Black Organizing Project Inc

Analysis

Black Organizing Project Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Black Organizing Project Inc reported income of $2.7m and spending of $2.2m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $2.7m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Black Organizing Project Inc sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include I Love U Guys Foundation ($2.7m), Center of Concern ($2.7m) and The Hub Oc ($2.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $182k (8.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $7.5m against liabilities of $81k, net assets of $7.4m. It reported 22 employees.