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Stonewall Sports Chicago

To provide an inclusive low-cost high fun sports organization that is managed as a non-profit with a philanthropic heart

$140k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$108kCivil Rights$50kHealth$35kHousing & Shelter$20kPhilanthropy$20kInternational$10kCrime & Legal$10k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $125,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $140,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$239k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Center on Halsted$37,500
Brave Space Alliance$37,500
TPAN$10,000
Life is Work$10,000
Chicago House$10,000
The Night Ministry$10,000
Transformative Justice Law Project$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $128k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Brave Space Alliance: $38k → 14%Gendercool Project: $20k → 8%Gender Cool Project: $3k → 8%The Night Ministry: $10k → 14%Center on Halsted: $38k → 14%Brave Space Alliance: $20k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$123k · 4 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +186% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
4

Total granted

$123k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+186%
+15%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’23’24
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BS
    BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $58k · revenue +81%
  • RAINBOW RAILROAD USA INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +186%
  • TG
    The GenderCool Project
    2× · 2020–2023 · $23k · revenue +374%

Funded once

  • NL
    NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -53%
  • OR
    ONE ROOF CHICAGO
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -57%
  • BA
    BRAVE ALLIANCE MISSIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +121%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc

EMPOWERING LGBT PEOPLE, BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITY. NEW YORK CITY'S LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO LEAD HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL LIVES. The Center celebrates our community and advocates for justice and…

Human Services
2
Taskforce Prevention and Community Services

The organization is committed to improving the sexual health and well being of lgbt and youth of color in chicago by providing a safe space for fellowship, hiv-sti screening and education, and on-site referrals to medical , housing, and…

—
3
Legacy Community Health Services Inc

The mission of legacy community health services is, "driving healthy change in our communities." our vision is, "connecting our communities to health every day, in every way."

Health
4
The San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center

The san diego lgbt community center enhances and sustains the health & well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and hiv communities to the betterment of our entire san diego region.

Health
5
Covenant House Georgia Inc

Covenant house georgia provides shelters, protects and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, runaway and sexually exploited youth.

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6
The Project of the Quad Citiesinc

The project of the quad cities, inc mission is to enhance the quality of life in our communities and reduce health disparities by providing a full spectrum of services including advocacy, care, testing, education, counseling, referrals and…

Community Improvement
7
Southern Arizona Aids Foundation

To promote health, well-being, and social justice for those living with HIV, LGBTQ+ individuals, and communities marginalized by society.

Health
8
Cascade Aids Project

We promote well-being and advance equity by providing inclusive health and wellness services for lgbtq+ people, people affected by hiv, and all those seeking compassionate care.

Health
9
Hiv Alliance

Supporting individuals living with hiv/aids and preventing new hiv infections.

—
10
Covenant House New Orleans

Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…

Human Services
11
Alianza of New Mexico

Alianza's mission is to empower hard-to-reach, vulnerable, and underserved populations through education and supportive services aimed at working with everyone we serve to achieve better outcomes and higher quality of life.

Human Services
12
Aids Service Center of Lower Manhattan Inc

Aids service center of lower manhattan, inc., d/b/a alliance for positive change ("alliance") is a not-for-profit community organization founded in 1990 with a central mission of helping low-income new yorkers living with hiv and other…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center on Halsted; the most unlike its peers is Brave Alliance Mission. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 14 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $57,500 · Human ServicesBRAVE SPACE ALLIANCECenter on Halsted: $37,500 · Human ServicesCenter on HalstedThe GenderCool Project: $22,500 · Human ServicesThe GenderCool ProjectTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRYNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE: $20,000 · OtherNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK …Transformative Justice Law Project: $10,000 · OtherTransformative Justi…TPA NETWORK INCORPORATED: $10,000 · OtherTPA NETWORK INCORPOR…Howard Brown Health Center: $5,000 · OtherHoward Brown Health …RAINBOW RAILROAD USA INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyRAINBOW RAILR…Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $12,500 · HealthAnn & Robert …CHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $10,000 · HealthCHICAGO HOUSE…BRAVE ALLIANCE MISSION: $7,500 · HealthBRAVE ALLIANC…ONE ROOF CHICAGO: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterLife is Work: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Human Services$127,500Other$45,000Philanthropy$30,000Health$30,000Housing & Shelter$10,000Civil Rights$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $57,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $37,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRAINBOW RAILROAD USA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe GenderCool Project: $22,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetONE ROOF CHICAGO: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLife is Work: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTPA NETWORK INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAVE ALLIANCE MISSION: $7,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetHoward Brown Health Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Chicago Foundation fo…The Chicago Community…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Chicago Foundation for WomenIL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chicago Foundation for Women · The Chicago Community Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Stonewall Sports Chicago funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stonewall Sports Chicago. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Stonewall Sports Chicago?

    Find your warmest path to Stonewall Sports Chicago through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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