THE IMPERATIVE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P20

Classification

1200

Street

106 CROSS ST

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 · 2023

• WE ARE ESTABLISHING A FUND TO MAKE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS THAT IMPROVE WEALTH AND HEALTH WHILE INCREASING THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TIES OF BLACK PEOPLE GLOBALLY. OUR ROLES IN ADDITION TO OUR ROLE AS A FUNDER AND INVESTOR, THE IMPERATIVE WILL ALSO SERVE IN THE FOLLOWING CAPACITIES IN PHILANTHROPY: CONVENER WE WILL REGULARLY BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND BRING STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY BOTH IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM NEEDS FOR THE CULTURE. IN COMING TOGETHER, WE WILL LEARN ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND STRATEGIZE ON A UNITED PATH FORWARD FOR BLACK PEOPLE COLLABORATOR WE WILL REGULARLY CREATE AND SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER PHILANTHROPIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO ACHIEVE OUR STATED MISSION. COMMUNICATOR WE WILL USE OUR ROLE WITHIN PHILANTHROPY TO EXPRESS IDEAS THAT GIVE PEOPLE COVER TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITIES WITHOUT FEAR OF LOSS OF FUNDING. OUR RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND INVESTMENTS WILL SERVE AS DIRECTION TO THOSE WANTING TO SUPPORT THE INTERESTS OF BLACK PEOPLE

  Expenses $70,182 · Grants $20,000

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $411,410

  Expenses

  $91,515

  Contributions

  $405,636

  Grants paid

  $20,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $68,866

  Expenses

  $64,904

  Contributions

  $68,866

  Grants paid

  $41,054

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period

1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021

Principal officer

Alexandra Bastien

Mailing address

106 Cross StBrockton MA 02301

Website

https://theimperativefund.org/

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 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

• RESILIENT SISTERHOOD PROJECT

  $20,000

  2023 · PROGRAM

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2024 · EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

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