Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by BROTHERS LIBERATING OUR COMMUNITIES INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $243,636
- Total expenses
- $430,087
- Contributions and grants received
- $225,940
- Grants paid
- $96,161
- Program service revenue
- $17,100
- Investment income
- $596
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $220,056
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $238,600
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$18,544
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $288,120
- Management and general expenses
- $132,222
- Fundraising expenses
- $9,745
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $288,120
Program services were 67.0% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$515
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1c · Fundraising events
$35,089
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$190,336
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2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Revenue
total $17,100 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $596 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $596
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$35,089
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11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $96,161 · program services $96,161
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $76,864 · program services $61,491 · management and general $11,530 · fundraising $3,843
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $112,820 · program services $45,491 · management and general $67,329 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $5,540 · program services $4,432 · management and general $1,108 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $14,171 · program services $10,212 · management and general $3,392 · fundraising $567
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $11,994 · program services $0 · management and general $11,994 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $25,335 · program services $18,761 · management and general $4,903 · fundraising $1,671
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $14,432 · program services $3,148 · management and general $9,437 · fundraising $1,847
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13 · Office expenses
total $13,274 · program services $9,622 · management and general $1,835 · fundraising $1,817
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16 · Occupancy
total $2,390 · program services $1,912 · management and general $478 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $19,476 · program services $6,024 · management and general $13,452 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $3,155 · program services $0 · management and general $3,155 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Bank & merchant fees
total $164 · program services $0 · management and general $164 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Books, subscriptions, references
total $262 · program services $0 · management and general $262 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Program & event expenses
total $29,853 · program services $29,853 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: Meals
total $3,914 · program services $1,013 · management and general $2,901 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $282 · program services $0 · management and general $282 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $277,119 · end of year $171,556
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $62,500 · end of year $48,500
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $61,470 · end of year $74,175
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $19,160 · end of year $103,160
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
end of year $20,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $27,581 · end of year $41,265
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $231,408 · end of year -$18,544
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Brothers Liberating Our Communities (BLOC) provides an equity lens and justice based approach to teacher retention and development, helping schools create environments where all students achieve and obtain the opportunities they deserve. BLOC works to increase the representation of Black Male Educators in education environments.
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BLOC accomplished multiple successful events and completion of the second cohort of early career educators. These educators were impacted by the unique and personalized career development the BLOC offers. Through contracted services and the support of a nationwide experts, fellows received development that supported their teaching practice, their personal wellbeing, and their financial mobility. BLOC increased the number of applicants for the fellowship by over 300%, increased the membership by 30% and continued to show strong matriculation and persistence of former fellows in education careers.
Expenses $288,120
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Cornell Ellis
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $87,550
- From this org
- $87,550
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Mary Esselman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeff Shafer
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Spark Bookhart
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jayson Strickland
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jonathan Foster
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Essence Yancey
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Emma Scheuring
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 27 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202621769349301572
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