Illinois · Nonprofit
BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE
BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $46 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($46). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $29k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $46
- Net assets
- $59k
What Black and Gold Initiative does
Mission
The Foundation primarily works to raise funds for scholarships targeted towards the East Central Illinois community, particularly those hailing from underprivileged backgrounds. The foundation also works to fund programs designed to improve educational and economic opportunities for underserved communities of Champaign and East Central Illinois.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Black & Gold Initiative Foundation awarded seven $2,000 scholarships to deserving young men entering college.
$2,086 spentof which $14,000 as grants100% of program spendingThe Black & Gold Initiative Foundation provided school supplies and backpacks to high school students in need in the East Central Illinois region.
$0 spentof which $1,353 as grants0% of program spendingThe Black & Gold Initiative Foundation awarded a scholarships to a college student seeking support to study abroad.
$0 spentof which $2,000 as grants0% of program spendingThe Black & Gold Initiative Foundation granted $250 to provide Thanksgiving meals to families in need through the Gobble Giving Program.
$0 spentof which $250 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $2,086.
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 2022 to 2023, from $25k to $40k (+63%).
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.
100% of BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $18 → $16.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE’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.
Where its funders are
100% of BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE: 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 BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE?
- BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $46 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($46). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $46 in grants to BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $46 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK AND GOLD INITIATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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