Illinois · Nonprofit
LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND
LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,155,866 to it, the largest being Peace Development Fund ($885,866). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $780k
What Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland does
Mission
The Lighthouse Foundation is a black, LGBTQ+-led, multiracial social justice organization that advances justice for black LGBTQ+ people through empowerment, education, and entertainment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland (lf) is a black lgbtq+-led multiracial social justice organization that advances justice for black lgbtq+ people across chicagoland through empowerment, education, and entertainment.in 2024, we engaged 1,987 people through 36 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.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. Self-care recharge: where we facilitated for bipoc lgbtq+ chicagoans having the opportunity to access culturally-responsive renewal services with black lgbtq+ vendors. We decided to spread black queer pride (bqp) over several events the year as celebration of black lgbtq+ culture and a way to pay gig workers who were hard hit by the covid-19 pandemic.…
$834,104 spentof which $82,198 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $834,104.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $477k to $862k (+81%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 25% · 2024 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Karlyn Meyer
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $372k → $835k.
2 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND’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
LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% 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 LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 93% · 2023 47% — diversifying over time.
“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
56% of LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $931k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND?
- LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,155,866 to it, the largest being Peace Development Fund ($885,866). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,155,866 in grants to LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND?
- Peace Development Fund is the largest funder on record, with $885,866 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGOLAND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 17 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