Totals
- Total revenue
- $100,521
- Total expenses
- $147,359
- Contributions and grants received
- $25,700
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- $74,470
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- $88
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $116
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $147
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $15,651
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $184,205
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$168,554
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $147,359
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2023
Primary exempt purpose
THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FORUM, INC., IS TO EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE IN PROMOTING AWARENESS OF THE ARTISTIC, CULTURAL, AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT EMBRACE CULTURAL DIVERSITY, ENHANCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND BROADEN THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS TO MAKE THEIR HIGHEST AND BEST CONTRIBUTIONS TO LIFE IN THE LEXINGTON-BLUEGRASS REGION, THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY AND BEYOND.
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THE ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO SERVE OVER 2,500 INDIVIDUALS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR BY PROVIDING CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO ITS CLIENTS
Expenses $147,359
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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John E Cole IIIJOHN E COLE III
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Debbie A ColeDEBBIE A COLE
VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Dana C WimbushDANA C WIMBUSH
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 15 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202531359349206788
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