Lavender Light the Black & People of All Colors Lesbian & Gay Choir
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133652071
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9175382297
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $80,769
- Expenses
- $47,092
- Assets
- $73,274
- Liabilities
- $31,193
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
People named in this filing
- Maria-Elena Grant (Chairperson)
- Albert Wilcox (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
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
What it reported doing in 2025
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
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 41.7%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.