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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLACK CALIFORNIANS UNITED FOR EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$762,200
Total expenses
$675,253
Contributions and grants received
$734,194
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$28,006
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$503,591
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,846
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$489,745
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$570,246
Management and general expenses
$63,269
Fundraising expenses
$41,738
Program service expenses (Part III)
$570,246

Program services were 84.4% 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

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $734,194

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Black Family Culture Kit

    total $4,512 · related or exempt $4,512 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Symposium

    total $23,494 · related or exempt $23,494 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $257,367 · program services $192,000 · management and general $38,605 · fundraising $26,762

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,170 · program services $18,170

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $149,760 · program services $112,320 · management and general $22,464 · fundraising $14,976

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,200 · management and general $2,200

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,450 · program services $5,450

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $7,805 · program services $7,805

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,376 · program services $17,376

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,145 · program services $10,145

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,532 · program services $32,532

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,363 · program services $29,363

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,595 · program services $2,595

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $142,490 · program services $142,490

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $402,798 · end of year $503,591

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $13,846

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $312,746 · end of year $402,798

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $90,052 · end of year $86,947

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Black Californians United for Early Care and Education is committed to disrupting and abolishing over 400 years of intentionally designed institutional and systemic racism. We work to ensure California's ECE system is culturally affirming for Black children, families, and early educators, and that ECE policies and resource allocation are aligned to match our vision.

  • Organizational Capacity Building: We continued to build capacity of our organization, building to a staff of 6 people, 3 of them full-time. Our executive director completed an 8 month training program for new EDs, and had 1:1 coaching sessions for leadership development. With co-founders and Wisdom Circle members, we also refreshed our strategic plan priorities. We also invested in IT systems to streamline processes.

    Expenses $343,743

  • An important focus of BlackECE is to advocate for California's youngest Black children, their families and Black child care providers. We were invited to join the steering committee of the Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation and Truth. Our workshop proposal for National Associaiton for Family Child Care was accepted, and we began planning our first symposium on research, policy and practice.

    Expenses $8,119

  • Child Care Provider Support: We hosted virtual monthly meetings which had up to 30 child care providers participating. We also included them in training on BlackECEs core messaging. They also went to Sacramento to share their stories with legislators and give comment at a budget hearing. We also provided gift cards over the year to encourage their self-care. Our advocates also presented at conferences like NAFCC in St. Louis, to share how important it is to advocate as a Black early educator. 10 Lift Every Voice advocates were able to travel, with all expenses covered.

    Expenses $112,007

  • Incentives for child care providers to participate in programming.

    Expenses $5,023

  • Policy advisement

    Expenses $5,260

  • We launched our first activity to uplift cultural affirmation in early learning spaces, the Black Family Culture Kit. The kits are a series of four that include products and activities that are developmentally appropriate and help families and other adults affirm Black culture with their young children. We also launched our Black Family Cookout in three California locations, bringing together families and children and early educators to build community. Finally, we launched our first Symposium on policy, practice and research, sharing with attendees the main tenets of our strategic plan.

    Expenses $96,094

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Keisha Nzewi

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $162,000
    From this org
    $162,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,000
    Filer's total
    $174,000

  • Samantha Thompson

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $121,000
    From this org
    $121,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,400
    Filer's total
    $132,400

  • Lea Austin

    Board President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Lloyd Schine

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Angela Jenkins

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Dr Lee Johnson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

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

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
1 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501339349304615

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