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← BLACKPAST ORG

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLACKPAST ORG.

Totals

Total revenue
$385,282
Total expenses
$222,131
Contributions and grants received
$383,370
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6
Other revenue
$1,906
Total assets, end of year
$288,635
Total liabilities, end of year
$150
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$288,485
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$206,778
Management and general expenses
$15,353
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$206,778

Program services were 93.1% 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

    $383,370

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6 · excluded $6

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,906 · excluded $1,906

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,906

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $70,000 · program services $70,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,438 · program services $8,438

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,909 · program services $6,909

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,325 · management and general $10,325

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $19,033 · program services $19,033

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $225 · program services $225

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,014 · management and general $4,014

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $80,689 · program services $80,689

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,271 · program services $2,271

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,266 · program services $2,266

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,014 · management and general $1,014

  • 24a · Other expenses: LICENSE AND FEE

    total $11,523 · program services $11,523

  • 24b · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSE

    total $5,424 · program services $5,424

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $127,567 · end of year $111,785

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $450 · end of year $175,456

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

    $12,750

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

    $11,356

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,476 · end of year $1,394

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,159 · end of year $150

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $125,334 · end of year $288,485

Mission and programs · 2023

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 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 $206,778

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joyce A Dunbar

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,000
    From this org
    $70,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jerry Largethrough Dec 2023

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tony Metoyer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ardua Harris

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Albert Broussardthrough Dec 2023

    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
  • Douglas Bender

    BOARD MEMEBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ian Blainethrough Dec 2023

    BOARD MEMEBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leonard Pitts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marie McCaffreythrough Dec 2023

    BOARD MEMEBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Quin'Nita Cobbins-Modicathrough Dec

    BOARD MEMEBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Quintard Taylorthrough Dec 2023

    BOARD MEMEBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Saheed Adejumobi

    BOARD MEMEBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Taylor Brooks

    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
2023
Filed
28 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443039349302059

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