The City of Brotherly Love Softball League is a gay slow pitch softball
league serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area. CBLSL serves two
purposes: to promote, develop and operate a competitive, community
based softball league for the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender
community in metropolitan Philadelphia; and to support community
nonprofit groups that support the gay community in Philadelphia. All
of the organizations officers are volunteers.
The word “charitable”, as used in Section 501(c)(3), has been broadly
defined to mean “providing services beneficial to the public
interest”. The activities of CBLSL clearly benefit the public
interest. Promoting amateur athletics is beneficial to the health and
well being of the general public. Additionally, CBLSL will donate
non-operating capital back into local nonprofit groups that support the
gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender community.