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← Black Voters Matter Fund Inc

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by Black Voters Matter Fund Inc.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,302,918
Total expenses
$5,199,445
Contributions and grants received
$9,284,791
Grants paid
$363,685
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$18,127
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,530,057
Total liabilities, end of year
$70,535
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,459,522
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,633,844
Management and general expenses
$1,485,901
Fundraising expenses
$79,700
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,633,844

Program services were 69.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,284,791

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,127 · related or exempt $18,127 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $363,685 · program services $363,685

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $348,212 · program services $140,150 · management and general $180,623 · fundraising $27,439

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $459,400 · program services $326,452 · management and general $97,357 · fundraising $35,591

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $451,014 · program services $210,249 · management and general $229,963 · fundraising $10,802

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $63,021 · program services $38,982 · management and general $19,217 · fundraising $4,822

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $787,951 · program services $155,823 · management and general $632,128

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,794 · program services $5,794

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $883,059 · program services $711,661 · management and general $171,398

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $60,915 · program services $15,936 · management and general $43,933 · fundraising $1,046

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,400 · management and general $2,400

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,518,374 · program services $1,505,199 · management and general $13,175

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,768 · management and general $5,768

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $86,363 · program services -$3,576 · management and general $89,939

  • 24a · Other expenses: Vehicle Maintenance and Repairs

    total $124,442 · program services $124,442 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Swag

    total $39,047 · program services $39,047 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $507,091 · end of year $3,804,912

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $34,609 · end of year $219,269

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year -$110,377 · end of year $444,650

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

    $101,067

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

    $39,841

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $75,248 · end of year $61,226

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $149,758 · end of year $70,535

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $356,813 · end of year $4,459,522

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Our goal is to increase power in our communities through effective voting. We increase voter registration and help develop voting infrastructure and to pursue policies that expands access to the ballot.

  • Our goal is to increase power in our communities through effective voting. We increase voter registration and help develop voting infrastructure and to pursue policies that expands access to the ballot.

    Expenses $3,633,844 · Grants $363,685 · Revenue $3,633,844

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cliff Albright

    CoFounder

    Total calculated
    $232,689
    From this org
    $46,538
    From related orgs
    $186,151
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $46,538 + $186,151 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $46,538 + $186,151 related

  • LaTosha Brown

    CoFounder

    Total calculated
    $220,470
    From this org
    $44,094
    From related orgs
    $176,376
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $44,094 + $176,376 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $44,094 + $176,376 related

  • Zenobia Russell

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $157,758
    From this org
    $31,552
    From related orgs
    $126,206
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • April Albright

    National Legal Director

    Total calculated
    $155,000
    From this org
    $31,000
    From related orgs
    $124,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $31,000 + $124,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $31,000 + $124,000 related

  • Wanda Mosley

    Deputy Policy Director

    Total calculated
    $141,188
    From this org
    $28,238
    From related orgs
    $112,950
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Alexis Buchanan Thomas

    Development Director

    Total calculated
    $137,196
    From this org
    $27,439
    From related orgs
    $109,757
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Renee Smith

    Director of Operations

    Total calculated
    $137,196
    From this org
    $27,439
    From related orgs
    $109,757
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Dean Anthony

    Logistics Director

    Total calculated
    $136,100
    From this org
    $27,220
    From related orgs
    $108,880
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Rodrick Barge

    Data Director

    Total calculated
    $105,866
    From this org
    $21,173
    From related orgs
    $84,693
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Danielle Brown

    Co National Field Director

    Total calculated
    $105,866
    From this org
    $21,173
    From related orgs
    $84,693
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Fenika Miller

    Co National Field Director

    Total calculated
    $105,866
    From this org
    $21,173
    From related orgs
    $84,693
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Alethea Bonello

    Co National Field Director

    Total calculated
    $105,866
    From this org
    $21,173
    From related orgs
    $84,693
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Kamau Franklin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Rhonda Briggins

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Monifa Bandele

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a
The Co-Founders occasionally fly first class to travel to various speaking engagements and interviews.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4
Alexis Buchanon Thomas and Renee Smith both received severance pay during the fiscal year.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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
2023
Filed
25 October 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202543179349308974

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