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Name:	Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Address:	1726 M Street NW, Suite 400
	Washington, DC 20036
Phone:	202-467-8180
Web Address:	www.pflag.org
Also known as: PFLAG

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) meets the 20Standards for Charity Accountability.

PFLAG aims to help strengthen chapters by fostering networking among chapters and allies in the same stages and building state leadership teams to coordinate activities. PFLAG also endeavors to create stronger and more unified statewide PFLAG family voices to address the issues including but not limited to marriage equality. Other areas supported include parenting rights, employment discrimination, hate crimes and more. PFLAG National Scholarships strive to provide an important positive statement to a group of young people that is often marginalized and subjected to harassment and discrimination. PFLAG Outreach and Education consists of interviews press releases and other areas related to maintaining the organizations’ public presence. The organization coordinates appearances speaking about families of gays and lesbians. PFLAG provides publications to members of the general public about sexual orientation and relevant issues, and provides a bi-annual newsletter to inform members about the organization and public issues. Some ($82,219 or 4%) of PFLAG'S programs are carried out in conjunction with fund raising appeals.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, PFLAG's program expenses were:

Policy and programs	1,829,093
Outreach and education	510,792
Total Program Expenses:	$2,339,885

Chief Executive : Jody Huckaby, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$145,405

Chair of the Board: John Cepek
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Retired Univeristy Administrator

Board Size: 21

Paid Staff Size: 16

*October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, telemarketing, special events, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, cause-related marketing, and membership appeals.

Fund raising costs were 15% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,831,893, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

PFLAG incurred joint costs of $265,729 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs, $183,510 was allocated to fund raising and $82,219 was allocated to program expenses.

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on PFLAG's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2008.

Source of Funds
Contribution and gifts	2,819,832
Conference income	284,200
Chapter dues	103,800
Rental and interest	68,867
Product and publications	38,187
Special events and other	12,061
Other income	7,895
Total Income	$3,334,842

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 78%  Fund Raising: 14%  Administrative: 8%

Total income				$3,334,842
	Program expenses			$2,339,885
	Fund raising expenses			419,534
	Administrative expenses			232,869
Total expenses				$2,992,288
Income in Excess of Expenses				342,554
Beginning net assets				1,842,582
Ending net assets				2,185,136
Total liabilities				302,777
Total assets				$2,487,913

Note: According to PFLAG, the organization received in-kind contributions which included the following: legal services ($236,138), advertising ($16,570), airline vouchers ($15,000), and computer equipment ($13,284).