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LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR
LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,034 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($8,351). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $81k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $42k
What Lavender Light the Black & People of All Colors Lesbian & Gay Choir does
Mission
Lavender Light Gospel Choir is dedicated to keeping alive the black gospel music tradition in an environment supportive to lesbian and gay people with a special ministry to black lesbians and gays Through our performances and recordings we seek to uplift entertain and educate We strive to be a visible force in this world offering strength peace and hope to our members and to our audiences Founded in 1985 Lavender Light is a mixed chorus women and men Although the group encompasses many ethnic and spiritual backgrounds the choir provides a special ministry to black lesbians and gays who have historically been pressured by their communities to choose between their blackness and their gayness Our repertoire includes gospel old and new spirituals and anthems We produce two full concerts a year and frequently appear as guests at community functions from church services to Gay Pride rallies
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Performance at The Little Red School House NYC as part of an LGBTQ awareness program bringing visibility to Black gospel music tradition within a queer-affirming educational environment modeling intersectional identity for students and community
Performance at Queens Central Library Queens NY for an LGBTQ awareness program engaging the public with Black gospel music while affirming the visibility and dignity of Black LGBTQ artists and community members
Performance at New York Life Insurance Co NYC for LGBTQ awareness programming along with appearances at memorial services weddings and church functions across the New York metropolitan area extending the choirs mission of uplifting Black LGBTQ voices through gospel music in diverse community settings
Hanukkah performance and partnership with GRIOT Circle Brooklyn NY a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting empowering and advocating for LGBTQ older adults of color Founded in 1996 GRIOT Circle provides a safe affirming space to combat isolation through community-building programs health and wellness services and social events Lavender Lights performance directly served GRIOTs mission of serving Black and POC LGBTQ elders through the shared tradition of gospel music
The Katonah Presbyterian Church KPC is a historic welcoming Presbyterian Church USA congregation located at 31 Bedford Road in Katonah New York Founded in the 1870s and established in its current Gothic Revival building in 1900 it focuses on community outreach intergenerational ministry and local service
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $38k to $73k (+95%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
26% of LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Maria-Elena Grant
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $43.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $183 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR?
- LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,034 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($8,351). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $11,034 in grants to LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR?
- MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,351 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAVENDER LIGHT THE BLACK & PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS LESBIAN & GAY CHOIR find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing