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SHENANDOAH VALLEY BLACK HERITAGE PROJECT INC

EIN 81-1709430 HARRISONBURG, VA

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Revenue 2024
$223,260
Expenses 2024
$229,229

Program services were 79.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A80
Classification
2000
Street
425 HILL 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 · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO LEARN, SHARE, AND ILLUMINATE THE RICH AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY WHILE PROMOTING EQUITY ACROSS ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE. OUR MULTIFACETED APPROACH INCLUDES SAFEGUARDING HISTORICAL SITES, FOSTERING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES. WE PRIORITIZE RECOGNIZING AND ADDRESSING THE SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AFRICAN AMERICANS AND ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING TOWARDS A MORE JUST AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RECOVERING THE RICH AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. SHARING IT WITH THE DESCENDANTS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND ILLUMINATING THE WAY IT WAS BY ADDING TO THE RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

  • THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY BLACK HERITAGE PROGRAM HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 BY HIGHLIGHTING THE RICH AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY OF THE REGION THROUGH EDUCATION, PRESERVATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE PROGRAM AIMS TO HONOR THE PAST AND SHAPE A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE BY ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AFRICAN AMERICANS. THE PROGRAM HAS HOSTED OVER 10 GUIDED WALKING TOURS, PARTNERED WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS TO DELIVER SIX EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND TAUGHT A CLASS FOR THE JMU LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROGRAM HAS HELD VIRTUAL GENEALOGY WORKSHOPS, DEEPENED AWARENESS OF REGIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS, AND COMPLETED PRESERVATION PLANNING THROUGH THE CREATION OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERY DATABASE. THE PROGRAM HAS ALSO EXPANDED PARTNERSHIPS WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO INTEGRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY INTO PUBLIC EVENTS AND REGIONAL PLANNING CONVERSATIONS. THE PROGRAM HAS ALSO PRESENTED "PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND REFUGE FROM WHITE OPPRESSION" AS PART OF THE MASSANUTTEN REGIONAL LIBRARY LOCAL HISTORY SERIES AND CO-HOSTED A BLACK HERITAGE EVENT WITH THESHENANDOAH VALLEY CONSERVANCY AND HERBALIST RUBY DANIELS.

    Expenses $181,048 · Grants $62,500

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.

  • Kevin Borg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Robin Lyttle

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Barb Melby

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Monica Robinson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $49,494
    From this org
    $49,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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
    $223,260
    Expenses
    $229,229
    Contributions
    $223,260
    Grants paid
    $62,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $155,518
    Expenses
    $145,754
    Contributions
    $155,518
    Grants paid
    $61,400
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $134,560
    Expenses
    $123,330
    Contributions
    $134,263
    Grants paid
    $68,388

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $122,493
    Expenses
    $118,012
    Assets (EOY)
    $129,245

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $63,994
    Expenses
    $58,170
    Assets (EOY)
    $124,764

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $22,278
    Expenses
    $13,000
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,940

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $82,987
    Expenses
    $43,429
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,662

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $75,972
    Expenses
    $6,833
    Assets (EOY)
    $70,104

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $75,972
    Expenses
    $6,833
    Assets (EOY)
    $70,104

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 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Robin Lyttle
Mailing address
2117 Supinlick Ridge RdBroadway VA 22815
Website
www.valleyblackheritage.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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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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 11 November 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.