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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,010,415
Total expenses
$2,218,874
Contributions and grants received
$1,010,407
Grants paid
$66,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,719,250
Total liabilities, end of year
$201,581
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,517,669
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,352,056
Management and general expenses
$704,644
Fundraising expenses
$162,174
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,352,056

Program services were 60.9% 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

    $17,228

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $993,179

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $8

  • 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: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $63,000 · program services $63,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,000 · program services $3,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $457,037 · program services $342,973 · management and general $105,851 · fundraising $8,213

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $772,918 · program services $465,775 · management and general $226,005 · fundraising $81,138

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,313 · program services $7,144 · management and general $3,186 · fundraising $983

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $46,808 · program services $28,912 · management and general $14,593 · fundraising $3,303

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $90,418 · program services $59,384 · management and general $24,752 · fundraising $6,282

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,625 · management and general $3,625

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $80,705 · management and general $80,705

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $48,499 · fundraising $48,499

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $407,195 · program services $253,618 · management and general $147,654 · fundraising $5,923

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,124 · program services $19,893 · management and general $7,224 · fundraising $1,007

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $41,446 · program services $21,497 · management and general $18,904 · fundraising $1,045

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,133 · program services $28,910 · management and general $12,380 · fundraising $4,843

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,416 · program services $27,689 · management and general $8,522 · fundraising $205

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $25,348 · program services $19,756 · management and general $5,526 · fundraising $66

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,764 · program services $0 · management and general $10,764 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,033 · program services $896 · management and general $801 · fundraising $336

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bad Debt

    total $30,500 · program services $0 · management and general $30,500 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank and Credit Card Fees

    total $753 · program services $0 · management and general $753 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $2,589 · program services $1,859 · management and general $399 · fundraising $331

  • 24d · Other expenses: Honorarium

    total $9,250 · program services $7,750 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,000 · management and general $1,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,183,290 · end of year $2,895,428

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $11,397 · end of year $11,400

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,480,337 · end of year $730,575

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,244 · end of year $11,196

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

    $44,200

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

    $737

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $43,463

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $17,042 · end of year $14,102

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $13,086

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $67,182 · end of year $188,495

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $13,086

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,517,300 · end of year $1,537,724

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,108,828 · end of year $1,979,945

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

To improve the experiences and lives of African Americans in Minnesota by building a network of leaders and institutions that convenes, collaborates, and champions solutions.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The African American Leadership Forum is a collective of institutions and individuals that serves as a community innovation accelerator. AALF empowers Black communities to imagine and create an equitable future for themselves. The organization's ultimate goal is to manifest a world in which Black excellence thrives in all its forms, through breakthrough collaboration and coordinated action. With opinion research, design solutions and discourse-based action AALF advances racial equity through a Black Agenda For Change in Minnesota and beyond. Its focus areas are community prosperity, criminal justice, climate justice, public education, health and generational wealth. Through the cultural lens of Afrofuturism, AALF centers the rich heritage of its ancestors while embracing the unlimited potential of tomorrow. It strives to inspire innovation and spark imagination.

  • African American Leadership Forum (AALF, the Organization) converts research-based thought on social issues into action-oriented agenda and solutions, which address the fundamental causes of racial injustice. Our solutions are aimed to impact the areas of economic prosperity, generational wealth building, public health, education, criminal justice, and climate justice. Our goal is to end racial injustice in all its forms in Minnesota. To achieve that, we utilize data science research, discourse-driven gatherings, design innovation, and strategic community engagement. The primary focus areas of the work fall into the following focus areas determined to impact daily aspects of Black Minnesotan's lives: * Education - By advocating for a statewide system that reflects educational parity for every student, at every school. * Public Health - Reimagining the statewide healthcare structure to provide equal quality care with equal access to all Black people by removing the systemic barricades to equitable, affordable life-saving care. * Criminal Justice - Championing a fair and equal criminal justice system for all individuals. * Economic Prosperity - Reimagining systems so that economic growth, security, and financial well-being are reachable for all Black Minnesotans. * Climate Justice - We are advocating solutions that address the climate crisis and in turn address many social, racial, and environmental injustices. * Generation Wealth Building - We want to ensure financial wealth is consistently passed down by Black families from one generation to the other.

    Expenses $1,352,056 · Grants $66,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shanaya Dungey

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $162,429
    From this org
    $157,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,470
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,959
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,158
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,312
    Filer's total
    $162,429

  • Marc Watts

    Chief Brand Officer

    Total calculated
    $157,732
    From this org
    $156,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,301
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,431
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,301
    Filer's total
    $157,732

  • Niila Williams Hebert

    Chief Strategic Engagement Officer

    Total calculated
    $114,979
    From this org
    $111,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,129
    Hours/week
    40

  • Marcus Owens

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $84,199
    From this org
    $81,988
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,211
    Hours/week
    40

  • Adair Mosley

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $52,677
    From this org
    $51,318
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,359
    Hours/week
    40

  • Robbin Frazier

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stella Whitney-West

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Smallwood

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sylvia Bartley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nerita Hughes

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Taylor

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Boulware

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Lindsey

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Duchesne Drew

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anisha Murphy

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • Change Equals Opportunity

    $10,000

    To improve and enhance public safety in black communities.

  • Until We Are All Free Movement

    $10,000

    To improve and enhance public safety in black communities.

  • Mothers Against Community Gun Violence Inc

    $10,000

    To improve and enhance public safety in black communities.

  • 8218 Truce Center

    $10,000

    To improve and enhance public safety in black communities.

  • Man Up Club

    $10,000

    To improve and enhance public safety in black communities.

  • A Mother's Love Initiative

    $10,000

    To improve and enhance public safety in black communities.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
27 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202342869349301709

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