Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,022,758

Total expenses

$730,807

Contributions and grants received

$1,021,908

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$850

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$476,563

Total liabilities, end of year

$140,136

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$336,427

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$520,971

Management and general expenses

$108,073

Fundraising expenses

$101,763

Program service expenses (Part III)

$520,971

Program services were 71.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND (LF) IS A BLACK LGBTQ+-LED, MULTIRACIAL SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION THAT ADVANCES JUSTICE FOR BLACK LGBTQ+ PEOPLE THROUGH EMPOWERMENT, EDUCATION, AND ENTERTAINMENT. IN 2022, WE ENGAGED 1180 PEOPLE THROUGH 37 COMMUNITY EVENTS AS PART OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:THE BLACK QUEER EQUITY INDEX (BQEI) IS A BLACK LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY-LED PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT TO ADDRESS HEALTH INEQUITIES THROUGH IMPROVING NONPROFIT WORKPLACES. WE HOSTED OUR FIRST BQEI HAPPY HOUR FOR BLACK LGBTQ+ NONPROFIT STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS. WE ALSO BEGAN PLANNING OUR INAUGURAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE.LIFE GROUPS ARE PEER-TO-PEER GROUPS THAT MET REGULARLY TO FOSTER COMMUNITY FOR TWO MARGINALIZED SUB COMMUNITIES (20-30 YEAR OLDS AND 50+).OUR COALITION OF ACCOMPLICES FOR RACIAL EQUITY (CARE) IS MADE UP OF 16 CHURCHES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. CARE HELPED TO ORGANIZE A FUNDRAISER, BRUNCH, AND REVIVAL TO MOBILIZE ACCOMPLICES IN SUPPORT OF THE BQEI. WE HOSTED OUR FIRST SELF-CARE RECHARGE WHERE WE FACILITATED FOR BIPOC LGBTQ+ CHICAGOANS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE RENEWAL SERVICES WITH BLACK LGBTQ+ VENDORS. WE HOSTED WE DECIDED TO SPREAD BLACK QUEER PRIDE (BQP) OVER SEVERAL EVENTS THE YEAR AS A CELEBRATION OF BLACK LGBTQ+ CULTURE AND A WAY TO PAY GIG WORKERS WHO WERE HARD HIT BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THIS INCLUDED OUR SKATE PARTY, THE LARGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR WITH 157 PARTICIPANTS.OUR BLACK QUEER CAUCUS MET MONTHLY TO PLAN EVENTS. FROM LGBTQ FAMILY PLAY DATE, TO BI/PAN SOCIAL AND ACCESSIBLE SEX FOR ALL BODIES, THESE EVENTS FOSTERED EMPOWERMENT, SPIRITUAL WHOLENESS, AND COMMUNITY AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH.

  Expenses $520,971 · Revenue $850

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

5 July 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202432899349301333

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