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← MIDLANDS AFRICAN CHAMBER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MIDLANDS AFRICAN CHAMBER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$422,211
Total expenses
$406,931
Contributions and grants received
$408,783
Grants paid
$52,100
Program service revenue
$13,428
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$203,002
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,294
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$201,708
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$193,570
Management and general expenses
$129,596
Fundraising expenses
$83,765
Program service expenses (Part III)
$193,570

Program services were 47.6% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $21,386

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $30,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $357,397

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PITCH BLACK COMPETITIO

    total $13,428 · related or exempt $13,428

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $52,100 · program services $52,100

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $158,979 · program services $52,993 · management and general $52,993 · fundraising $52,993

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,286 · program services $2,762 · management and general $2,762 · fundraising $2,762

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,849 · program services $4,283 · management and general $4,283 · fundraising $4,283

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,602 · program services $3,534 · management and general $3,534 · fundraising $3,534

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,764 · program services $5,185 · management and general $14,904 · fundraising $2,675

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,388 · program services $2,796 · management and general $2,796 · fundraising $2,796

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $35,942 · program services $5,378 · management and general $25,790 · fundraising $4,774

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,392 · program services $6,464 · management and general $6,464 · fundraising $6,464

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,765 · management and general $9,765

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,791 · management and general $1,791

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,665 · program services $555 · management and general $555 · fundraising $555

  • 24a · Other expenses: PITCH BLACK COMPETITION

    total $36,356 · program services $36,356

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAC XCELERATOR

    total $13,981 · program services $13,981

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMPUTER / APPS & SOFTW

    total $8,787 · program services $2,929 · management and general $2,929 · fundraising $2,929

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

    total $2,581 · program services $2,581

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,703 · program services $1,673 · management and general $1,030

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $145,058 · end of year $202,343

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,557

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $659

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $27,876 · end of year $948

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $346

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $121,739 · end of year $201,708

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EMPOWER, CONNECT, AND CHAMPION THE AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS COMMUNITIES IN NEBRASKA AND IN THE MIDWEST

  • PITCH BLACK IS A DYNAMIC CONFERENCE STRATEGICALLY CRAFTED TO FUEL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDWEST. OUR EVENT SHOWCASES PROMINENT SPEAKERS, A BUSINESS EXPOSITION, AND AN EXCITING BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION. THE COMPETITION IS SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO OFFER A PLATFORM FOR EMERGING BIPOC (BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR) AS WELL AS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ENTREPRENEURS TO SHOWCASE THEIR INNOVATIVE IDEAS. PARTICIPANTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE FOR A GRAND PRIZE OF UP TO $15,000, COMPLEMENTED BY INVALUABLE IN-KIND SUPPORT SURPASSING $40,000. THIS SUPPORT EXTENDS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS MARKETING, LEGAL, AND ACCOUNTING, PROVIDING CRUCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THEIR VENTURES. A GROUNDBREAKING INITIATIVE, PITCH BLACK, IS COMMITTED TO NURTURING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FORTIFYING BUSINESSES. BY FACILITATING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EMERGING ENTREPRENEURS AND POTENTIAL INVESTORS, MENTORS, AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, OUR CONFERENCE STRIVES TO INVIGORATE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CHAMPION DIVERSITY IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

    Expenses $89,712 · Grants $24,200 · Revenue $13,428

  • THE MAC FOUNDATION'S UMOJA PROGRAM IS AIMED AT INCREASING UNITY, COLLABORATION, AND SYNERGY BETWEEN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND AFRICAN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDWEST. THE PROGRAM RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING STRONG, DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, AND WE BELIEVE THAT BY BRINGING TOGETHER AFRICAN AMERICAN AND AFRICAN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, WE CAN CREATE A MORE UNIFIED AND POWERFUL VOICE FOR CHANGE. THROUGH A SERIES OF ONLINE FORUMS AND LIVE EVENTS, WE PROVIDE A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE SPACE FOR DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES. OUR FORUMS ALLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES, EXPERIENCES, AND CONCERNS, WHILE OUR LIVE EVENTS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MEET AND CONNECT IN PERSON.

    Expenses $32,822

  • THE MAC XCELERATOR (MAC-X) IS AN ENTERPRISE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN, ENERGIZE, AND SUPPORT STARTUPS AND SMALL BUSINESSES LED BY BLPOC ENTREPRENEURS IN NEBRASKA AND THROUGHOUT THE MIDLANDS. MAC-X IDENTIFIES BLACK BUSINESS LEADERS WITH IMPACT-ORIENTED SOLUTIONS, ADDRESSING ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY NEEDS WHILE SPURRING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH. IN ORDER TO CATER TO A WIDE AUDIENCE, THE MAC-X PROGRAM WILL BE HELD BIANNUALLY, WITH ONE SESSION IN THE FALL AND ANOTHER IN THE SPRING. PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND MAY CHOOSE TO APPLY FOR THE PITCH BLACK COMPETITION. HOWEVER, BEING PART OF THE MAC-X PROGRAM DOES NOT GUARANTEE PARTICIPATION IN THE PITCH BLACK COMPETITION OR FINALE. COMPLETING THE MAC-X PROGRAM WILL ENABLE COHORT MEMBERS TO RECEIVE UP TO $ 1,000 IN SEED FUNDS.

    Expenses $71,036 · Grants $27,900

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Fidele Mienso

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $42,780
    From this org
    $42,780
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • John Ouedraogo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Luper Akough

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Martine Quartey

    VP OF MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ali Hussain

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Philippe Bruce

    VP ADVOCACY/ COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jack Beguedou

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Latricia Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Euloge Sekle

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Folly Gonael Gnininvi

    VP OF FUNDRAISING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Laban Njuguna

    BOARD CHAIR AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Taylor Johnson

    VP MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ishmael Samuel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • MAC FOUNDATION INC

    501(C)(3) · TO CONNECT, EMPOWER, AND ELAVATE UNDERREPRESENTED ENTREPRENEURS. · NE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
20 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202541409349301209

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