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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BLACKPAST ORG.

Totals

Total revenue
$275,176
Total expenses
$212,876
Contributions and grants received
$275,176
Grants paid
$4,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$343,414
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,560
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$339,854
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$190,069
Management and general expenses
$11,815
Fundraising expenses
$10,992
Program service expenses (Part III)
$190,069

Program services were 89.3% 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

    $275,176

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,000 · program services $4,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,093 · management and general $10,093

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $10,992 · fundraising $10,992

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $80,238 · program services $80,238

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,720 · program services $1,720

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,722 · management and general $1,722

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $103,249 · program services $103,249

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $457 · program services $457

  • 24a · Other expenses: LICENSE AND FEES

    total $405 · program services $405

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $114,896 · end of year $342,873

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $162,423 · end of year $541

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $457

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $222 · end of year $3,560

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $277,554 · end of year $339,854

Mission and programs · 2025

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.

  • 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 $190,069 · Grants $4,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Douglas Bender

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Quin'Nita Cobbins-Modica

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eddie Brailsford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Taylor Brooks-Healy

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Saheed Adejumbi

    BOARD MEMEBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Albert Broussard

    BOARD MEMEBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melissa Kemp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Keith Parker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leonard Pitts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Taylor

    BOARD MEMEBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jamila Taylor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Raven Tyler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cecilia Venable

    BOARD MEMEBER

    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
2025
Filed
30 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202631819349301548

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