"received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, the organization said Monday. The gift is the largest in the organization's history but also a major boon following years of management turmoil, layoffs and the loss of significant federal funding over the summer. "I literally could not believe it and it took some time. I actually gasped," said Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Project, when they were notified of Scott's gift."
"In July, the Trump administration stopped providing specific support for gay, trans and gender nonconforming young people who called the 988 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The Trevor Project was one of the organizations staffing that option and lost $25 million in funding, the nonprofit said. The Trevor Project continues to run an independent hotline for LGBTQ+ young people that Black said reaches about 250,000 young people annually, but they served another 250,000 callers through the 988 Press 3 option,"
The Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, the largest donation in the organization’s history. The gift arrives after years of management turmoil, layoffs and the loss of significant federal funding. The nonprofit lost $25 million when specific support for LGBTQ+ callers to the 988 lifeline was halted in July. The Trevor Project operates an independent hotline that reaches about 250,000 young people annually and served about 250,000 additional callers via the 988 Press 3 option. The organization grew rapidly from a $4 million budget in 2016 to over $83 million in 2023, and the board removed its CEO in 2022 amid internal upheaval.
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