amplifying smaller community organizations in states with fewer resources.

Major fundraising milestones

Reported cumulative fundraising of over $750,000 since inception and a single-year high in recent years (over $350,000 raised in 2022) used to support multiple center-level projects and operating needs.

Significant grants to local centers

Directed six- and five-figure fundraising totals to individual recipients (examples across 2021–2024 include sizable campaigns that raised tens to hundreds of thousands for partner centers).

At a glance

Total assets: $523K
Annual revenue: $458K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 82-3204059
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: www.wayout.lgbt
On Mahalo since: April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Recognized as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charity (organization tax status recorded since 2018).

Maintains public profiles on major nonprofit data platforms and directories used by donors and researchers.

Listed as a grant partner and collaborator by multiple local LGBTQ+ youth centers and community partners through its chapter and grant-recipient relationships.

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