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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BLACK APPALACHIAN COALITION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,350,453
Total expenses
$1,233,924
Contributions and grants received
$1,320,125
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$30,000
Investment income
$328
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$943,678
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,822
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$918,856
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$885,606
Management and general expenses
$169,895
Fundraising expenses
$178,423
Program service expenses (Part III)
$885,606

Program services were 71.8% 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

    $1,320,125

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Nonprofit Contract Work

    total $30,000 · related or exempt $30,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $328 · related or exempt $328

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $192,315 · program services $67,310 · management and general $38,463 · fundraising $86,542

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $475,997 · program services $427,323 · management and general $32,716 · fundraising $15,958

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $94,664 · program services $70,063 · management and general $10,082 · fundraising $14,519

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,420 · program services $35,097 · management and general $5,050 · fundraising $7,273

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,465 · program services $4,465

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,999 · program services $8,999

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $26,675 · fundraising $26,675

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $298,115 · program services $202,690 · management and general $72,425 · fundraising $23,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,059 · program services $1,059

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,965 · program services $6,887 · management and general $78

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,024 · program services $5,920 · management and general $6,605 · fundraising $3,499

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $53,458 · program services $51,838 · management and general $1,620

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,188 · management and general $1,188

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,080 · management and general $1,080

  • 24a · Other expenses: Professional Developent

    total $2,194 · program services $2,194

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank/Merchant Charges

    total $868 · management and general $60 · fundraising $808

  • 24c · Other expenses: Direct Program Supplies

    total $752 · program services $752

  • 24d · Other expenses: Filing Fees

    total $677 · management and general $528 · fundraising $149

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,009 · program services $1,009

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $693,605 · end of year $679,493

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $120,726 · end of year $262,500

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $10,227

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

    $8,542

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,872 · end of year $1,685

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,650 · end of year $20,275

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $226 · end of year $4,547

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $802,327 · end of year $918,856

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Black Appalachian Coalition (BLAC), a multi-state organization working across Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley and Basin, is centered on story-based approaches that amplify Black voices, fights for environmental justice and strengthens community power. BLAC is leading a bold movement beyond equity toward true justice and equality, rooted in reclamation, resistance, and the power of our narratives.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Black Appalachian Coalition's (BLAC) mission is to amplify Black voices by utilizing storytelling as a strategy and precursor to policymaking, building collective power to reclaim our communities, reshape systems, and drive transformative, cross-sectoral justice across Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley/Basin. BLAC is leading a bold movement beyond equity toward true justice and equality, rooted in reclamation, resistance, and the power of our narratives.

  • Black Appalachian Coalition (BLAC), a multi-state organization working across Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley and Basin, is centered on story-based approaches that amplify Black voices, fights for environmental justice and strengthens community power. BLAC's accomplishments span from organizing and training community leaders to hosting lunch and learn series focused on the harms of the petrochemical industry. The series has had attendees from 28 states and three countries.

    Expenses $885,606

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marcia Dinkins

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kevin R Harris

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Patricia DeMarco

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • KaTonya Hart

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Gwen Jones

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Imani Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Megan Bailey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523109349302037

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