Black Oregon Land Trust

Tax-deductible

Corbett, OR501(c)(3)Food & AgricultureEIN 85-6576948Revenue $470K in FY2024

On file with the IRSblackoregonlandtrust.org39058 E Knieriem Rd, 97019-9727 · Corbett, ORTax-exempt since Jul 2022Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Bolt is committed to eliminating the systemic barriers that continue to prevent Black communities from securely accessing Land because we believe that Land sovereignty is the key to achieving our visions of food justice, generational wealth and health, cultural preservation, and thriving communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 55 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 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $244K a year · 40% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$77K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 77% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $509K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$200K
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$470K
-52% vs prior year
Spent
$579K
To programs
64%
Net assets
$732K
By yearFY2022–FY2024
Revenue
$470K
FY2024▼ -52%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$376K
FY2023$986K
FY2024$470K
Expenses
$579K
FY2024▲ +55%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$147K
FY2023$374K
FY2024$579K
Net assets
$732K
FY2024▼ -13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$229K
FY2023$841K
FY2024$732K

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 Jul 2022.

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

Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $370K Management & general 31% · $181K Fundraising 5% · $28K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $77K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$76,750Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Qiddist Ashe’s $77K as Executive Director is at the 77th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1171 $100K–1M food & agriculture 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022
Qiddist Ashe$76,750$66,635$16,400
Mia O'Connor Smith——$8,880
Olivia Ashe—$6,000$8,200
Anaka Morris——$5,000
Alexandria Saleem—$1,000—

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps Black communities access land to build wealth, health, and preserve culture.

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3 programs · $329K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Land Acquistion and Management

Our land acquisition program conserves working farmland and riparian areas and holds them permanently under trust, for the purposes of environmental conservation and providing affordable and secure land acess to black farming families.

$189Kprogram expense
02

Mothers and Families

Mother and child-centered opportunities for climate-forward skill building, intergenerational, nature-based play, and family-centered workshops. We provide farm-grown food, agricultural skill shares, and community nourishment for local mothers of children ages 0-10, with opportunities for them to build land-based relationships in an…

$80Kprogram expense
03

Youth Education

Bolt's nature school program provides afterschool and seasonal farm-based education to youth ages 4-11, for students to learn climate resilient and ancestrally-rooted land based skills such as water conservation, plant life cycles, seed saving, livestock care, and natural dyeing.

$60Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$470K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$470K
Investment incomeLn 3$184
Money outPt IX
$579K
Ln 25
Programscol B$370K
Managementcol C$181K
Fundraisingcol D$28K
Owns and owesPt X
$732K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$119K
Total assetsLn 16$932K
LiabilitiesLn 26$200K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$470K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$184
Total revenueLn 12$470K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$101K
SavingsLn 2$19K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$119K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$812K
Total assetsLn 16$932K
LiabilitiesLn 26$200K
Net assetsLn 32$732K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 655
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$229K$119K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$812K$812K
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M$932K
LiabilitiesLn 26$201K$200K
Net assetsLn 32$841K$732K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1K$1K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$77K$43K$31K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$155K$87K$62K$5K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$10K$5K$4K$312
Other employee benefitsLn 9$19K$11K$8K$635
Payroll taxesLn 10$18K$10K$7K$584
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$100K$77K$10K$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$842$754$88
Office expensesLn 13$33K$21K$11K$72
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$28K$11K$16K
TravelLn 17$5K$2K$3K
InterestLn 20$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$119K$99K$15K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$579K$370K$181K$28K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $470K$579K−$110K$732K 990 PDF
FY2023 $986K$374K$612K$841K 990 PDF
FY2022 $376K$147K$229K$229K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $469,791 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $980,457$469,607
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,483$184
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $985,940$469,791
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$1,170
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $132,614$278,761
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $241,072$299,405
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $373,686$579,336
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $612,254−$109,545
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $469,791 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$469,607
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$469,607
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $184$184
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $184$469,791
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $579,336 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,170$1,170
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $43,286 · Management $30,923 · Fundraising $2,541$76,750
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $87,456 · Management $62,477 · Fundraising $5,134$155,067
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $5,318 · Management $3,945 · Fundraising $312$9,575
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $10,811 · Management $8,021 · Fundraising $635$19,467
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,942 · Management $7,376 · Fundraising $584$17,902
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $2,610$2,610
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $77,381 · Management $10,039 · Fundraising $12,500$99,920
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $754 · Fundraising $88$842
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $21,448 · Management $11,051 · Fundraising $72$32,571
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $2,448$2,448
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,303 · Management $16,305$27,608
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,874 · Management $2,974$4,848
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,820$1,820
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $7,399$7,399
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $98,504 · Management $14,847 · Fundraising $5,988$119,339
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $370,313 · Management $181,169 · Fundraising $27,854$579,336
Part X · Balance sheet $931,824 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $170,985$100,729
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $58,447$18,660
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $33$33
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $812,402$812,402
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,041,867$931,824
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $959$2,565
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $199,754$197,650
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $200,713$200,215
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $841,154$731,609
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $841,154$731,609
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,041,867$931,824
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $731,609 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$469,791
XI-2 Total expenses$579,336
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$109,545
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$841,154
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$731,609

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