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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BLAQUE PROMISE PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$428,700
Total expenses
$373,656
Contributions and grants received
$428,700
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$159,885
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,468
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$158,417
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$296,771
Management and general expenses
$76,885
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$296,771

Program services were 79.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $428,700

  • 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.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $136,729 · program services $109,383 · management and general $27,346 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,500 · program services $6,000 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,460 · program services $8,368 · management and general $2,092 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,435 · program services $0 · management and general $3,435 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $215,532 · program services $173,020 · management and general $42,512 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $103,373 · end of year $159,885

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $1,468

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $103,373 · end of year $158,417

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

To help Black children striving to achieve their fullest potential by disrupting systems that disproportionately places them at risk of not achieving their dreams.

  • The BLAQUE Promise Project continued its mission in 2025 to provide culturally affirming educational enrichment, literacy development, and leadership opportunities for children and families in Kansas City. Through its Freedom Schools programming and community-centered initiatives, the organization created safe, engaging, and academically enriching environments to strengthen literacy, build student confidence, deepen cultural identity, and combat learning loss disproportionately impacting historically underserved students.The organization also advanced planning efforts to redesign and expand future programming opportunities, including enhanced electives, field experiences, and middle school engagement strategies to better meet the evolving needs of returning scholars and families.

    Expenses $296,771 · Grants $428,700

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Cokethea Hill

    PRESIDENT/FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jeron Ravin

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Frank White III

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Dana Cutler

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Murray Woodard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $136,729
    From this org
    $136,729
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2025
Filed
12 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601349349307885

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