Which trans-supporting organisations actually help?
747 organisations · 12 with verified data · 65 positive
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How this works. We asked a simple question about every trans-supporting organisation we could find: does a dollar given to this org achieve more good than a dollar given directly to a trans person in need? If yes, the org scores positive. If we can't tell — because the org doesn't publish its budget, or its service numbers, or both — it scores negative. Not because it's bad. Because we can't verify that it's good, and a girl with $5 and a choice to make can't afford guesswork.
Scores marked ✓ verified have both revenue and throughput confirmed from published sources — tax filings, annual reports, impact data. Everything else is our best estimate, and we've said so in every description. If we got your org wrong, click it open, read what we found, and tell us what we missed. The door is always open.
747
evaluated
12
verified data
65
positive
682
unproven or negative
What the badges mean.✓ Verified — both budget and service numbers confirmed from published sources. Hostile env — operating where being trans is criminalised or life-threatening; scored on a different scale. Sole provider — the only trans-specific org in its area; protected from a negative score while we gather data. Call line — primary service is a phone or chat line; scored as emotional support, not material aid. Low confidence — we don't have enough data to be sure; score is pulled toward zero. Closed — no longer operating.
A note on negative scores. Most organisations in this list score negative. That doesn't mean they're harmful — it means we couldn't verify that they outperform giving the same money directly to trans people. Many of them are small volunteer groups run by trans people who care deeply. A negative score is not a judgment of character. It is a measurement of what we can prove with the data available. If you work at or with one of these orgs, the single most useful thing you can do is send us an annual report with budget and service numbers. That's all it takes to change a score.
TIER 1
Top 20
Verified ROI or hostile-environment override
+3.852
mean · 20 orgs
TIER 2
21–40
Hostile environment, sole providers, advocacy wins
+0.226
mean · 20 orgs
TIER 3
41–60
Zero-cost peer support and moratorium-protected
+0.096
mean · 20 orgs
TIER 4
61–100
Near-zero: moratorium, unproven services
+0.002
mean · 40 orgs
TIER 5
101–200
Negative unproven: advocacy, peer support, no data