- Revenue 2024
- $863,556
- Expenses 2024
- $1,274,461
Program services were 78.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- P22
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 2550 YAKIMA AVE UNIT A
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 assist African Americans, other ethnic minorities and economically disadvantaged individuals and families in the achievement of social equity and economic independence.
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BLACK EMPOWERMENT CENTER (BEC)THE TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE BLACK EMPOWERMENT CENTER IS DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING BLACK ENTREPRENEURS AND ASPIRING BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH TAILORED BUSINESS WORKSHOPS, MENTORSHIP, AND RESOURCES, THE CENTER EQUIPS INDIVIDUALS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED TO LAUNCH, GROW, AND SUSTAIN SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES. WITH A FOCUS ON FINANCIAL LITERACY,STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, THE BLACK EMPOWERMENT CENTER IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HELPING BUSINESSES THRIVE IN TODAYS COMPETITIVE MARKET.
Expenses $236,965 · Grants $110,640
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MALE INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM (MIP)THE TACOMA URBAN LEAGUES MALE INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM (MIP) IS A MENTORSHIP INITIATIVE DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING YOUNG MEN IN THE COMMUNITY. WITH A 100% RETENTION RATE, THE PROGRAM PROVIDES CONSISTENT GUIDANCE, SUPPORT, AND POSITIVE ROLE MODELS TO STUDENTS ACROSS FOUR SCHOOLS: STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL, LISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND FOSTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. MIP FOCUSES ON PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, ACADEMIC SUCCESS, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, HELPING STUDENTS BUILD CONFIDENCE, SET GOALS, AND STAY ON TRACK FOR A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE. THROUGH STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, MIP ENSURES THAT EACH PARTICIPANT RECEIVES THE MENTORSHIP THEY NEED TO THRIVE.
Expenses $179,975
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POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM (PPP)THE TACOMA URBAN LEAGUES POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM (PPP) IS DESIGNED TO EQUIP PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS WITH THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO CREATE NURTURING, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THROUGH WORKSHOPS, ONEON ONE COACHING, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT, THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING PARENTCHILD RELATIONSHIPS, PROMOTING POSITIVE DISCIPLINE STRATEGIES, AND FOSTERING EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN. PPP EMPOWERS PARENTS WITH PRACTICAL TOOLS TO MANAGE CHALLENGES, ENHANCE COMMUNICATION, AND BUILD STRONG FAMILY FOUNDATIONS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL WELLBEING AND SUCCESS OF BOTH PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
Expenses $78,322
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Other Programs
Expenses $501,456 · Grants $149,447
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.
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Janice Lee
Executive Director Until 0924
- Total calculated
- $125,018
- From this org
- $125,018
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Desire Wilkins Finch
Excecutive Director From 1024
- Total calculated
- $17,813
- From this org
- $17,813
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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LaTasha Wortham
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Halley Knigge
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Phyllis McElroy
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Debbra Baker
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kenita Demery
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Effenus Henderson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alexandra Mather
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Djibril Diop
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ria Johnson Covington
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sara Irish
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Faaluaina Pritchard
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tim Allen
Director Until 042024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David Devine
Director Until 052024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cliff Brown
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $863,556
- Expenses
- $1,274,461
- Contributions
- $891,450
- Grants paid
- $260,087
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,023,777
- Expenses
- $1,892,340
- Contributions
- $1,173,067
- Grants paid
- $583,161
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,519,894
- Expenses
- $1,677,931
- Contributions
- $1,673,550
- Grants paid
- $746,303
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,449,595
- Expenses
- $998,308
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,961,814
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,869,477
- Expenses
- $865,988
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,506,614
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $795,581
- Expenses
- $704,831
- Assets (EOY)
- $595,271
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $808,426
- Expenses
- $772,766
- Assets (EOY)
- $526,610
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $808,426
- Expenses
- $772,766
- Assets (EOY)
- $526,610
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $708,681
- Expenses
- $567,055
- Assets (EOY)
- $434,818
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $752,568
- Expenses
- $697,305
- Assets (EOY)
- $320,547
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $491,403
- Expenses
- $423,509
- Assets (EOY)
- $216,058
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $215,126
- Expenses
- $231,604
- Assets (EOY)
- $72,631
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.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$282,500
2023 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
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$225,000
2024 CORE SUPPORT FOR FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT
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GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$173,297
2023 OPERATING SUPPORT
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2024 CAPTITAL SUPPORT, PROGRAM SUPPORT
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2022 Black Empowerment Center - Small Business Support
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$50,000
2022 CORE SUPPORT FOR FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT
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$50,000
2024 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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$45,000
2024 TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY BLACK COLLECTIVE.
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2024 DONATION
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$25,000
2024 TO SUPPORT LEGALLY BLACK.
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
- Exemption revoked 15 May 2012, reinstated 15 March 2013.
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.