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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by T THOMAS FORTUNE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$132,664
Total expenses
$133,307
Contributions and grants received
$129,751
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,419
Investment income
$1,494
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$908,723
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$908,723
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$107,603
Management and general expenses
$19,180
Fundraising expenses
$6,524
Program service expenses (Part III)
$107,603

Program services were 80.7% 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

    $129,751

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $1,419 · related or exempt $1,419

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,494 · related or exempt $1,494

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $45,032 · program services $36,386 · management and general $8,646

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,077 · program services $6,526 · management and general $1,551

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,426 · management and general $1,426

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,105 · program services $1,105

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,294 · program services $174 · management and general $4,120

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,407 · program services $3,966 · management and general $441

  • 17 · Travel

    total $987 · program services $987

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,785 · program services $13,785

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,073 · program services $3,666 · management and general $407

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $13,518 · program services $13,518

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $8,670 · program services $8,670

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $7,272 · program services $6,545 · management and general $727

  • 24d · Other expenses: GRANT WRITER

    total $6,524 · fundraising $6,524

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,137 · program services $12,275 · management and general $1,862

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $96,642 · end of year $103,864

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $22,630 · end of year $22,637

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $552

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

    $785,132

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

    $41,993

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $756,924 · end of year $743,139

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $37,481 · end of year $39,083

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,989

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $909,240 · end of year $908,723

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE T. THOMAS FORTUNE FOUNDATION IS TO PRESERVE AND FURTHER THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE LEGACY OF T. THOMAS FORTUNE THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING.

  • THE T. THOMAS FORTUNE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO FULFILL FIVE INITIATIVES: 1. EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPACT OF T. THOMAS FORTUNES LIFE AND WORK AS A JOURNALIST, WRITER, AND ACTIVIST ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. 2. ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE BROADLY AND IN RESPONSE TO LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL ISSUES OF THE DAY AND ON BEHALF OF CURRENT ECONOMIC AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IMPACTING EDUCATION AND COMMUNITIES. 3. PROMOTE BETTER HUMAN RELATIONS AND JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY AND EXCELLENCE, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE UPCOMING GENERATIONS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES AND TRUTH TELLERS. 4. PRESERVE THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK HOME OF T. THOMAS FORTUNE AS A CULTURAL CENTER AND GATHERING PLACE FOR EDUCATION, RESEARCH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ORGANIZING AND CELEBRATION. 5. MAINTAIN THE CULTURAL CENTER THROUGH FUNDRAISING, AND SUSTAIN ITS OPERATION AS OWNER AND MANAGER, PROVIDING EXHIBITION, RESEARCH AND MEETING SPACE FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $107,603

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

Listed in Part VII

  • GILDA ROGERS

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $34,588
    From this org
    $34,588
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • KERWIN WEBB

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • JAMES KING

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • ROBIN BLAIR

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • WALTER GREASON

    PRESIDENT EM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • MARK FITZSIMMONS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • KATHERINE MCAULAY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • CANDACE KELLEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • LYLA WILKINS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • HOLLY KLUCK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • BIRGIT MONDESIR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • ROGER MUMFORD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202522959349301207

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