Georgia · Nonprofit
Be Present Inc
Be Present Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,648,494 to it, the largest being JUDY ANN BORK CHARITABLE TRUST ($2,150,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $662k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Be Present Inc does
Mission
Be Present, Inc. builds sustainable leadership for social change by teaching the Be Present Empowerment Model(R), providing systems support, building a national network of activists and creating collaborative partnerships across sectors by conducting trainings and providing consulting services to non profit orgnizations (NPOs) and individuals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
CONSULTING SERVICES AND COLLABORATIONS - The demand for consulting services continued to grow in 2024. Organizations desiring to be more values-aligned and to implement those values throughout their organizations came to Be Present for support. BPI provided services to the following non-profit organizations (NPOs) in 2024: (A) Wisdom & Money (W&M), a CA NPO committed to transformational work with people of financial wealth and people from the culture of wealth to engage with money as a doorway to spiritual transformation at the personal, communal, and systemic levels. In 2024, BPI and W&M continued discussions regarding W&M's organizational priorities and implementation. A proposal was submitted and approved in May 2025 to support the next phase of its organizational development. Implementation is underway to design and deliver leadership training on September 18-21, 2025, for 10 staff and board members of diverse races, genders and backgrounds. (B) Village Free School (VFS), an independent school serving youth ages 5-18 in Portland, OR utilize self-directed education practices to support kids in becoming autonomous, creative, and thoughtful citizens who can make change and…
$163,592 spent23% of program spendingNATIONAL NETWORK LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT - BPI's mission is to build sustainable leadership for social justice. To accomplish this mission, BPI engaged in the following activities that provide people with the skills and insights to become more effective leaders in their families, communities, and other institutions in which they participate: (A) Regional Organizing Core Group (ROCG) Support and Development: BPI supported established ROCGs in NY, GA, CA, and OR to organize in local communities by developing Be Present Support Groups and holding free monthly developer's meetings via Zoom to train people in the BPEM. Approximately 200 people were served during 2024. BPI supported emerging and established ROCGs through telephone and online technical assistance and training on the BPEM. A training was held on September 13-14, 2024, for 17 members of established and emerging ROCGs. (B) Children & Youth Learning & Play Leadership Program (CYLP): The CYLP is a partnership between adults and youth from ages 5 to 18 years old. Approximately 20 youth are members of the Program. They learn leadership skills, receive training in the BPEM, and are skilled trainers and facilitators in the BPEM.…
$235,986 spent34% of program spending4c. EVENTS - In 2024, BPI designed and facilitated events to introduce people to Be Present and the Be Present Empowerment Model : (A) Be Present: Transformative Practices that Foster Justice and Peace was held July 25-28, 2024, in the Bay Area, CA, and facilitated by its Regional Organizing Core Group and BPI staff. The series of events included: (i) Welcome Gathering; (ii) Black & Female: What is the Reality? (R) Gathering and Celebration; (iii) Conversations in Community, in collaboration with Fusion Academy Berkeley; and (iv) Family Day Picnic. Approximately 100 children, youth, and adults from the local BPI network, local schools, and community organizations attended. (B) Black & Female: What is the Reality? Training and Celebration Retreat, facilitated by the BFLT, was held August 22-25, 2024, at Forrest Hills Resort in Dahlonega, GA and was attended by 50 people who identify as a Black woman or Black girl, ages 1 to 75, from all parts of the U.S. (C) National Network Convening and Training was held November 7-9, 2024 in Stone Mountain, GA. Events included a two-day National Network Leadership Planning Session, followed by a training workshop entitled, "Build and Sustain…
$293,080 spent$29,573 earned by the program42% of program spendingSupport services, workshops and training services.
$8,336 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $700,994.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $579k to $1.9M (+229%).
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.
94% of Be Present Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Medea Pluim
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $29k → $366k.
10 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Be Present Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
Be Present Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 43% · 2019 33% · 2020 90% · 2021 95% · 2022 59% · 2023 77% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of Be Present Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 92% 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
Be Present Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $453k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
Be Present Inc is better cushioned than half of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Be Present 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Be Present Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Be Present Inc?
- Be Present Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,648,494 to it, the largest being JUDY ANN BORK CHARITABLE TRUST ($2,150,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Be Present Inc have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $2,648,494 in grants to Be Present Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Be Present Inc?
- JUDY ANN BORK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $2,150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Be Present Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 13 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing