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← BLACK OUTSIDE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLACK OUTSIDE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$397,309
Total expenses
$681,312
Contributions and grants received
$394,304
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,005
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$553,217
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$553,217
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$673,142
Management and general expenses
$8,170
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$673,142

Program services were 98.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $394,304

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,216

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,005 · excluded $3,005

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $48,000 · program services $48,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $236,209 · program services $236,209

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,732 · program services $9,732

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,603 · management and general $5,603

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $158,257 · program services $155,877 · management and general $2,380

  • 17 · Travel

    total $43,142 · program services $43,142

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOI: ASCENT

    total $123,431 · program services $123,431

  • 24b · Other expenses: CAMP FOUNDER GIRLS

    total $44,480 · program services $44,480

  • 24c · Other expenses: BLOOM PROJECT

    total $8,281 · program services $8,281

  • 24d · Other expenses: BROTHERS WITH THE LAND

    total $3,990 · program services $3,990

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $187 · management and general $187

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $513,211 · end of year $290,657

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $324,009 · end of year $262,560

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $837,220 · end of year $553,217

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

RECONNECT BLACK AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH TO THE OUTDOORS THROUGH CULTURALLY RELEVANT OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES.

  • BLACK OUTSIDE, INC ANNUAL ASCENT: THE PROGRAM CONNECTS YOUTH TO DEEP WILDERNESS EXPERIENCES IN THE BACK COUNTRY OF COLORADO. IN 2023, BLACK OUTSIDE, INC PROUDLY FACILITATED A BACK PACKING EXPERIENCE FOR ELEVEN YOUTH. YOUTH SPENT ONE-WEEK PARTICIPATING IN HIKING, REFLECTION, OVERNIGHT CAMPING, AND TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO DEEPEN THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

    Expenses $374,318

  • CAMP FOUNDER GIRLS: IN 2023, CFG PROUDLY SERVED 159 CAMPERS AND AN ADDITIONAL 28 COUNSELORS IN TRAINING. CAMPERS PARTICIPATED IN A WEEK OF ACTIVITIES CENTERED ON BRAVERY WHICH INCLUDED: HIGH ROPES, SWIMMING, SELF-REFLECTION, TEAM-BUILDING, BIKING, AND HORSEBACK RIDING. CAMP FOUNDER GIRLS WAS A ONE-WEEK SUMMER CAMP, WITH ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR CAMPERS AND FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITH BLACK OUTSIDE, INC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

    Expenses $245,784

  • BLOOM PROJECT: IN 2023 THE BLOOM PROJECT SERVED 31 YOUTH. THIS INCLUDED THE SECOND WINTER RETREAT FOR YOUTH AND ADDITIONAL FAMILY PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING ART AND YOGA. ACTIVITIES RANGED FROM CAMPING, GARDENING, AND BACKPACKING.

    Expenses $53,040

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alex Bailey

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $48,000
    From this org
    $48,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Lebon James

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maritza Hernan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Candice Towe

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ola Gbolahan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540319349302059

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