Enable all present and future Black employees in Local, State and Federal Government to have the ability to maximize their career opportunities and provide a mechanism for inclusion, growth and advocacy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
10¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2,396 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $2K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
10%
of spending
Concern: 10% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% 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
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Revenue
$43K
+16% vs prior year
Spent
$46K
To programs
10%
Net assets
$31K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$43K
FY2024▲ +16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$15K
FY2021$13K
FY2022$17K
FY2023$37K
FY2024$43K
Expenses
$46K
FY2024▼ -14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$18K
FY2021$5K
FY2022$12K
FY2023$53K
FY2024$46K
Net assets
$31K
FY2024▼ -15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$41K
FY2021$48K
FY2022$53K
FY2023$36K
FY2024$31K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 1993.

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Where the money goes

10 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 10% · $5K Management & general 7% · $3K Fundraising 83% · $38K

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

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
First Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Correspondence Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Second Vice President - Membership
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

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

Programs and updates

Empowers Black government employees to maximize careers through inclusion, growth, and advocacy.

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3 programs · $4K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Virtual Youth (Oratorical/STEM) (June 2024) The Youth Oratorical/STEM Competition provided students the chance in a public environment the opportunity to develop speaking and presentation skills demonstrating their knowledge and creativity orally and in science.

$3Kprogram expense
02

Community Service Outreach

Provided donations and distributed items to area food banks and shelters such as The Arc of Southern Maryland. BIG Region XI made a monetary donation to this charity. Also, BIG Region XI purchased 100 pairs of socks and toiletries and donated them to the Senior Citizens Center, other organizations that BIG Region XI made donations to…

$418program expense
03

Legislative Committee

BIG Region XI Attended the Congressional Black Caucus - Annual Legislative Conference. Heard from various speakers such as Congressman Glen Ivy, Congresswoman Sewel, Senator Cory Booker, and Congresswoman Lucy McBath on topics such as SCOTUS Ruling on Race Considerations Post SCOTUS ruling, Gun Violence Reform, AI and Black America…

$300program expense

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$43K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$42K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$680
Investment incomeLn 3$70
Money outPt IX
$46K
Ln 25
Programscol B$5K
Managementcol C$3K
Fundraisingcol D$38K
Owns and owesPt X
$31K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$31K
Total assetsLn 16$31K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$42K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$35K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$680
Investment incomeLn 3$70
Total revenueLn 12$43K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5K
SavingsLn 2$26K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$31K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$31K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$31K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 62,396
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$36K$31K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$36K$31K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$36K$31K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$46K$5K$3K$38K
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$0$0$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$46K$5K$3K$38K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $43K$46K−$3K$31K 990 PDF
FY2023 $37K$53K−$17K$36K 990 PDF
FY2022 $17K$12K$5K$53K 990 PDF
FY2021 $13K$5K$8K$48K 990 PDF
FY2020 $15K$18K−$4K$41K 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $42,837 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $31,761$42,087
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,000$680
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $73$70
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $36,834$42,837
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $53,374$46,060
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $53,374$46,060
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$16,540−$3,223
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $42,837 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $680 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$1,298
VIII-1b Membership dues$3,502
VIII-1c Fundraising events$34,503
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,784
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$42,087
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $70 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$70
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $750 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$42,837
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $46,060 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,747 · Management $3,154 · Fundraising $38,159$46,060
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,747 · Management $3,154 · Fundraising $38,159$46,060
Part X · Balance sheet $30,795 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $8,750$4,769
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $27,317$26,026
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $36,067$30,795
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $36,067$30,795
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $36,067$30,795
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $30,795 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$42,837
XI-2 Total expenses$46,060
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$3,223
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$36,067
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses−$2,049
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$30,795

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