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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLACK STUDENT FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$307,091
Total expenses
$314,602
Contributions and grants received
$247,395
Grants paid
$8,689
Program service revenue
$64,468
Investment income
$738
Other revenue
-$5,510
Total assets, end of year
$51,018
Total liabilities, end of year
$165
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$50,853
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$213,248
Management and general expenses
$74,950
Fundraising expenses
$26,404
Program service expenses (Part III)
$213,248

Program services were 67.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $9,972

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $237,423

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: 2023 BSF/LSF School Fair

    total $47,100 · related or exempt $47,100 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Maryland School Fair

    total $17,368 · related or exempt $17,368 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $738 · related or exempt $738 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $755

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $6,265

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$5,510 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$5,510

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $8,689 · program services $8,689

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $50,250 · program services $38,693 · management and general $6,533 · fundraising $5,024

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $113,771 · program services $87,604 · management and general $14,790 · fundraising $11,377

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,659 · program services $3,587 · management and general $606 · fundraising $466

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,596 · program services $1,037 · management and general $360 · fundraising $2,199

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,634 · program services $4,254 · management and general $5,530 · fundraising $850

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,658 · program services $8,663 · management and general $11,262 · fundraising $1,733

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,836 · program services $15,134 · management and general $19,675 · fundraising $3,027

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,010 · program services $804 · management and general $1,045 · fundraising $161

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $74 · program services $30 · management and general $39 · fundraising $5

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $684 · program services $68 · management and general $616

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,576 · program services $2,900 · management and general $2,231 · fundraising $445

  • 24a · Other expenses: Sustainability Summit

    total $15,544 · program services $15,544 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: BSF Cultural Programming

    total $10,720 · program services $10,720 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: PGPAEO School Fair

    total $9,175 · program services $4,175 · management and general $5,000 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: BSF/LSF School Fair

    total $5,759 · program services $5,759 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,967 · program services $5,587 · management and general $7,263 · fundraising $1,117

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $20,605 · end of year $7,362

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $782 · end of year $18,658

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $75,667

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $73,614

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,737 · end of year $2,053

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,004 · end of year $15,929

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,244 · end of year $7,016

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $675 · end of year $165

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,388 · end of year $35,931

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,309 · end of year $14,922

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BSF is an educational equity organization advancing educational choice by affording underserved families access to independent schools and supporting their success. BSF has served tens of thousands of children; served more than seventy five BSF member schools K-12; and inspired replications across the Mid-Atlantic region. BSF is also a community resource collaborating with organizations advancing education.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Black Student Fund (BSF) provides essential advocacy, academic and retention support to academically motivated African American and other underserved students to facilitate their access, admission and successful matriculation and graduation from member schools. BSF partners with member schools to provide financial assistance, as well as instruction, evaluations, feedback and monitoring necessary to facilitate the creation and maintenance of a supportive and responsive environment.

  • For more than fifty years, BSF has provided financial support for families at BSF Member Schools. BSF provides small tuition scholarships, funding for participation in summer and school year academic enrichment, youth development program/activities and BSF provides emergency and essential services financial support to BSF families

    Expenses $26,982 · Grants $8,689

  • The BSF/LSF Annual School Fair is a forum for Washington metropolitan area families to learn about independent school education and to engage students, teachers and administrators from more than 70 local and national independent schools and educational programs. This event also includes: workshops, chat rooms, recorded content and a digital resources library. The event served more than 1200 families and included more than 50 schools and educational organizations

    Expenses $104,456 · Revenue $46,718

  • BSF Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) is a focused academic enrichment effort of BSF. BSF STEM is a series of connected programs and activities providing students with introductory and advanced STEM learning. With an anchor in math and coding, BSF Scholars and Affiliates participate in yearlong out of school learning; tech skill development and STEM awareness events

    Expenses $37,338

  • Provided cultural experiences including Juneteenth and Long Way Down

    Expenses $38,884 · Revenue $275

  • Various summer activities

    Expenses $5,588

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leroy Nesbitt Jr

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $50,250
    From this org
    $50,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Joel Kanter

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mark D Schneider

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dwight Franklin Jr

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Olutosin Aje-Adegbite

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Adewale Omoniyi

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeanie Carr

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Breon N Wells

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sean A Floyd

    Trustee

    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
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521439349301242

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