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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,461,905
Total expenses
$2,478,307
Contributions and grants received
$9,314,945
Grants paid
$136,029
Program service revenue
$42,416
Investment income
$102,709
Other revenue
$1,835
Total assets, end of year
$11,309,474
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,325,876
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,983,598
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,837,335
Management and general expenses
$559,939
Fundraising expenses
$81,033
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,837,335

Program services were 74.1% 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

    $9,314,945

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT INCOME

    total $42,416 · related or exempt $42,416

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $102,709 · excluded $102,709

  • 11a · Other revenue: CARD REWARDS

    total $1,835 · excluded $1,835

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,835

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $134,241 · program services $134,241

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,788 · program services $1,788

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $110,299 · program services $66,179 · management and general $22,060 · fundraising $22,060

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,010,033 · program services $848,389 · management and general $127,769 · fundraising $33,875

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $70,202 · program services $61,003 · management and general $7,261 · fundraising $1,938

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $95,671 · program services $77,864 · management and general $13,136 · fundraising $4,671

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,592 · program services $1,630 · management and general $962

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $208,231 · management and general $208,231

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $360,855 · program services $330,161 · management and general $29,721 · fundraising $973

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $50,407 · program services $50,407

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $35,671 · program services $13,385 · management and general $12,590 · fundraising $9,696

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,276 · program services $6,757 · management and general $1,239 · fundraising $280

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $39,932 · program services $31,030 · management and general $7,351 · fundraising $1,551

  • 17 · Travel

    total $37,279 · program services $27,623 · management and general $8,111 · fundraising $1,545

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $66,626 · program services $58,123 · management and general $6,754 · fundraising $1,749

  • 20 · Interest

    total $82,078 · program services $82,078

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,622 · program services $8,438 · management and general $2,194 · fundraising $990

  • 24a · Other expenses: CREDIT LOSS

    total $103,230 · management and general $103,230

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $49,274 · program services $38,239 · management and general $9,330 · fundraising $1,705

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $2,848,697

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $4,277,614

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $1,972,563

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $314,830

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $72,363

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $1,759,861

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $63,546

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $389,566

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $3,936,310

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $4,990,052

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,993,546

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT, INC IS A BLACK LED, DEMOCRATIC, MEMBER-RUN ORGANIZATION BUILDING A COOPERATIVE BUSINESS, ARTS AND INVESTMENT ECOSYSTEM IN BOSTON, WITH A MISSION TO RETURN WEALTH TO WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. UJIMA IS BRINGING TOGETHER NEIGHBORS, WORKERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, INVESTORS, ORGANIZERS, ARTISTS AND CULTURE-MAKERS, TO CREATE A COMMUNITY-CONTROLLED ECONOMY IN OUR CITY. UJIMA IS SWAHILI FOR "COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY." WE ARE COUNTERACTING YEARS OF DISINVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND FILLING IN GAPS IN FINANCING FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, COOPS AND ARTISTS, BY BRINGING TOGETHER ACTORS FROM SECTORS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY NOT OFTEN IN CONVERSATION WITH EACH OTHER, FINANCE & ORGANIZING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RETURN WEALTH TO WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

  • BUSINESS ALLIANCEAS A MEMBER OF THE UGBA, COMPANIES GAIN ACCESS TO CAPITAL THROUGH THE UJIMA FUND, FINANCIAL COACHING, PEER COACHING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, COOPERATIVE PURCHASING, AND OTHER JOINT VENTURES TO STRENGTHEN OPERATIONS AND MARKET SHARE. A FEATURED OFFERING OF THE UBA IS CREATIVE, CONSUMER ORGANIZING OF UJIMA'S MEMBERS AND OTHER RESIDENTS TO INTENTIONALLY SUPPORT UJIMA'S BUSINESSES.

    Expenses $652,733 · Grants $91,500 · Revenue $41,913

  • ARTS & CULTURAL ORGANIZINGUJIMA'S ARTS & CULTURAL ORGANIZING PROGRAMS SEEK TO STEWARD THE WISDOM, LEADERSHIP, AND VISIONS OF AN ALTERNATIVE FUTURE CREATED BY THE BIPOC ARTISTS, AND THINKERS, OF ALL GENERATIONS THROUGH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON OFFERINGS, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AND WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $522,433 · Grants $21,654 · Revenue $503

  • POLICY & ORGANIZINGCOMMITTED TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN EXISTING COALITIONS, PRIORITIZING ISSUES SUCH AS COMMUNITY SAFETY, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND ADOPTING A MULTIGENERATIONAL APPROACH.THE POLICY PILLAR SUPPORTS ONGOING POLICY EFFORTS ALIGNED WITH THE MISSION, MEMBERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY BASE, WHILE THE ORGANIZING PILLAR STRIVES TO BUILD POLITICAL ALIGNMENT WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $492,565 · Grants $22,875

  • ASSEMBLIES

    Expenses $169,604

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Nia K Evans

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $54,579
    From this org
    $46,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,699
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jamiah Tappin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gerardo Espinoza

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lyse Fedjanie Barronwille

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Luis Cotto

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alison Fong

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Miriam Gee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristen Halbert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Owens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2024
Filed
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601349349307285

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