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PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride

PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $329,357 to it, the largest being JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC ($125,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$670k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$329k
Net assets
$199k
2/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 29%
01What it does

What PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride does

Mission

Toward Pride equips institutions to advocate for the holistic health and wellness of Black LGBTQ+ communities. We envision a world where LGBTQ+ communities are embraced by social, civic, and faith-based institutions that insist on our freedom and full-flourishing.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Faith Leader Cohorts - the Black Church Equality Fellowship, the Rural Black Church Equality Fellowship, and the Faith and HIV Advocacy Fellowship - leadership development programs for faith leaders to advance their LGBTQ+ advocacy and develop inclusive initiatives in their congregations. Other educational activities, including curriculum development and advocacy.

    $270,368 spentof which $74,000 as grants
    53% of program spending
  2. ChiWellness Circle - Toward Pride addresses gaps in HIV-related care by delivering programming tailored to communitiesd most impacted by inequities in service access.Other health-related programming and research projects.

    $154,065 spentof which $21,600 as grants
    30% of program spending
  3. Canvas for Change - a biannual convening that brings together over 150 LGBTQ+ advocates, artists, and allies to explore health and wellness for Black LGBTQ+ communities through an intersectional lens.

    $90,077 spent
    18% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $514,510.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($220k) Expenses 100 ($130k) Net assets 100 ($114k)2023 Revenue 135 ($297k) Expenses 251 ($326k) Net assets 99 ($113k)2024 Revenue 269 ($591k) Expenses 423 ($549k) Net assets 136 ($155k)2025 Revenue 305 ($670k) Expenses 483 ($626k) Net assets 175 ($199k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (305)Expenses (483)Net assets (175)Peer revenue range

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 $113k to $359k (+217%).

$114k
$113k
$359k
$210k
2022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

96% of PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,975 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$90k
’22
−$29k
’23
$42k
’24
$44k
’25
4.0
months of
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.

Chief executive

Donald Abram

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2022202320242025
Listed3555
Joined·+4+1+2
No longer listed·212
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride’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

PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

46% 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 PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride.

38%
largest funder
74%
top three
~4
effective funders

“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

PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 5 states in all.

MN
IL
MI
NY
NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride has grown faster than three-quarters of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve4.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)45% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 13%Fundraising 5%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride?
PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $329,357 to it, the largest being JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC ($125,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $329,357 in grants to PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride?
JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PRIDE IN THE PEWS NFP INC dba Powering Institutions Toward Pride 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 7 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