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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PUSHBLACK.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,788,697
Total expenses
$5,410,020
Contributions and grants received
$1,629,370
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$56,265
Investment income
$92,937
Other revenue
$10,125
Total assets, end of year
$3,119,651
Total liabilities, end of year
$210,145
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,909,506
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,570,685
Management and general expenses
$1,299,913
Fundraising expenses
$539,422
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,570,685

Program services were 66.0% 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

    $1,629,370

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PARTNERSHIP REVENUE

    total $56,265 · related or exempt $56,265

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $92,937 · excluded $92,937

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $10,125 · related or exempt $10,125

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,125

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $866,533 · program services $524,548 · management and general $308,203 · fundraising $33,782

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,192,200 · program services $1,645,899 · management and general $221,985 · fundraising $324,316

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $56,241 · management and general $56,241

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $239,749 · program services $171,667 · management and general $45,143 · fundraising $22,939

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $310,807 · program services $167,159 · management and general $117,683 · fundraising $25,965

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $113,493 · program services $24,335 · management and general $89,158

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $84,718 · management and general $84,718

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $263,463 · program services $24,349 · management and general $143,043 · fundraising $96,071

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $769,672 · program services $765,672 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $2,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,568 · program services $10,005 · management and general $5,510 · fundraising $53

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $262,288 · program services $230,978 · management and general $16,388 · fundraising $14,922

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,434 · management and general $13,434

  • 17 · Travel

    total $66,636 · program services $996 · management and general $55,432 · fundraising $10,208

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,588 · management and general $16,744 · fundraising $844

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,697 · management and general $7,697

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,672 · management and general $27,672

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $102,261 · program services $5,077 · management and general $89,362 · fundraising $7,822

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,058,975 · end of year $854,190

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $536,334 · end of year $24,434

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $40,896 · end of year $35,987

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

    $37,862

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

    $12,749

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $33,789 · end of year $25,113

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $2,142,768

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $33,213 · end of year $37,159

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $161,799 · end of year $210,145

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $20,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,678,667 · end of year $2,031,841

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,842,741 · end of year $877,665

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PUSHBLACK IS BUILDING A MASS MEDIA NETWORK TO CHANGE THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF BLACK AMERICANS THROUGH EMPOWERING NARRATIVES AND ACTIONS THAT CAN ADVANCE BLACK LIBERATION AT A SYSTEMS-WIDE LEVEL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PUSHBLACK REACHES TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH OUR BLACK NEWS STORIES EVERY YEAR.

  • EDUCATION & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: PUSHBLACK USES THE POWER OF NARRATIVE, ESPECIALLY BLACK HISTORY, TO EDUCATE AND ACTIVATE SUBSCRIBERS TO BUILD PERSONAL POWER AND CREATE LASTING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHANGE.

    Expenses $3,570,685 · Revenue $66,390

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Julian Walker

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $279,288
    From this org
    $248,788
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,788
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,346
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,154
    Filer's total
    $279,288

  • Yordanos Eyoel

    INTERIM BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frances Scarlett

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Winston

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daonese Johnson-Colon

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $216,941
    From this org
    $194,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,441
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $216,941

  • Tareq Alani

    CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $227,184
    From this org
    $195,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,582
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,602
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,082
    Filer's total
    $227,184

  • Gelila Workneh

    CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $231,519
    From this org
    $194,871
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,648
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,871
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,063
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,585
    Filer's total
    $231,519

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

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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

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.

  • PUSHBLACK NOW

    501(C)(4) · ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FOR BLACK AMERICANS · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
26 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422129349300727

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