Totals
- Total revenue
- $163,329
- Total expenses
- $174,260
- Contributions and grants received
- $154,112
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $17
- Other revenue
- $9,200
- Total assets, end of year
- $277,776
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $222
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $277,554
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $166,396
- Management and general expenses
- $7,864
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $166,396
Program services were 95.5% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$15,645
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$138,467
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3 · Investment income
total $17 · excluded $17
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $9,200 · excluded $9,200
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11e · Other revenue, total
$9,200
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $357 · program services $357
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,314 · management and general $3,314
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11g · Fees: other
total $50,884 · program services $50,884
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,529 · program services $4,529
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,522 · management and general $2,522
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14 · Information technology
total $109,256 · program services $109,256
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,096 · program services $1,096
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23 · Insurance
total $2,028 · management and general $2,028
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24a · Other expenses: LICENSE AND FEES
total $155 · program services $155
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24b · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSE
total $119 · program services $119
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $111,785 · end of year $114,896
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $175,456 · end of year $162,423
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$12,909
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$12,452
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,394 · end of year $457
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $150 · end of year $222
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $288,485 · end of year $277,554
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO CREATE A STATE-OF-THE-ART ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT BRINGS AFRICAN AMERICAN AND GLOBAL AFRICAN HISTORY TO ANYONE IN THE WORLD WITH ACCESS TO A COMPUTER SCREEN AND THE INTERNET.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO BUILD THE MOST EXTENSIVE, HIGH QUALITY ENCYCLOPEDIA CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O IN THE WORLD ON THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS BY PEOPLE OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY FROM THE BEGINNING OF HUMAN HISTORY.
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BLACKPAST.ORG IS AT 13,000 PAGES THE LARGEST ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET EXCLUSIVELY FOCUSED ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AND GLOBAL AFRICAN HISTORY. THIS RESOURCE IS FREE AND UNRESTRICED TO ANYONE AROUND THE WORLD WITH ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AND A COMPUTER SCREEN. BLACKPAST.ORG IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDNG THE INQUISITIVE PUBLIC WITH COMPREHENSIVE, RELIABLE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE PEOPLE OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY IN OTHER REGIONS OF THE WORLD. IT IS THE AIM OF FOUNDERS AND SPONSORS TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING THROUGH KNOWLEDGE IN ORDER TO GENERATE CONSTRUCTIVE CHANGES IN OUR SOCIETY.
Expenses $166,396
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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DOUGLAS BENDER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
QUIN'NITA COBBINS-MODICA
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ALBERT BROUSSARD
BOARD MEMEBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
CECILIA VENABLE
BOARD MEMEBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DAVID TAYLOR
BOARD MEMEBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ARDUA HARRIS
BOARD MEMEBER (THROUGH DEC.2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
LEONARD PITTS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
QUINTARD TAYLOR
INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THROUGH JUN. 2025)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
SAHEED ADEJUMOBI
BOARD MEMEBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
TONY METOYER
TREASURER (THROUGH DEC.2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
TAYLOR BROOKS-HEALY
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JAMILA TAYLOR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
MELISSA KEMP
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
EDDIE BRAILSFORD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 5 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533119349302788
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