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BLACKS OF THE CHESAPEAKE FOUNDATION INC

EIN 52-2278700 ANNAPOLIS, MD

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Revenue 2024
$272,527
Expenses 2024
$240,391

Program services were 56.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A80
Classification
1200
Street
1101 BAY RIDGE AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO "ELEVATE BLACK VOICES" WITH PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL CONVERSATIONS AND RESILIENCY PLANNING FOR CLIMATE-THREATENED COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HOME TO BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH GENERATIONS OF LEGACY ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE. WE MAINTAIN OUR 40-YEAR COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF AFRICANS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS AS MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE REGION'S MARITIME AND SEAFOOD INDUSTRIES.

  • MAINTAINED AND PRESERVED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, CULTURAL TREASURES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL COLLECTIONS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS. RESEARCH MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. ELKTONIA-CARRS BEACH PARK PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE AND EXHIBITS.

    Expenses $98,358 · Grants $1,062

  • "NEX-GEN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CHAMPIONS" PROGRAM AIMS TO REACH YOUNG PEOPLE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. TO GROW THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND INSPIRE A PASSION FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE AS ADVOCATES FOR EQUITABLE POLICIES FOR BIPOC COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $30,203 · Revenue $16,784

  • CREATED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND PROVIDED ACCESS TO HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.

    Expenses $7,589

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Vincent O Leggett

    PRESIDENT & CEO UNTIL NOV. 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Carnelius Jones

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sandra Chapman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Reginald Irby

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deedee Strum

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $272,527
    Expenses
    $240,391
    Contributions
    $255,743
    Grants paid
    $1,062
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $240,378
    Expenses
    $226,181
    Contributions
    $232,549
    Grants paid
    $92,210
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $157,034
    Expenses
    $51,569
    Contributions
    $157,890
    Grants paid
    $1,220

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $12,624
    Expenses
    $3,896
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,210

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 May 2021 to 30 April 2022
Principal officer
Vincent Leggett
Mailing address
1125 WEST STREET SUITE 200ANNAPOLIS MD 21401
Website
BLACKSOFTHECHESAPEAKE.COM

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • CITY OF ANNAPOLIS RECREATION & PARKS

    $90,000

    2023 STATE PASSTHROUGH GRANT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.