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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INSTITUTE FOR AFROURBANISM.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,536,284
Total expenses
$496,934
Contributions and grants received
$1,450,030
Grants paid
$91,000
Program service revenue
$84,715
Investment income
$1,539
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,494,586
Total liabilities, end of year
$44,119
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,450,467
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$447,410
Management and general expenses
$32,379
Fundraising expenses
$17,145
Program service expenses (Part III)
$447,410

Program services were 90.0% 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

    $1,450,030

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES FOR SERVICE

    total $84,715 · related or exempt $84,715

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,539 · excluded $1,539

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $71,000 · program services $71,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,000 · program services $80,000 · management and general $10,000 · fundraising $10,000

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,728 · program services $6,182 · management and general $773 · fundraising $773

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,703 · program services $6,963 · management and general $870 · fundraising $870

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,166 · program services $3,541 · management and general $8,500 · fundraising $2,125

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $28,936 · program services $21,702 · management and general $4,340 · fundraising $2,894

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,000 · program services $21,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,767 · program services $14,075 · management and general $4,692

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,727 · program services $2,045 · management and general $682

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,826 · program services $3,619 · management and general $724 · fundraising $483

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,072 · program services $804 · management and general $268

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,122 · program services $4,592 · management and general $1,530

  • 24a · Other expenses: BLACK THRIVE

    total $90,463 · program services $90,463

  • 24b · Other expenses: GLOBAL EXPEDITIONS

    total $43,636 · program services $43,636

  • 24c · Other expenses: ARTIST IN RESIDENCY

    total $28,896 · program services $28,896

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $28,892 · program services $28,892

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $126,294 · end of year $762,201

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,525 · end of year $31

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $204,167

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

    $516,646

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $283,795 · end of year $516,646

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,113 · end of year $11,541

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,124 · end of year $34,144

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $9,975

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $408,603 · end of year $1,450,467

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AFROURBANISM IS A MOVEMENT ACTIVATING INTERDIMENSIONAL BLACK GENIUS TOWARD THE IDEATION AND MANIFESTATION OF THRIVING BLACK FUTURES. THE WORK OF IAU IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT INSIDE EVERYONE IS THE CAPACITY TO THRIVE. IF ONE CAN IDENTIFY HOW THRIVING MANIFESTS WITHIN PEOPLE, IT CAN BE ACTIVATED IN OTHERS ACROSS COMMUNITIES, SPANNING THE DIASPORA. IT IS THE BELIEF THAT, IF AGENCY, ABUNDANCE, AND AUDACITY ARE ACTIVATED, THEN ONE IS INDEED THRIVING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE INSTITUTE FOR AFROURBANISM ("IAU") IS A THINK TANK AND ACTION LAB WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF BLACK THRIVING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

  • IAU WILL ENGAGE SALARIED CITIZEN RESEARCHERS TO FACILITATE GENERATIVE DIALOGUES WITH MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. CITIZEN RESEARCHERS WILL THEN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH IAU, DETROIT MERCY, AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, CO-CREATE AN "INDEX" BY WHICH THE ABILITY TO ASSESS THE EXTENT TO WHICH CURRENT DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS CONTRIBUTE TO, OR DETRACT FROM, THE WELL BEING OF BLACK RESIDENTS CAN BE STARTED. ONCE A THRESHOLD (SET OF CRITERIA OUTLINED IN A REPORT) FOR THRIVING HAS BEEN DETERMINED, THE PRACTITIONERS WILL THEN HAVE DATA THAT CAN INFORM THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES NECESSARY TO MANIFEST THRIVING BLACK COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DESERVED.

    Expenses $143,075 · Revenue $1,400

  • AS IAU SEEKS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSAL CRITERIA FOR BLACK THRIVING, THE EXPEDITION SERVES PREDOMINANTLY AS A RESEARCH EFFORT. THE PARIS EDITION IS ORGANIZED AROUND THE CEREMONIAL INDUCTION OF JOSEPHINE BAKER INTO THE ILLUSTRIOUS PANTHEON, THE MONUMENT WHICH HOUSES THE REMAINS OF FRANCE'S MOST RENOWNED WAR HEROES, AUTHORS, AND LUMINARIES OF VARIOUS DISTINCTIONS.

    Expenses $69,015

  • YOUTH PROGRAM, INCLUDING SUPPLIES, MEALS, PASS-THROUGH ENTITY TRANSACTIONS, AND CONTRACTOR ACTIVITY

    Expenses $178,464 · Grants $91,000 · Revenue $26,706

  • OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS, IAU WILL ENGAGE ORGANIZATIONS IN A TRANSFORMATIVE PROCESS EXPLORING THE APPLICATION OF "REPAIRATIONS" WITHIN EACH ORGANIZATION AND WITH THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. IN ORDER TO USHER IN A PARADIGM SHIFT THAT IS WORTHY OF 2021'S WORLDWIDE RACIAL RECKONING, A NEW FRAMEWORK IS REQUIRED. IAU'S APPROACH IS ROOTED IN A MODEL OF RESTORATION AND REPAIR, ONE THAT SEEKS TO RESTORE BALANCE IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $11,155 · Revenue $56,609

  • ARTIST IN RESIDENCY

    Expenses $45,701

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dan Pitera

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Dr Khalid El-Halima

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Sherina Sharpe

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Lauren A Hood

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,728
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,728
    Hours/week
    40

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403209349328475

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