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BLACK LEADERS DETROIT

EIN 84-2514445 DETROIT, MI

Revenue 2024
$2,228,221
Expenses 2024
$1,466,771

Program services were 70.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J01
Classification
1000
Street
8425 W MCNICHOLS SUITE 202

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 provide financial support for diverse social and community impact projects originated and led by Detroiters of African descent.

  • Black Leaders Detroit (BLD) issued $1,217,500 in no-interest loans and $362,000 in grants. BLD helped provide a significant financial boost to businesses and nonprofits owned by individuals of African Descent, which often struggle to access adequate funding. BLD proudly welcomed college interns to assist in the enhancement of our Rising Black Leaders programan entrepreneurial initiative designed to empower and invest in high school school scholars through transformative grants. We also celebrated the spirit of entrepreneurship with the EnterpreneuHERs Brunch, a high-energy, speed-dating style pitch competition that highlighted the dynamism and ingenuity of women entrepreneurs of African descent. BLD also spearheaded a series of activations throughout Detroit, promoting the importance of shopping local and supporting our vibrant Black business community. These initiatives are all part of our commitment to fueling creativity, innovation, and economic empowerment.

    Expenses $1,031,503 · Revenue $2,228,225

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Quan Neloms

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Dominique Campbell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Shannon Gaston

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Duante Anderson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Leslie D Dandridge

    CEO

    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
    $2,228,221
    Expenses
    $1,466,771
    Contributions
    $2,228,221
    Grants paid
    $453,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,083,363
    Expenses
    $1,289,507
    Contributions
    $2,083,363
    Grants paid
    $322,637
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,083,363
    Expenses
    $1,292,932
    Contributions
    $2,083,363
    Grants paid
    $322,637
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,339,620
    Expenses
    $809,254
    Contributions
    $1,339,620
    Grants paid
    $184,432

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
    $814,177
    Expenses
    $531,779
    Assets (EOY)
    $371,602

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $335,601
    Expenses
    $255,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $84,975

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 2019

Tax period
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
Principal officer
Dwan Dandridge
Mailing address
938Detroit MI 48207
Website
www.blackleadersdetroit.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

  • JANNA KAY CHARCUTERIE BOXES AND BOA

    $10,000

    2023 Community impact project support

  • REYZ LLC

    $10,000

    2023 Community impact project support

  • MOSTYN COMM DEV SERV

    $10,000

    2023 Community impact project support

  • THREE THIRTEEN DETROIT

    $10,000

    2023 Community impact project support

  • RHINO DYNO

    $10,000

    2023 Community impact project support

  • HIRED MUSCLE

    $10,000

    2023 Community impact project support

  • EASTSIDE COMMUNITY NETWORK

    $10,000

    2023 Community impact project support

  • DETRIT COCOA BAR

    $9,800

    2023 Community impact project support

  • DEVELOPING KIDS

    $7,500

    2023 Community impact project support

  • TEAM HYPE

    $5,000

    2022 Community impact project support

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.