Community Movement Builders CMB is a member based collective of black people dedicated to being a force for creating sustainable self-determining communities through cooperative economic advancement and collective community organizing. Our mission is rooted in Black love and equity.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$33K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

Before you give

FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $885K a year · 46% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$33K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$61K
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$276K
Spent
$167K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$214K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$276K
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$276K
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$991K
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$3.9M
Expenses
$167K
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$167K
FY2021$402K
FY2022$948K
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.7M
Net assets
$214K
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$214K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$4.5M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Give Claim
You’re viewing the FY2020 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2024) →

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2015.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $152K Management & general 6% · $9K Fundraising 3% · $5K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990; $33K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$33,083Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Karl Kamau Franklin’s $75K as Executive Director is at the 13th percentile of top reported officer pay among 731 $1–10M public & societal benefit nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Karl Kamau Franklin$74,625$70,958$63,292$45,083$33,083

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See Community Movement Builders INC executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to add context

Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Organizes and educates residents to build community power through neighborhood development, food justice, and economic empowerment.

Questions for Community Movement Builders INC

Tap to ask. Community Movement Builders INC sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Community Movement Builders INC answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

3 programs · $152K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Community Organizing working to win real changes in policy and resource ownership for our community

$62Kprogram expense
02

Food Justice care-taker of community gardens. Distribute fresh food to the community.

$48Kprogram expense
03

Neighborhood Development create real neigborhood revitalization by creating additional community planting sites, developing black farmers market and creating micro business based on locally grown community owned food

$42Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$276K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$244K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Money outPt IX
$167K
Ln 25
Programscol B$152K
Managementcol C$9K
Fundraisingcol D$5K
Owns and owesPt X
$214K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$192K
Total assetsLn 16$275K
LiabilitiesLn 26$61K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$244K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Total revenueLn 12$276K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$192K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$192K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$83K
Total assetsLn 16$275K
LiabilitiesLn 26$61K
Net assetsLn 32$214K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 6250
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$21K$192K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$83K$83K
Total assetsLn 16$116K$275K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K$61K
Net assetsLn 32$105K$214K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$33K$25K$4K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$13K$13K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$3K$329$304
Management feesLn 11a$67K$66K$150$240
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$3K$616
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K$294$100
Office expensesLn 13$3K$736$2K$306
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K$385$110
TravelLn 17$5K$4K$277
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$808$808
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$23K$22K$727$15
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$5K$30
Total functional expensesLn 25$167K$152K$9K$5K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $3.9M$1.7M$2.2M$4.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.0M$1.9M$1.1M$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $991K$948K$42K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$402K$968K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $276K$167K$109K$214K 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $275,897 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $86,939$244,197
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $200$31,700
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,700$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $89,839$275,897
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $17,750$49,881
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $78,409$116,799
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $96,159$166,680
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$6,320$109,217
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $275,897 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$244,197
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$244,197
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $31,700$31,700
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $31,700$275,897
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $166,680 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $24,812 · Management $4,301 · Fundraising $3,970$33,083
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $12,750$12,750
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,415 · Management $329 · Fundraising $304$4,048
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $66,319 · Management $150 · Fundraising $240$66,709
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,185 · Management $616$3,801
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,771 · Management $294 · Fundraising $100$5,165
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $736 · Management $1,560 · Fundraising $306$2,602
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,980 · Management $385 · Fundraising $110$3,475
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,454 · Management $277$4,731
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,563$1,563
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $808$808
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $22,485 · Management $727 · Fundraising $15$23,227
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,688 · Management $30$4,718
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $152,158 · Management $9,477 · Fundraising $5,045$166,680
Part X · Balance sheet $274,840 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $20,912$191,840
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $83,000$83,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $116,412$274,840
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $470$746
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $10,000$10,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,505$60,716
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $104,907$214,124
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $104,907$214,124
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $116,412$274,840
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $214,124 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$275,897
XI-2 Total expenses$166,680
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$109,217
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$104,907
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$214,124

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.