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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,037,705
Total expenses
$5,287,066
Contributions and grants received
$9,935,324
Grants paid
$739,500
Program service revenue
$83,043
Investment income
$17,693
Other revenue
$1,645
Total assets, end of year
$9,876,405
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,868,137
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,008,268
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,213,860
Management and general expenses
$990,533
Fundraising expenses
$82,673
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,213,860

Program services were 79.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,858,399

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,076,925

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    total $42,484 · related or exempt $42,484

  • 2b · Program service revenue: NEIGHBORHOOD & COMMERCIAL DEVELOP

    total $40,559 · related or exempt $40,559

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,693 · excluded $17,693

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,645 · excluded $1,645

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,645

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $739,500 · program services $739,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $211,009 · program services $153,758 · management and general $53,151 · fundraising $4,100

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,092,868 · program services $1,564,712 · management and general $483,301 · fundraising $44,855

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $181,001 · program services $133,262 · management and general $43,695 · fundraising $4,044

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $188,792 · program services $139,116 · management and general $45,478 · fundraising $4,198

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,742 · program services $14,497 · management and general $11,245

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $62,272 · management and general $62,272

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $785,174 · program services $676,513 · management and general $108,313 · fundraising $348

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $178,575 · program services $131,588 · management and general $43,016 · fundraising $3,971

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $266,132 · program services $204,231 · management and general $56,561 · fundraising $5,340

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $56,105 · program services $41,343 · management and general $13,515 · fundraising $1,247

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,286 · program services $6,625 · management and general $661

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,467 · program services $29,818 · management and general $9,749 · fundraising $900

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,034 · program services $940 · management and general $94

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $73,781 · program services $56,455 · management and general $15,892 · fundraising $1,434

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $58,153 · program services $47,800 · fundraising $10,353

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $114,148 · program services $88,543 · management and general $25,493 · fundraising $112

  • 24b · Other expenses: ENTERTAINMENT

    total $97,442 · program services $97,167 · fundraising $275

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $43,253 · program services $32,017 · management and general $10,287 · fundraising $949

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $28,214 · program services $28,214

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $36,118 · program services $27,761 · management and general $7,810 · fundraising $547

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,328,682 · end of year $4,686,669

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,797,546 · end of year $3,629,438

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $8,724

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $704,780

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $153,296

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $274,341 · end of year $551,484

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $981,470

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $18,620

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $348,742 · end of year $1,825,352

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $180

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $25,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $66,667 · end of year $17,605

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $823,734 · end of year $3,941,596

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,162,926 · end of year $4,066,672

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE BLACK CULTURAL ZONE IS TO UNAPOLOGETICALLY CENTER BLACK ARTS, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMICS AS WE COLLECTIVELY DESIGN, RESOURCE, TRANSFORM, AND BUILD COLLECTIVE POWER FOR OUR COMMUNITY, RELATIONSHIPS, AND ALLIANCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS CENTERED ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MESSENGERS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEAM, COMMUNITY, AND NETWORK OF AMBASSADORS; AND RAPID RESPONSE EFFORTS CENTERING ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $2,286,860

  • NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INCLUDES OUR SAFETY CORRIDOR AMBASSADORS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL CORRIDOR AMENITIES WHEREVER ONE OF OUR COMMERCIAL HUBS IS DEVELOPED. OUR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE GROUND-UP DEVELOPMENT OF MARKET HALLS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE ACQUISITION AND RENOVATION OF RETAIL AND MIXED-USE SPACES ON KEY COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS. THESE HUBS ARE THE CENTERPIECE OF OUR STRATEGY TO HOLD PLACES FOR OUR COMMUNITY -- FROM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO ARTISTS, CREATIVES, AND MAKERS.

    Expenses $1,183,353 · Grants $739,500 · Revenue $40,559

  • OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND ALLIANCES ARE THE HEART OF OUR INITIATIVES. WE CENTER OUR COMMUNITY AND WORK CLOSELY WITH A WIDE ARRAY OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS FORMING A NETWORK OR COLLABORATIONS, COLLECTIVES, AND COALITIONS THAT CENTER OUR COMMUNITY AND ALIGN ON A STRATEGY OF HOLDING PLACE, DESPITE THE WAVE OF GENTRIFICATION IN OUR LEGACY COMMUNITIES, AND CENTERING OUR ART AND CULTURE AS A POWER-BUILDING STRATEGY.

    Expenses $528,740

  • OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES OUR CULTURAL MARKET POP-UPS, CENTERING OUR AKOMA MARKET VENDORS; TAKING THEM ON THE ROAD; OUR INCUBATOR; AND VIRTUAL MARKET INCLUDING CUSTOM BOXES AND A VIRTUAL LOOK BOOK. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES BUSINESS COUNSELING AND CAREER/WORKFORCE NAVIGATION AND SUPPORT.

    Expenses $214,907 · Revenue $42,484

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

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL GASTON

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CRYSTAL MATSON

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MIEKAEL MENBERU

    BOARD CO-CHAIR AS OF 10/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • HOWARD OLIVER

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AHMED ALI BOB

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAMIEN MCDUFFIE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JANINE MIXON

    BOARD MEMBER AS OF 10/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BERNIDA REGAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AJA RICE

    BOARD MEMBER AS OF 11/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LARISSA ESTES WHITE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • NINA WOODRUFF-WALKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CAROLYN JOHNSON

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $210,000
    From this org
    $209,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $472
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,528
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $472
    Filer's total
    $210,000

  • LANETHA OLIVER

    COO

    Total calculated
    $164,950
    From this org
    $157,296
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,654
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,346
    Bonus
    $4,950
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,654
    Filer's total
    $164,950

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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • LIBERATED LAND STEWARDS LLC

    INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT · CA · income $13,383 · assets $1,340,153

    Directly controlled by BLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  • LIBERATION PARK RESIDENCES LLC

    INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT · CA · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by BLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • LIBERATION PARK RESIDENCES LP

    RELATED · RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT · CA · 49% owned · share of income $240,100 · share of assets $240,100

    Directly controlled by EDEN HOUSING INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541299349304604

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