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Nonprofit · EIN 47-1065461

GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV

Tax-exempt · SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104

Financials

$1.8M$2.5M2022$982K$1.1M2023$3.5M$3M2024$1.4M$1.9M2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$1,442,656$1,872,225-$429,569$861,905$246,621$615,284
December 31, 2024990$3,547,401$3,019,590$527,811$1,385,202$340,349$1,044,853
December 31, 2023990$982,327$1,097,398-$115,071$1,018,596$482,825$535,771
June 30, 2023990$1,843,995$2,479,475-$635,480$1,063,358$412,516$650,842
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,377,317
Program service revenue
$58,665
Investment income
$6,674
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$732,650
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$190,821
Other salaries and wages
$293,927
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$566,217
Professional fundraising fees
$16,700
Legal fees
$740
Accounting fees
$281,158
Travel
$104,464
Program services (functional)
$1,202,226
Management and general (functional)
$555,530
Fundraising (functional)
$114,469

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$1,385,202
Total assets, end of year
$861,905
Total liabilities, end of year
$246,621
Net assets, end of year
$615,284
Net assets without donor restrictions
$360,975
Net assets with donor restrictions
$254,309
Gross receipts
$1,442,656
Employees
5
Volunteers
7
Year formed
2014
State of legal domicile
CA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
ANDREW SPIELDENNEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$179,993$10,828
ALEX GARNERDIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$141,234$21,958
ETHAN ARROWTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
JORGE SAAVEDRACHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
CHRISTIAN CASTRODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JOHANAN RIVERADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SEAN HOWELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 9 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Andrew SpieldennerExecutive Director
Officer
40$168,583$10,793
Alex GarnerDIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$134,834$20,110
Ethan ArrowTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Jorge SaavedraChair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Najeeb FokeerbuxSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Othman MelloukVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Christian CastroDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Johanan RiveraDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Sean HowellDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 9 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Andrew SpieldennerExecutive Director
Officer
40$149,951$8,945
Alex GarnerDIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$121,515$18,821
Jorge SaavedraChair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Najeeb FokeerbuxSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Othman MelloukVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Ethan ArrowTreasurer
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Inad Quinones RendonDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Johanan RiveraDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Sean HowellDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 10 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
ROBYN GOLDMANTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$319,827$34,701
ANDREW SPIELDENNEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$150,000$0$16,959
DANIYAR OSREKOVDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0$0
INAD QUINONES RENDONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0$0
JOHN KASHINADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0$0
JORGE SAAVEDRACHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0$0
NAJEEB FOKEERBUXSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0$0
OTHMAN MELLOUKVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0$0
SEAN HOWELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0$0
PETER PERKOWSKIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
548 MARKET ST PMB 14486, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104-5401
In care of
% CRAIG THOMPSON
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
ALEX GARNER, 548 MARKET ST PMB 14486, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 941045401
Signed the 990
ALEX GARNER, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(510) 849-6311
Return prepared by
FORVIS MAZARS LLP

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 47-1065461 or by the name GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

TO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO EFFECTIVE HIV PREVENTION, CARE, TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR GAY MEN AND BISEXUAL MEN, INCLUDING THOSE LIVING WITH HIV, WHILE PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS WORLDWIDE.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • ROBERT CARR FUND (RCF): MPACT MANAGES SUB-CONTRACTS WITH 4 OTHER NETWORKS AND 3 CONSULTANTS WORKING AT GLOBAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL TO PROMOTE AWARENESS ABOUT THE HIV NEEDS OF MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN. WITH THIS GRANT FROM THE ROBERT CARR FUND, MPACT LEADS A CONSORTIA TO FOCUS ON CATALYZING MOVEMENTS TO DECRIMINALIZE HOMOSEXUALITY; AND STEER NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRENDS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE, COMMUNITY-LED, EVIDENCE-INFORMED, AND RIGHTS-BASED PROGRAMMING TAILORED TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF GAY MEN AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN. THERE IS A FOCUS IN UNDERFUNDED REGIONS WHERE UNMANAGED, CONCENTRATED HIV EPIDEMICS AMONG GAY MEN PERSIST. MPACT ALSO EMPHASIZES CROSS-REGIONAL PEER EXCHANGE TO STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONAL AND ADVOCACY CAPACITY.
    Expenses $323,611 · grants $228,752
  • EJAF POWER IN Q: MPACT IS DEVELOPING A PROCESS TO ESTIMATE POPULATION SIZE FOR GAY, BI AND QUEER MEN, AND TRANSGENDER AND GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLE IN GHANA, SENEGAL, INDONESIA AND MOZAMBIQUE. THE PURPOSE OF THE POPULATION SIZE ESTIMATES IS TO ADVANCE ADVOCACY FOR RESOURCES FOR GAY, BI, QUEER MEN AND TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLE. MPACT SUBCONTRACTS TO 5 ORGANIZATIONS AND 3 CONTRACTORS TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROJECT. IN 2025, MPACT COMPLETED THE MODEL AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS, AND DID ONE PARTNER VISIT IN GHANA.
    Expenses $148,245 · grants $92,500
  • LOVE ALLIANCE 2025: MPACT PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE LOVE ALLIANCE ON ADVOCACY FOR GAY, BI AND QUEER MEN'S RIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, ZIMBABWE, MOZAMBIQUE, KENYA, UGANDA, BURUNDI, NIGERIA, BURKINA FASO, EGYPT AND MOROCCO. THROUGH THIS FUNDING, MPACT AND PARTNERS FROM THESE COUNTRIES ATTENDED ADVOCACY MEETINGS AT WHO, UNAIDS, THE US GOVERNMENT (INCLUDING USAID), AND FUNDERS CONCERNED ABOUT AIDS. IN 2025, MPACT AND PARTNERS FROM LOVE ALLIANCE COUNTRIES ATTENDED ADVOCACY MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON, DC, NEW YORK, NY, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, AND CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
    Expenses $103,396 · grants $25,000
  • IN 2025, MPACT REACHED OVER 1,500,000 GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WITH HEALTH MESSAGING OVER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. IN ADDITION, MPACT CONVENED 200 GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN FIVE COUNTRIES. MPACT DISTRIBUTED $850,000 IN GRANTS AND CONTRACTS TO ORGANIZATIONS IN 45 COUNTRIES.
    Expenses $626,974 · grants $386,398 · revenue $58,665

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
47-1065461
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2015
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$861,905
Income (IRS master file)
$1,442,656

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$1,442,656$1,872,225$861,905XML
990-TDecember 2025–––IRS
990December 2024$3,547,401$3,019,590$1,385,202XML
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$982,327$1,097,398$1,018,596XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990June 2023$1,843,995$2,479,475$1,063,358XML
990-TJune 2023–––IRS
990June 2022$3,485,572$2,670,371$1,811,704IRS
990-TJune 2022–––IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990-TJune 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 47-1065461).

Questions about GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV

What is the EIN of GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV?
The employer identification number (EIN) of GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV is 47-1065461.
Is GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2015.
Are donations to GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ALEX GARNER.
Who are the officers and directors of GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 7 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $179,993 (ANDREW SPIELDENNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM & HIV have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,442,656, expenses of $1,872,225 and total assets of $861,905 at year end.

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