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← Black Voters Matter Fund Inc

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by Black Voters Matter Fund Inc.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,664,409
Total expenses
$8,558,111
Contributions and grants received
$5,677,813
Grants paid
$2,036,795
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$13,404
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,697,325
Total liabilities, end of year
$131,505
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,565,820
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,408,954
Management and general expenses
$2,008,347
Fundraising expenses
$140,810
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,408,954

Program services were 74.9% 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

    $5,677,813

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,115 · related or exempt $4,115 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total -$17,519 · related or exempt -$17,519 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    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 $2,036,795 · program services $2,036,795

  • 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 $173,982 · management and general $173,982

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,236,108 · program services $1,095,290 · management and general $24,797 · fundraising $116,021

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $159,974 · program services $124,260 · management and general $22,551 · fundraising $13,163

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $143,249 · program services $70,527 · management and general $64,157 · fundraising $8,565

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $911,123 · program services $616,893 · management and general $294,230

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,534 · program services $10,534

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $45,000 · program services $45,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,335,305 · program services $1,132,974 · management and general $1,202,581 · fundraising -$250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $179,001 · management and general $175,690 · fundraising $3,311

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,000 · management and general $1,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,276,681 · program services $1,276,681

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,842 · management and general $13,842

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,842 · management and general $33,842

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,675 · management and general $1,675

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,804,912 · end of year $985,286

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $219,269 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $444,650 · end of year $657,115

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

    $101,067

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

    $53,683

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $61,226 · end of year $47,384

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $7,540

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $70,535 · end of year $131,505

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,459,522 · end of year $1,565,820

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Our goal is to increase power in our communities through effective voting. We increase voter registration and help develop voting infrastructure and to pursue policies that expands access to the ballot.

  • Our goal is to increase power in our communities through effective voting. We increase voter registration and help develop voting infrastructure and to pursue policies that expands access to the ballot.

    Expenses $6,408,954 · Grants $2,036,795 · Revenue $5,677,813

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cliff Albright

    CoFounder

    Total calculated
    $271,050
    From this org
    $54,210
    From related orgs
    $216,840
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $54,210 + $216,840 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $54,210 + $216,840 related
  • LaTosha Brown

    CoFounder

    Total calculated
    $267,097
    From this org
    $53,419
    From related orgs
    $213,678
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $53,419 + $213,678 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $53,419 + $213,678 related
  • Zenobia Russell

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $174,373
    From this org
    $34,875
    From related orgs
    $139,498
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $34,875 + $139,498 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $34,875 + $139,498 related
  • April Albright

    National Legal Director

    Total calculated
    $157,388
    From this org
    $31,478
    From related orgs
    $125,910
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $31,478 + $125,910 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $31,478 + $125,910 related
  • Dean Anthony

    Logistics Director

    Total calculated
    $144,116
    From this org
    $28,823
    From related orgs
    $115,293
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $28,823 + $115,293 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $28,823 + $115,293 related
  • Alexis Buchanan Thomas

    Development Director

    Total calculated
    $139,580
    From this org
    $27,916
    From related orgs
    $111,664
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $27,916 + $111,664 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $27,916 + $111,664 related
  • Rodrick Barge

    Data Director

    Total calculated
    $139,227
    From this org
    $27,845
    From related orgs
    $111,382
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $27,845 + $111,382 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $27,845 + $111,382 related
  • Venkayla Haynes

    Communications Director

    Total calculated
    $139,204
    From this org
    $27,841
    From related orgs
    $111,363
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $27,841 + $111,363 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $27,841 + $111,363 related
  • Danielle Brown

    Co National Field Director

    Total calculated
    $139,181
    From this org
    $27,836
    From related orgs
    $111,345
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $27,836 + $111,345 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $27,836 + $111,345 related
  • Kamau Franklin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rhonda Briggins

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Monifa Bandele

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a
The Co-Founders occasionally fly first class to travel to various speaking engagements and interviews.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
The organization used an outside organization to research and determine officer and key employee compensation.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4
Dean Anthony and Alexis Buchanan Thomas received severance pay.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202601829349301800

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