Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,451,052

Total expenses

$3,638,218

Contributions and grants received

$3,451,052

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$320,872

Total liabilities, end of year

$290,319

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$30,553

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,502,509

Management and general expenses

$52,673

Fundraising expenses

$83,036

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,502,509

Program services were 96.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• Convenings & Events Host events, townhalls, and conversations that gather Black women in communities to discuss issues concerning Black women and their families. Events and convenings create spaces for Black women to be informed, and engaged and to take action that will expand Black womens civic engagement beyond the voting booth to increase the number of Black women pursuing elected leadership.

  Expenses $1,391,765

• Strategic Communications & Digital Campaigns/Research Develop on and offline communications to help elevate Black womens voices and help shape the national narrative about Black women in American politics. Accomplish this through the development of website content, production of the Sunday Brunch Series, Facebook Live, and Twitter chat events, and seeking to expand earned media media opportunities. Compile, conduct and release research on Black womens political and civic leadership.

  Expenses $863,881

• Network Developing a network of Black women and allies and providing members with training and tools to harness their political power. Create on and offline activities and networking opportunities to help Black women lead from the voting booth to elected office.

  Expenses $998,429

• Leadership Development Train the next generation of leaders by expanding our #BlackWomenLeadPolitical Leadership efforts to meet Black women where they are and move them up the ladder of engagement. Host leadership webinars that will focus on preparing Black women to take their political leadership to the next level and provide skill-building opportunities from fundraising and messaging to volunteer and staff engagement.

  Expenses $36,747

• Strategic Planning Conducted strategic planning process and tactical plans to accelerate the growth, impact and sustainability of Black womens political power and leadership.

  Expenses $109,709

• Outreach and Partnerships Expand relationships with national and local partners to expand Higher Heights reach to support programming and attend convenings and meetings.

  Expenses $101,978

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

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.

• Higher Heights Leadership Fund

  501 C · Chartiable · DC · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

11 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202503189349300415

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