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← ONYX IMPACT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ONYX IMPACT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,248,825
Total expenses
$3,630,298
Contributions and grants received
$4,248,825
Grants paid
$480,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$923,139
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$923,139
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,182,487
Management and general expenses
$248,811
Fundraising expenses
$199,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,182,487

Program services were 87.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,248,825

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $480,000 · program services $480,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $293,055 · program services $219,791 · management and general $73,264

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $241,886 · program services $241,886

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $69,238 · program services $66,873 · management and general $2,365

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,314 · program services $32,563 · management and general $3,751

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $195,303 · program services $195,303

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $21,515 · management and general $21,515

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,385 · management and general $48,385

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $199,000 · fundraising $199,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,170 · program services $6,470 · management and general $18,700

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,336,375 · program services $1,336,375

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,144 · management and general $2,144

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $37,348 · program services $24,472 · management and general $12,876

  • 17 · Travel

    total $47,674 · program services $41,804 · management and general $5,870

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $356,804 · program services $315,000 · management and general $41,804

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,927 · management and general $14,927

  • 24a · Other expenses: Polling

    total $221,950 · program services $221,950

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $3,210 · management and general $3,210

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $304,612 · end of year $923,139

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $304,612 · end of year $923,139

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Onyx Impact is a nonprofit research, education, and digital innovation hub dedicated to building healthier, safer, and more just digital spaces for Black communities. We fight the spread of harmful information, amplify Black voices, and empower Black communities.

  • Onyx Impacts Trusted Messengers Program helped equip and support trusted messengers across online platforms to share helpful, fact-based, trusted information and strategic guidance. The program reached millions of social media users and radio listeners with content authentic to the messenger and their audience.

    Expenses $2,132,266 · Grants $250,000

  • Onyx Impacts civic engagement programs reached hundreds of thousands of voters in person with education based initiatives to help communities better fact check and respond to harmful narratives. Examples include: the fact check partnership with ONE musicfest included panels, ads, websites, and o.t.g. marketing; The no cap conference with Black Male Voter Project included training materials and multiple sessions on platform power; and the Mobilize Justice partnership included panels, livestreams, canvassing, and community investment programs.

    Expenses $763,797 · Grants $230,000

  • Onyx Impact published its 2024 landscape, a comprehensive roadmap for understanding and addressing harmful online networks and narratives targeting communities of color. The report, viewed over 10,000 times and featured by major news outlets, provided guidance to institutions and stakeholders on countering harmful narratives and protecting voters.

    Expenses $286,424

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Esosa Osa

    President and CEO

    Total calculated
    $299,210
    From this org
    $292,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,905
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,305
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,905
    Filer's total
    $299,210
  • Allegra Lawrence-Hardy

    Secretary and Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Groh-Wargo

    Treasurer and Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349320531

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