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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLACK VOICES FOR BLACK JUSTICE FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$222,617
Total expenses
$520,612
Contributions and grants received
$216,904
Grants paid
$460,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,713
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$242
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$242
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$485,000
Management and general expenses
$35,612
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$485,000

Program services were 93.2% 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

    $216,904

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,713 · excluded $5,713

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $145,000 · program services $145,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $315,000 · program services $315,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,189 · management and general $1,189

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $56,062 · program services $25,000 · management and general $31,062

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,361 · management and general $3,361

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $300,020 · end of year $242

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,783 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $298,237 · end of year $242

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE BLACK VOICES FOR BLACK JUSTICE FUND (BVBJ) IS A NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT CORPORATION WHOSE PURPOSES ARE TO: (I) PROVIDE SUPPORT, VIA GRANTS, TO HELP BLACK LEADERS SHAPE THE MOVEMENT TO BUILD A FAIR, EQUITABLE, AND ANTIRACIST AMERICA; AND (II) ELEVATE AND AMPLIFY ONGOING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL CRISIS SURROUNDING RACISM, WHITE SUPREMACY, POLICE BRUTALITY, AND RACIAL INEQUALITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BLACK VOICES FOR BLACK JUSTICE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED TO AMPLIFY CLARION VOICES ABOUT RACIAL JUSTICE, CONNECT NEW AND ESTABLISHED BLACK LEADERS TO ONE ANOTHER, AND SUPPORT BLACK-LED EFFORTS TO BUILD MEANINGFUL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ALONG RACIAL LINES INCLUDING DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, JOBS, EDUCATION, JUSTICE, AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

  • IN 2023, BVBJ'S THREE MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: 1) MAKING ONE ROUND OF AWARDS IN JUNE OF 2023, WHEN THE CO-CHAIRS SELECTED 20 NEW AWARDEES FROM AMONG THOUSANDS OF NOMINATIONS THAT BVBJ RECEIVED VIA EMAIL AND THE BVBJ WEBSITE; 2) PUBLISHING A PROGRESS REPORT, CALLED FREEDOM TO DREAM, THAT HIGHLIGHTED BVBJ AWARDEES' ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE; AND 3) FUNDRAISING.

    Expenses $485,000 · Grants $460,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jean Desravines

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alice Johnson Cain

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Gideon Stein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403209349327840

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