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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BENOLA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$939,487
Total expenses
$937,036
Contributions and grants received
$935,411
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$4,076
Total assets, end of year
$859,792
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,565
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$822,227
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$564,438
Management and general expenses
$321,068
Fundraising expenses
$51,530
Program service expenses (Part III)
$564,438

Program services were 60.2% 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

    $935,411

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Black Is Brilliant Inst.

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Bloomberg/BRAF

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Kellogg Foundation

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $4,076 · related or exempt $4,076

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,076

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $156,047 · program services $98,418 · management and general $57,629

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $137,361 · program services $87,380 · management and general $49,981

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,478 · management and general $10,478

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,300 · program services $6,960 · management and general $4,340

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,585 · program services $249 · management and general $4,336

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,492 · program services $5,200 · management and general $41,292

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $269,266 · program services $141,626 · management and general $84,140 · fundraising $43,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $41,984 · program services $36,341 · management and general $2,863 · fundraising $2,780

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,593 · program services $174 · management and general $1,419

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,736 · program services $282 · management and general $2,454

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,258 · program services $69 · management and general $11,189

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $852 · management and general $852

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,159 · management and general $10,159

  • 24a · Other expenses: Events

    total $156,358 · program services $151,047 · management and general $5,311

  • 24b · Other expenses: Awards

    total $31,625 · program services $31,625

  • 24c · Other expenses: Books and subscriptions, etc.

    total $16,061 · program services $1,643 · management and general $9,168 · fundraising $5,250

  • 24d · Other expenses: Business meeting expenses

    total $6,615 · program services $1,397 · management and general $5,218

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,266 · program services $2,027 · management and general $20,239

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $775,631 · end of year $859,792

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,011 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $616 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,271 · end of year $15,860

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $20,681 · end of year $21,705

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $760,306 · end of year $822,227

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of Black Education For New Orleans (BE NOLA) is to support Black educators and schools to ensure an education that creates better outcomes and opportunities for Black children in New Orleans as a critical factor in building a thriving Black community.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The mission of Black Education For New Orleans BE NOLA is to support Black educators and schools to ensure an education that creates better outcomes and opportunities for Black children in New Orleans as a critical factor in building a thriving community.

  • Other programs

    Expenses $196,766

  • Goldman Sachs BE NOLA?s annual citywide education summit provides a space at the beginning of the school year to affirm the connection and shared purpose of our education community in New Orleans, examine timely education issues from a strength-based lens, and connect educators to resources and support organizations in the broader "village.? It embodies BE NOLA?s mantra that ?education is a lifestyle? by going beyond the four walls of a classroom to connect culture and education. The fourth year of the Summit included a virtual program, an in person education hub located on New Orleans? historic ?Black Wall Street of New Orleans,? Bayou Road, which also correlated with National Black Business Month, and virtual viewing locations at Black-owned businesses across the city. More than 700 educators, parents and community members registered to participate in the 2023 Summit and attendees said they would recommend the program at an average rating of 9.07 on 10 point scale. The 2023 Summit generated 257 pieces of media coverage and an economic impact of more than $200K with over 80% of dollars going to local DBEs.

    Expenses $149,656

  • Kellogg BBI - In 2023, BE NOLA launched the pilot cohort of the Black Is Brilliant Institute, a six-month paid fellowship for New Orleans classroom and community educators that guides fellows in an experiential journey of wellness, learning, and doing. The Institute focuses on five pillars: Black Educational History, Health and Wellness, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Holistic Curriculum, and Communal Infrastructure Building. Fellows received a stipend and graduated from the Institute with an expansive network, a greater understanding of culturally relevant pedagogy and the history and context of Black education in New Orleans, and increased access to places, spaces, and modalities of healing and wellness for themselves and the 2200+ students they collectively impact. 2023 Fellows would recommend the Institute at an average rating of 9.78 on 10 point scale. 96.5% indicated a growth of their support networks; 100% reported an increase in their understanding of historical Black education in the city of New Orleans; 100% of participants stated they felt motivated to remain in education as a result of the Institute.

    Expenses $129,612

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Adrinda Kelly

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $156,047
    From this org
    $156,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,047
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $156,047
  • Ashana Bigard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Margarret Montgomery-Richard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bishop Tom B Watson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lona Edwards Hankins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thelma French

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Darryl Kilbert

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Stacy Martin

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jonathan Wilson

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

None.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530349349301313

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