Missouri · Nonprofit
Black Catholic Messenger Foundation
Black Catholic Messenger Foundation (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,677 to it, the largest being Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $65k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $36k
- Net assets
- $9k
What Black Catholic Messenger Foundation does
Mission
The Black Catholic Messenger Foundation exists for the publishing of news events art op-eds and other media relevant to African-American Catholics. More specifically the organization will: a advocate for Black Catholics nationwide making stories known that would otherwise be buried or not covered at all. b nurture Black Catholic journalists and those non-black journalists with a special dedication to serving the Black Catholic community. c serve God the Catholic Church America and the world by celebrating Black Catholic achievements as well as making their concerns known and amplified. d partner with other organizations within the United States looking to further the goals of the Black Catholic community in conjunction with the larger Church and her goals as a global religious entity working for peace justice and human flourishing. e adhere fully to the teachings of the Catholic Church.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In 2025 Black Catholic Messenger celebrated its fifth anniversary as a vital independent news source for the estimated three million Black Catholics in the United States. Operating as a nonprofit digital media platform BCM published hundreds of original news articles investigative reports interviews and opinion pieces significantly expanding its reach through its republishing partnership with the National Catholic Reporter and recognition from the National Press Foundation. Key programmatic achievements for the 2025 tax year included: Groundbreaking Papal Coverage: BCM led domestic and international reporting on the historic election of Pope Leo XIV the first American pontiff. BCM was among the first to report extensively on the Popes Creole and Black family lineage. This journalism provided a unique cultural lens to a global event and resulted in BCMs reporting being cited by major media outlets including The New Yorker The Root and NPR. Documenting the Path to Sainthood: BCM continued its critical role in tracking and publicizing the canonization processes of prominent African American Catholics. The publication provided regular updates on the advancement of figures such as…
$72,850 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $72,850.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Black Catholic Messenger Foundation’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
Black Catholic Messenger Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Black Catholic Messenger Foundation.
“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.
Where its funders are
Black Catholic Messenger Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 3 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 Catholic Messenger Foundation receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $36k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,869 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Black Catholic Messenger Foundation
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Black Catholic Messenger Foundation: 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 Catholic Messenger Foundation?
- Black Catholic Messenger Foundation (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,677 to it, the largest being Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Black Catholic Messenger Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $35,677 in grants to Black Catholic Messenger Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Black Catholic Messenger Foundation?
- Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Black Catholic Messenger Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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