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ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC
ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC (New York) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,070,515 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($4,500,000). 88 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 129
- Grants received
- $35M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc does
Mission
Abfe's mission is to promote effective and responsive philanthropy in black communities. As an institution, abfe seeks to impact the community of philanthropic practice and thereby the overall health and strength of the black community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual conference and james joseph lectureabfe's annual conference is a gathering of philanthropic and non-profit professionals for networking and engagement around shared interest in supporting black communities through philanthropy. The target audience is abfe's members and partners; foundation trustees, executive staff and program officers, grant making entities including private foundations, corporate giving programs, donor-advised funds and giving circles.
$1,373,678 spent$1,029,025 earned by the program20% of program spendingPhilanthropic advising servicesphilanthropic advising services provide workshops and tools designed to increase grantmakers' investments, develop collective giving models, and support donors in doing their work more effectively.
$704,812 spent$60,957 earned by the program11% of program spendingMembership servicesabfe membership is open to philanthropic professionals, nonprofit leaders, individual donors, and sector partners. Abfe offers a variety of opportunities for members and other professionals in the field to exchange information and ideas, and to cultivate productive relationships that often result in learning, co-investment, and expanded social and professional opportunities and communities.
$662,520 spent$414,350 earned by the program10% of program spendingBlack community funders networkthe black communities funders network is a national network of leaders managing funds at community foundations, intermediary organizations, and collaborative funds designed to support black communities and black-led organizations.connecting leaders fellowship program (clfp)the connecting leaders fellowship is a leadership development program that cultivates bold, representative, and inclusive decision-makers to lead the philanthropic sector. Fellows get the opportunity to learn from seasoned grantmakers and peers on a regular basis, understand how to be more effective agents for change within their institutions, and participate in a network that focuses on innovative solutions to community challenges.leverage the trust - caleverage the trust is a community of foundation trustees in california organized to build relationships, create learning opportunities, strategize together, and take collective action on issues impacting the black community.black women in philanthropy (bwip) the black women in philanthropy leadership (bwip) retreat provides an intimate, restorative space for participants to deepen their connections, expand their leadership acumen,…
$3,963,006 spentof which $720,000 as grants$208,169 earned by the program59% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,704,016.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $8.8M to $18M (+111%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ms Susan Taylor Batten
President & CEO
Board chair
Ms Sharon Nash Bush
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 67 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $5.0M.
25 of 129 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $10k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC raised.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 129 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 79% · 2019 14% · 2020 56% · 2021 38% · 2022 13% · 2023 20% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
58% of ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 28 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC?
- ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC (New York) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,070,515 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($4,500,000). 88 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC have?
- IRS filings report 129 organizations giving $35,070,515 in grants to ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC, 88 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 129 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing