Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc.

Filing Period

Nov 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2013

Signed

Feb 12, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$29,654,304

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Education & public affairs programlambda legal's education & public affairs program provides communications and community education about legal issues affecting lgbt people and people with hiv. We report and explain the purpose and results of our work; teach people about their rights under the law; amplify the voices of our experts and of affected communities through a variety of media and high-impact education campaigns; participate in coalitions and forge strategic partnerships with allies and policy makers. For example, in 2013 we oversaw the production of 14 new fact sheets about the legal ramifications of the supreme court decision to strike down a section of the defense of marriage act. The fact sheets were written by lambda legal and 10 other lgbt groups and addressed topics such as social security benefits, immigration, the family and medical leave act, and income taxes; nearly 200,000 visitors have viewed these fact sheets on lambda legal's website. We collaborated with several partner organizations to plan and host the first lgbt latino institute at the creating change conference in order to support coordination and strategic planning among lgbt latino activists. We also launched a new digital, mobile-friendly information site about the rights of transgender people. Our communications activities include publication three times per year of impact magazine, which is distributed to 40,000 people across the country, and bi-annual publication of a spanish-language version, impacto. The magazine contains information about our legal work, our clients and the impact of our work strengthening civil rights. In addition, we publish toolkits and fact sheets that are available free-of-charge and help people understand their rights and how to protect themselves against discrimination. Lambda legal's online communications include a website that provides comprehensive information about legal cases and the law and draws approximately 2,800 visitors per day and over 1 million per year; regular educational emails that reach more than 80,000 people; and information about legal matters that we post on social media platforms such as facebook, twitter, and youtube, reaching approximately 220,000 followers and subscribers. Our public information officers keep journalists and the general public informed with timely, accurate information about the law and civil rights, and we make our attorneys and other experts available as spokespeople for local and national print, online, and broadcast news and public affairs programs. Print and online news stories about lambda legal's work or with quotes from our legal experts appeared approximately 14,000 times in 2013.lambda legal's attorneys and community educators help people understand their rights under the law and how to use them, and also help communities join together to promote equality for lgbt people and people with hiv. We organize programs and offer workshops and presentations free-of-charge at community centers, schools and businesses, events and conferences. In 2013, our community educators provided over 110 such workshop presentations, in addition to providing information at 48 lgbt pride festivals across the country. Our expert attorneys also spoke at dozens of conferences, teleconferences and events throughout the country. We distributed approximately 4,200 printed educational booklets, and hundreds of thousands of people viewed or downloaded educational information from our website.

Filer

EIN

23-7395681