EIN 46-4578588

The Black Organizing Project

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
14
Year formed
2013
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Black-led community organization fighting for racial justice and building Black Sanctuary in schools and communities through grassroots organizing.
Total revenues
$2,916,877
2022
Total expenses
$2,056,981
2022
Total assets
$7,054,762
2022
Num. employees
14
2022

Program areas at The Black Organizing Project

Bettering our School System (BOSS): Better Our Schools System (BOSS), demands that schools provide community, care, and inspiration for Black students. Through political education and leadership development, we build the power of our community to demand that our public systems invest in futures where Black people thrive. By assuring passage of the George Floyd Resolution, we have eliminated the police department within Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), which included sworn officers as well as security officers. Additionally we have developed an implementation body, made up primarily of community representatives, which works closely with OUSD to transform school culture and to ensure continued implementation of the George Floyd Resolution. We fight for the development of practices and policies in schools that center Black sanctuary and eliminate the reliance on the policing of Black bodies. We demand the allocation of resources that invest in Black sanctuary.
Communications & Digital Organizing (OLD):Through our strategic communications and digital organizing strategies, BOP engages and activates its members as well as a broader constituency of supporters and allies. Our narrative-building and storytelling strategies allow us to expand our community and to center the lives and stories of Black people in the Bay Area for our larger community. The purpose of our communications work is to draw a connection between individual injustices and the larger systemic issues. BOP brings attention to the harsh violence that our communities experience, directly or indirectly, offering a vision for a path forward to a different reality for Black people in Oakland and beyond.
Organizing and Leadership Development (OLD)BOP develops future leaders by creating community-centered, multi-generational spaces for reflection on community. Adult and youth community members participate in training, dialogues, book clubs, and peer learning. These spaces provide healing and transformation and connect members to themselves and their communities. Members develop analysis, strengthen leadership skills, and build a powerful vision for the future. Through constant outreach, follow-up, and leadership development we are building a connected, activated Black Oakland. Through our Black Liberation Institute we train future organizers in BOPs organizing methodology. Our intentional leadership-development pipeline moves BOPs members from our base through opportunities to build their capacity for harnessing their power. BOP leaders are poised to carry this expertise forward, investigating how and where systems continue to attack a holistic vision for Black futures.

Grants made by The Black Organizing Project

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
California Teachers Association - Oakland Education AssnTo Fund A Contract Position$60,000

Who funds The Black Organizing Project

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)Arts & Culture$505,000
The San Francisco Foundation (TSFF)Program - for General Support$285,000
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFor Recipient's Exempt Purpose$200,500
...and 20 more grants received totalling $2,025,655

Personnel at The Black Organizing Project

NameTitleCompensation
T Ayoka TurnerChief of Staff$126,972
Malaika ParkerExecutive Director$129,500
Jessica BlackBLK Sanctuary Director$113,601
Donna BransfordChair / Director$0
Aaron RawlinsSecretary and Treas. / Director and Secretary and Treasurer$0
...and 5 more key personnel

Financials for The Black Organizing Project

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,911,100
Program services$1,606
Investment income and dividends$4,171
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$2,916,877

Form 990s for The Black Organizing Project

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-08990View PDF
2021-122022-11-04990View PDF
2020-122021-10-13990View PDF
2019-122021-02-24990View PDF
2018-122020-02-12990View PDF
...and 5 more Form 990s

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Data update history
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 15 new grant, including a grant for $505,000 from Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
January 18, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 10, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
December 28, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
October 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 24 new grant, including a grant for $200,000 from New Venture Fund
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Grassroots organizingTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
PO Box 23712
Oakland, CA 94623
Metro area
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
County
Alameda County, CA
Website URL
blackorganizingproject.org/ 
Phone
(510) 891-1219
IRS details
EIN
46-4578588
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2013
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A23: Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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