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BLACK ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC

EIN 81-0687250 ROXBURY CROSSING, MA

Revenue 2025
$3,951,279
Expenses 2025
$3,535,173

Program services were 68.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
V31
Classification
2000
Street
1234 COLUMBUS AVE BUILDING 3 ROOM 1

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 · 2025

Mission

BECMA'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF BLACK BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND RESIDENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH ADVOCACY, BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF BLACK BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS & RESIDENTS IN MA.

  • SUPPORTS MASS BASED BLACK LED FIRMS VIA GRANTS, BACK-OFFICE SUPPORT, AND DIGITAL SOLUTIONS. ADVOCATES FOR ACCESS TO ADEQUATE & AFFORDABLE CAPITAL, EQUITABLE PROCUREMENT AND INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $2,432,771 · Grants $359,502 · Revenue $1,008,010

  • THROUGH ONE OF THEIR WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARIES, BCI, THE ORGANIZATION MAKES LOANS TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE. BCI HAS AN INVESTMENT COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS THE APPLICATIONS AND DUE DILIGENCE PACKETS OF EACH ENTITY THAT APPLIES FOR A LOAN, AND THAT COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF SIX MEMBERS WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION ISSUED LOANS TO FOUR BUSINESSES TOTALING $310,587. THE ORGANIZATION RECORDED INTEREST INCOME OF $28,560 RELATING TO ALL OUTSTANDING LOANS.

    Revenue $28,560

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Nicole Obi

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $320,034
    From this org
    $281,066
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,968
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,066
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,004
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,964
    Filer's total
    $320,034
  • Lamont Clemons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chiderah Okoye

    SECRETARY/CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charran Fisher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcita Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eugene Green

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Herby Duverne

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michele Courton Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Courtney Brunson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hilina D Ajakaiye

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daren Bascome

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dana Mendenhall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Sands

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Krystal Cummings

    CHIEF OF PEOPLE AND CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $148,417
    From this org
    $126,972
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,445
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mackenson Charles

    CHIEF OF MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $138,313
    From this org
    $117,175
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,138
    Hours/week
    40
  • Alyssa Benalfew-Ramos

    CHIEF OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $135,865
    From this org
    $130,960
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,905
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nancy Rousseau

    CHIEF OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $114,235
    From this org
    $108,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,990
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $3,951,279
    Expenses
    $3,535,173
    Contributions
    $2,942,592
    Grants paid
    $359,502
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,845,824
    Expenses
    $5,249,760
    Contributions
    $4,842,685
    Grants paid
    $447,431
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,360,772
    Expenses
    $4,850,732
    Contributions
    $3,754,949
    Grants paid
    $708,356
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,157,091
    Expenses
    $3,033,740
    Contributions
    $3,763,976
    Grants paid
    $163,450

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

  • 2025 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,520,645
    Expenses
    $1,553,842
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,534,310
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,587,547
    Expenses
    $345,680
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,365,280

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 2018

Tax period
1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018
Principal officer
Teri Williams
Mailing address
16 JOHN ELIOT SQUAREBOSTON MA 02119
Website
WWW.BECMA.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

  • 2022 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

  • BLACK MARKET

    $50,000

    2023 BOSS; BLACK VENDOR MA

  • BLACK OWNED BOSTON LLC

    $26,000

    2023 BACK OFFICE SUPPORT

  • ZAZ RESTAURANT

    $25,000

    2023 BACK OFFICE SUPPORT SERVICES

  • JOSEPH CHARLES

    $22,000

    2023 BACK OFFICE SUPPORT SERVICES

  • BUTTERFLY FALAFEL

    $20,000

    2024 BACK OFFICE SUPPORT SERVICES

  • BAR AND KITCHEN HOSPITALITY INC

    $20,000

    2024 BACK OFFICE SUPPORT SERVICES

  • LOGWOOD COMPANY LLC S-CORP

    $20,000

    2024 SUPPLIER DIVERSITY

  • NUBIAN MARKETS

    $20,000

    2023 SPONSORSHIP

  • RENAVEST

    $20,000

    2023 BACK OFFICE SUPPORT SERVICES

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2025 return

  • BECMA COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS LLC

    LOANS FUNDS TO BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES · MA · income $138,660 · assets $474,042

  • BECMA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC

    PROVIDE OVERSIGHT AND GUIDANCE TO BCI · MA · income $0 · assets $0

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.