Blackfem partners with the nation's most forward-thinking governmental bodies and activists to reimagine wealth building opportunities for black women.

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

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $67K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 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
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $86K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$535K
-27% vs prior year
Spent
$881K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$68K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$535K
FY2023▼ -27%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$181K
FY2022$619K
FY2022$732K
FY2023$535K
FY2024$983K
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$881K
FY2023▲ +151%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$167K
FY2022$580K
FY2022$351K
FY2023$881K
FY2024$545K
FY2025$1.1M
Net assets
$68K
FY2023▼ -84%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$54K
FY2022$156K
FY2022$420K
FY2023$68K
FY2024$498K
FY2025$688K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2016.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $800K Management & general 9% · $81K

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

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990.

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

Chloe McKenzie’s $250K as Executive Dir. is at the 100th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2022FY2022FY2020
Chloe McKenzie$250,417$262,566$131,182$192,373$44,434
John Watts$74,667$75,231———

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.

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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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

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1 program · $800K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Blackfem Has Addressed Key Areas of Influence

Cultural institutions, education systems, policymaking, and families. With a holistic, research backed approach to healing financial trauma. Blackfems curriculum, trainings, and programs help make progress against the root causes of financial inequity in our target communities to improve their wealth building capacity, or undo bias in…

$800Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$86K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$535K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$535K
Money outPt IX
$881K
Ln 25
Programscol B$800K
Managementcol C$81K
Owns and owesPt X
$68K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$68K
Total assetsLn 16$68K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$535K
Total revenueLn 12$535K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$68K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$68K
Total assetsLn 16$68K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$68K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$418K$68K
Total assetsLn 16$418K$68K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K$0
Net assetsLn 32$414K$68K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$360K$324K$36K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$18K$16K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$127K$115K$13K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$26K$26K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$108K$97K$11K
Office expensesLn 13$6K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$16K$16K
TravelLn 17$14K$14K
InterestLn 20$556$556
InsuranceLn 23$11K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$11K$10K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$180K$162K$18K
Total functional expensesLn 25$881K$800K$81K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.3M$1.1M$190K$688K 990 PDF
FY2024 $983K$545K$439K$498K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $535K$881K−$346K$68K 990 PDF
FY2022 $619K$580K$39K$156K 990 PDF
FY2021 Not on file
FY2020 $181K$167K$14K$54K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $534,996 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $534,996$534,996
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $534,996$534,996
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $487,288$505,578
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expenses$375,035
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $487,288$880,613
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $47,708−$345,617
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
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 $534,996 across 2 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $534,996$534,996
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $534,996 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$534,996
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $880,613 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $323,914 · Management $35,990$359,904
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $16,461 · Management $1,829$18,290
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $114,646 · Management $12,738$127,384
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,465$2,465
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $26,000$26,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $96,765 · Management $10,752$107,517
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,977$5,977
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $15,505$15,505
IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,831$13,831
IX-20 InterestPrograms $556$556
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,399$11,399
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $9,701 · Management $1,663$11,364
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $162,379 · Management $18,042$180,421
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $799,599 · Management $81,014 · Fundraising $0$880,613
Part X · Balance sheet $68,105 assets, 6 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $418,221$68,105
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $418,221$68,105
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,499$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $413,722$68,105
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $413,722$68,105
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $418,221$68,105
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $68,105 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$534,996
XI-2 Total expenses$880,613
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$345,617
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$413,722
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$68,105

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