LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health Services

The Trevor Project, a national nonprofit best known for its suicide‑prevention hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, says it received a $45 million unrestricted gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, the largest donation in the group’s history. CEO Jaymes Black tells the Associated Press the money comes after years of rapid growth, management turmoil, layoffs and the Trump administration’s July 2025 move to stop funding the 988 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline option tailored for gay, trans and gender‑nonconforming callers, which cost Trevor about $25 million. Trevor continues to operate its own independent hotline, serving roughly 250,000 young people annually, but it previously helped another 250,000 through the 988 "Press 3" LGBTQ+ option, while HHS’ SAMHSA reports that service handled more than 1.5 million contacts between September 2022 and July 2025 before the cut. Black says Trevor’s 2026 budget is now $47 million — down sharply from an $83 million budget in 2023 — and that the group raised another $20 million through an emergency fundraiser after the 988 loss, as it tries to stabilize and "be really intentional" about future growth. Nonprofit‑finance experts quoted in the piece warn that the upheaval at Trevor reflects a wider problem: groups that rely heavily on government contracts are increasingly exposed to partisan swings in federal funding, even as they chase more complex mixes of public and private revenue.