Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative | NYC Charity

The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative (SIGBI) is the official and only charitable giving organization of the historic Stonewall Inn spreading the Stonewall Inn Legacy to the Places, Faces and Spaces that need it the most.

The 2025 Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative Grant Application is now Available

The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative

The Official LGBTQ+ Nonprofit Organization of the Stonewall Inn in NYC

Inspired by the struggles and ideals of the Stonewall Uprising

The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative (SIGBI) is a nonprofit committed to eliminating the social intolerance that impacts LGBTQ+ individuals. Established in NYC at the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, our work supports LGBTQ+ communities around the globe through awareness campaigns, educational programming, fundraising, and candid public dialogue.


Our Work

Our nonprofit work supports LGBTQ+ grassroots organizations scattered across the globe, especially in communities with slower progress towards equality, where continuing discrimination and harassment can no longer be tolerated.

Safe Space

Create a safe space for your LGBTQ+ employees, LGBTQ+ customers, and advocate for LGBTQ+ equality. Our Safe Spaces Certification provides proper training, policies, and standards of equality for your business, organization or event.

Grants specifically for LGBTQ+ organizations, activists, and nonprofits that are committed to helping LGBTQ+ people throughout the globe lead happy and healthy out lives.

The Stonewall Inn Brick Awards Gala

Hosted in NYC, this is our annual fundraising gala to honor LGBTQ+ leaders from around the globe who continue The Stonewall Inn’s legacy of activism.

We are committed to lowering the heartbreaking statistics of overdoses in our community. Find a list of LGBTQ+ Rehab centers that are LGBTQ+ operated and specialize in serving our beloved community.


Your Donation Changes Lives

By supporting The Stonewall Inn’s LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization, you become part of a global movement standing up for equality, dignity, and justice for all. Every action, every donation, every voice raised makes a difference. Let's continue the legacy of The Stonewall Inn together and create a world where everyone can live openly, safely, and authentically.