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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE WILLIAM J SEYMOUR INSTITUTE FOR BLACK CHURCH AND POLICY STUDIES IN.

Totals

Total revenue
$342,079
Total expenses
$561,157
Contributions and grants received
$318,507
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$23,000
Investment income
$467
Other revenue
$105
Total assets, end of year
$435,188
Total liabilities, end of year
$52,950
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$382,238
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$463,413
Management and general expenses
$75,929
Fundraising expenses
$21,815
Program service expenses (Part III)
$463,413

Program services were 82.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $15,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $303,507

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $23,000 · related or exempt $23,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $467 · excluded $467

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $105 · related or exempt $105

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $105

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $204,159 · program services $180,211 · management and general $11,774 · fundraising $12,174

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,544 · program services $12,201 · management and general $3,343

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $660 · program services $147 · management and general $513

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,807 · program services $13,695 · management and general $1,196 · fundraising $916

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,652 · management and general $19,652

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $171,230 · program services $137,171 · management and general $25,950 · fundraising $8,109

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,221 · program services $1,889 · management and general $332

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,114 · program services $21,017 · management and general $11,777 · fundraising $320

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $92,794 · program services $92,430 · management and general $345 · fundraising $19

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $763 · program services $763

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,213 · program services $3,889 · management and general $1,047 · fundraising $277

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $26,801 · end of year $41,187

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $494,340 · end of year $364,378

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $71,965 · end of year $5,222

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $23,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,831 · end of year $1,401

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,621 · end of year $2,950

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $50,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $53,316 · end of year $110,988

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $548,000 · end of year $271,250

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE WILLIAM J. SEYMOUR INSTITUTE FOR BLACK CHURCH AND POLICY STUDIES WILL EDUCATE AND TRAIN BLACK CHURCH LEADERS (INCLUDING CLERGY, SEMINARIANS AND LAY MEN AND WOMEN) AS WELL THE INTERESTED PUBLIC, REGARDING A PROPER CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHIC AND THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX QUESTIONS CONFRONTING THE BLACK CHURCH AT THIS PERIOD IN OUR HISTORY. AN UNCOMPROMISING COMMITMENT TO THE POOR INSPIRES THE SEYMOUR INSTITUTE'S MISSION BECAUSE OF THE GREATER VULNERABILITY OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS TO THE HARMS THAT ARISE FROM IMPROPER SOCIETAL ACTION IN THE AREAS OF CONCERN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN BLACK CHURCH LEADERS

  • THE INSTITUTE DELIVERED A RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT IN APRIL 2025 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BETSY STOCKTON CENTER AT THE PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. FISCAL YEAR 2025 SAW ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY OF THE ANNUAL ACADEMIC SUMMER PROGRAMS, WHICH AIM TO REDUCE THE USUAL SUMMER SLIDE AMONG DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN THE BOSTON AREA. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOWED GROWTH IN MATH AND LANGUAGE ARTS, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED GROWTH IN KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES IN BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE. IN 2025, THE PROGRAM WAS OFFERED TO CAMBRIDGE YOUTH FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR. AS IS CUSTOMARY, THE HYBRID SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH ALSO PROVIDED INCOME-EARNING OPPORTUNITIES. THE RESEARCH PROJECT IN POST-SECULAR SCIENCE CONTINUED THE FOCUS ON WRITING RETREATS. AN ESSAY ARISING FROM THIS WORK IS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLICATION IN FISCAL YEAR 2026. THE BLACK CHURCH RESEARCH PROJECT 'FORMERLY' THE BLACK CHURCH SOCIAL SERVICE PROJECT BEGAN IN 2024 AND SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITED 15 CHURCHES TO PARTICIPATE. THE GOAL OF SURVEYING 20 CHURCHES WAS COMPLETED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.

    Expenses $463,413 · Revenue $23,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Jacqueline C Rivers

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $131,681
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,681
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amos N Jones Esq

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Professor Timothy Shah

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Bishop David D Daniels

    FORMER SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Aaron Kheriaty

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Addie Richburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Dr Rich Wilkerson Sr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Dr Scott P Hagan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Eugene F Rivers III

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $86,422
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,422
    Hours/week
    25

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
2024
Filed
16 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630479349301308

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