Skip to content
Campaign for Black Male Achievement Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

Campaign for Black Male Achievement Inc

Established in 2008 as an initiative of the open society foundations, the campaign for black male achievement (cbma) is a national membership network that seeks to ensure the growth, sustainability, and impact of leaders and organizations committed to improving the life outcomes of black men and boys.

$192k
Granted FY2018
25
Grants FY2018
9
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Youth Development$194kArts & Culture$170kEducation$130kCommunity Improvement$62kPhilanthropy$60kHealth$36kCivil Rights$35kHuman Services$33kOther$0
02FY2018 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k14 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $176k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TIDES CENTER$29,167
OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND$26,550
ISLES MEDIA LLC$20,000
WILL AND JADA SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION$15,000
THE BROTHERHOOD SISTERSOL$15,000
GREENSBORO CHILDREN MUSEUM$15,000
CAZEMBE BEKTEMBA NATIONAL CARES MENTORING MOVEMENT$12,500
SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$12,500
COALITION OF SCHOOLS EDUCATING BOYS OF COLOR$10,000
STUDENT AFRICAN AMERICAN BROTHERHOOD NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS$10,000
MARCUS A FOSTER EDUCATION INSTITUTE$10,000
THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BLACK MALE INITIATIVE CENTRAL OFFICE OF STU$7,500
THE MUHAMMAD ALI$5,000
YASSMINDA HARTS THE MEMO LLC$5,000
THE EAGLE ACADEMY FOUNDATION FUND$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $95k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TIDES CENTER: $50k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $29k → 10%URBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY INC: $2k → 9%YONKERS MY BROTHER'S KEEPER: $2k → 9%CAZEMBE BEKTEMBA NATIONAL CARES MENTORING MOVEMENT: $13k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
RI
CA
NE
KY
VA
MD
NC
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 22% of Campaign for Black Male Achievement Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Campaign for Black Male Achievement Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

22%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$138k · 5 repeat orgs$482k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
29

Total granted

$138k
$355k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-14%
+27%

Still filing today

40%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18
EducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SC
    SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    2× · 2017–2018 · $38k
  • TC
    THE COALITION OF SCHOOLS EDUCATING BOYS OF COLOR INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $35k · revenue -100%
  • IM
    ISLES MEDIA LLC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $30k

Funded once

  • FIRELIGHT MEDIA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +117%
  • MB
    My Brother's Keeper Alliance
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • PL
    Preparing Leaders of Tomorrow
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Mcel United Inc

To develop and support a strong network of male leaders of color who lead fiercely through their authentic selves and lived experiences. these leaders of color will help ensure all students, especially the most marginalized and…

Human Services
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
3
Embracing Equity Inc

Embracing equity cultivates the mindsets and practices necessary to create an affirming, inclusive, and equitable educational ecosystem.

Education
4
Wallin Education Partners

To ensure college and career success for high-potential students from low-income backgrounds, and through our efforts help build diverse, equitable, and vibrant communities. we do this through a comprehensive model of financial aid and…

Education
5
Brooklyn Community Foundation

Spark lasting social justice change, mobilizing people, capital, & expertise for a fair brooklyn.

Philanthropy
6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
Alliant Educational Foundation

The alliant educational foundation builds bridges between under-resourced communities, universities, and other organizations to create a more equitable, healthy, and just society.

Education
8
Young Black Scholar Institute
Community Improvement
9
Black Male Educators Alliance

Our mission is to develop effective culturally responsive educators who cultivate learning partnerships and grow independent thinkers into change agents for their communities.

Education
10
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
11
Equitable Facilities Fund Inc

Eff is a nonprofit social impact fund that believes all children deserve a quality education. we empower high-performing public charter schools with equitable access to low-cost, long-term financing by innovatively combining…

Education
12
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Schott Foundation for Public Education; the most unlike its peers is Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 56 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/39
Grantees still filing
25/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

My Brother's Keeper Alliance: $50,000 · OtherMy Brother's Keeper AlliancePreparing Leaders of Tomorrow: $50,000 · OtherPreparing Leaders of TomorrowSACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $37,500 · OtherSACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTTHE COALITION OF SCHOOLS EDUCATING BOYS OF COLOR INC: $35,000 · OtherTHE COALITION OF SCHOOLS EDUCATING BOYS OF COLOR INCISLES MEDIA LLC: $30,000 · OtherISLES MEDIA LLCMARCUS A FOSTER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE: $20,000 · OtherTHE FELLOWSHIP BMEC INC: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $15,000 · OtherTHE BROTHERHOOD SISTER SOL INC: $15,000 · OtherBlack Mental Health Alliance for Education and Consultation Inc: $15,000 · Other+21 more: $87,827 · Other+21 moreTIDES CENTER: $79,167 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTERNational Cares Mentoring Movement Inc: $12,500 · Human ServicesNational Cares…+2 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $26,550 · EducationTHE OAKLAND P…Research Foundation of the City University of New York: $15,000 · EducationResearch Foun…MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationMILWAUKEE ARE…ECHOING GREEN INC: $10,000 · EducationECHOING GREEN…Journi Incorporated: $5,000 · EducationJourni Incorp…ARCADIA UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationARCADIA UNIVE…UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $5,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO …THE SCHOTT FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION: $5,000 · EducationTHE SCHOTT FO…Urban Prep Academies: $3,000 · Education+2 more: $2,086 · EducationTHE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW W…WILL AND JADA SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyWILL AND …MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $11,995 · PhilanthropyMILWAUKEE…Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropySilicon V…FLAMBOYAN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFLAMBOYAN…FIRELIGHT MEDIA INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT: $25,000 · Community ImprovementPAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$385,327Human Services$94,667Education$86,636Philanthropy$61,995Civil Rights$50,000Community Improvement$25,000Arts & Culture$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTIDES CENTER: $79,167 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIRELIGHT MEDIA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMy Brother's Keeper Alliance: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $26,550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARCUS A FOSTER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWILL AND JADA SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $11,995 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetECHOING GREEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJourni Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetARCADIA UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eagle Academy Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SCHOTT FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Prep Academies: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INC OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $1,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMy Brothers Keeper Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP: $186 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Ford FoundationTides FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…Wellspring Philanthro…Casey Family ProgramsBrooklyn Community Fo…Novo FoundationSurdna Foundation IncWK Kellogg FoundationThe Robert Wood Johns…The California Endowm…The William & Flora H…
The Ford FoundationNY19× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Casey Family Programs · Brooklyn Community Foundation · Novo Foundation · Surdna Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The California Endowment · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Campaign for Black Male Achievement Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Campaign for Black Male Achievement Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 56 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Campaign for Black Male Achievement’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home