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← BLACK SUSTAINABILITY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLACK SUSTAINABILITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,827,258
Total expenses
$623,059
Contributions and grants received
$130,290
Grants paid
$404,500
Program service revenue
$1,649,787
Investment income
$36
Other revenue
$47,145
Total assets, end of year
$1,244,235
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,244,235
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$510,029
Management and general expenses
$113,030
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$510,029

Program services were 81.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $989

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $129,301

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Climate

    total $43,900 · related or exempt $43,900

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Cultural Preserve & Ed

    total $36,375 · related or exempt $36,375

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Alternative Eco & Energ

    total $200,208 · related or exempt $200,208

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Eco-BuildingHousing

    total $150,000 · related or exempt $150,000

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Gangstas to Growers

    total $1,164,000 · related or exempt $1,164,000

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $55,304 · related or exempt $55,304

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36 · unrelated business $36

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,855

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$3,855 · related or exempt -$3,855

  • 11a · Other revenue: Fiscal Sponshorship

    total $51,000 · related or exempt $51,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $51,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $404,500 · program services $404,500

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $250 · management and general $250

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $124,021 · program services $41,000 · management and general $83,021

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,835 · management and general $3,835

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $34,621 · program services $32,686 · management and general $1,935

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,787 · program services $9,970 · management and general $2,817

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,797 · program services $5,750 · management and general $4,047

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,953 · program services $5,375 · management and general $578

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,255 · program services $7,858 · management and general $3,397

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,090 · program services $120 · management and general $970

  • 24a · Other expenses: Meals and Entertainment

    total $4,337 · program services $1,922 · management and general $2,415

  • 24b · Other expenses: Professional Development

    total $63 · management and general $63

  • 24c · Other expenses: Reimbursements

    total $10,098 · program services $715 · management and general $9,383

  • 24d · Other expenses: Supplies & Materials

    total $7 · program services $7

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $445 · program services $126 · management and general $319

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $28,583 · end of year $1,244,235

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $130

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,323

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $40,036

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $38,536 · end of year $1,204,199

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To connect people of Afrikan descent in sustainability fields to resources and development opportunities.

  • Fiscal sponsorship of grant funds and related administrative tasks for TCUP, a long-time BSN entity member, in support of its Gangstas to Growers program for formerly incarcerated young adults to be trained in agri-business.

    Expenses $399,515 · Grants $399,515 · Revenue $1,215,000

  • The Black Sustainability Summit is an annual conference for BSN members and other members of the African diaspora focused on sustainability and community building. Student researchers (SBSR) get involved to make the event a success.

    Expenses $64,489 · Grants $36,375 · Revenue $36,257

  • Climate.

    Expenses $39,700 · Grants $39,700 · Revenue $43,900

  • Administrative and coordination support to the City of Atlantas Clean Energy Advisory Board NPU community representatives sub-committee. 2022 project outcomes included an increase in awareness within the 6 highest energy burdened NPUs via presentations/workshops/trainings about the City of Atlantas Clean Energy Plan, community members becoming SME on clean energy for neighbors, the creation of youth ambassadors program, energy audits for legacy residents, and started developing a plain language NPU CEAB Clean Energy Plan Summary report.

    Expenses $5,000

  • Alternative Energy.

    Expenses $875 · Grants $875 · Revenue $200,000

  • Sustainable Agriculture and Land Management.

    Expenses $300 · Grants $300 · Revenue $1,500

  • Alternative Economics

    Expenses $150 · Revenue $208

  • The Black Sustainability Network Industry House Parties are networking and skill/resource-sharing events for BSN members specific to their sustainability sub-sector.Temporarily Restricted Funds:

    Revenue $53,804

  • Eco-building/Housing.

    Revenue $150,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nobantu Ankoanda

    Finance Directory

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Yeamah Brewer

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Raina Turner-Greenlea

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
2023
Filed
6 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402839349300025

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