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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLACK PASTORS UNITED FOR EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,228,873
Total expenses
$1,211,764
Contributions and grants received
$1,226,655
Grants paid
$268,440
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,218
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$111,082
Total liabilities, end of year
$93,973
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,109
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,089,103
Management and general expenses
$64,983
Fundraising expenses
$57,678
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,089,103

Program services were 89.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,226,655

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,218 · excluded $2,218

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $268,440 · program services $268,440

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $46,539 · program services $37,716 · management and general $3,824 · fundraising $4,999

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $326,977 · program services $264,986 · management and general $26,869 · fundraising $35,122

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,747 · program services $26,539 · management and general $2,691 · fundraising $3,517

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $42,965 · program services $39,519 · management and general $3,446

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,000 · management and general $11,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,568 · program services $1,568

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,851 · program services $3,655 · management and general $1,098 · fundraising $1,098

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $43,859 · program services $33,580 · management and general $9,964 · fundraising $315

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,841 · program services $6,841

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,874 · program services $12,032 · management and general $5,471 · fundraising $3,371

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $25,356 · program services $25,356

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,866 · program services $2,246 · management and general $620

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $229,299 · program services $229,299 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $64,750 · program services $64,750 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $53,074 · program services $53,074 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $19,205 · program services $19,205 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,553 · program services $297 · fundraising $9,256

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $111,082

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $41,002

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $52,971

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $17,109

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AS A NON RELIGIOUS, BI-PARTISAN, ENTITY OUR ENDEAVOR IS TO CURATE A COMMUNITY THAT IS FULL OF PASSIONATE LOVE WARRIORS THAT WILL CREATIVELY WORK TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH LEARNING COMMUNITIES, FOR THE UPLIFTING OF OUR WORLD. AS BLACK PASTORS, WE SHOULDER THE WORK TOGETHER OF SPEAKING TRUTH TO THE POWERS THAT BE (EDUCATIONAL, POLITICAL, GOVERNMENT, CIVIC, ETC.) AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS THAT BEST SUIT THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BLACK PASTORS UNITED FOR EDUCATION IS A NETWORK OF LIKE-MINDED PASTORS AND CONGREGATIONS THAT STRATEGICALLY PARTNER TO EDUCATE UNDER-RESOURCED CHILDREN IN NON-TRADITIONAL LEARNING SPACES, AS WELL AS ADVOCATE TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT UPLIFT IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES.

  • LEARNING CENTERS: HAD 3 LEARNING CENTERS THROUGHOUT PA IN CHURCH SPACES FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CYBER SCHOOL FOR EXTRA SUPPORT.

    Expenses $728,767 · Grants $300

  • ADVOCACY: HOSTED GALA AND TOWN HALL EVENTS TO EDUCATION COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON SCHOOL CHOICE AND GRANT FUNDS TO CHURCHES THAT WILL RUN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN THEIR CHURCH SPACES.

    Expenses $210,990 · Grants $195,900

  • SUMMER PROGRAMS: SUPPORTED 3 LEARNING CENTERS TO RUN EDUCATIONAL SUMMER PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $149,346 · Grants $72,240

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JAYSON DAVENPORT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK KEARSE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAQUANN WILLIAMS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSHUA C ROBERTSON

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $14,808
    From this org
    $14,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 October 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202532819349301408

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