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Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund

Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $487,370 to it, the largest being ENERGY ACTION FUND ($487,370). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$217k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$487k
Net assets
$18k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 92%
01What it does

What Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund does

Mission

Our mission is to protect and enhance energy justice, health outcomes and climate equity of allOhio communities by engaging in effective public advocacy, legislative outreach and publiceducation activities.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Public Advocacy

    $18,827 spent
    15% of program spending

  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $12,551 spent
    10% of program spending

  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $94,132 spent
    75% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $125,510.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($433k) Expenses 100 ($87k) Net assets 100 ($346k)2023 Revenue 7 ($31k) Expenses 404 ($353k) Net assets 7 ($24k)2024 Revenue 50 ($217k) Expenses 255 ($223k) Net assets 5 ($18k)
202220232024
Revenue (50)Expenses (255)Net assets (5)Peer revenue range

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 $346k to $24k (−93%).

$346k
$24k
$18k
202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

23% of Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,975 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$346k
’22
−$322k
’23
−$6k
’24
0.9
months of
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.

202220232024
Listed334
Joined·+0+2
No longer listed·01
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $25k.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Energy Action Fundunclassified
$487k
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund’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

Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state in all.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Months of reserve0.9mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−29% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund

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 Ohio

Black Environmental Leaders Association81%Ohio Womens Alliance Action Fund77%Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund76%Ohio Mayors Alliance Foundation75%Black Ohio Leaders for Democracy74%Ohio Voice74%Black Leadership Organizing Collaborative74%Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy74%

Nationally

Black Environmental Leaders Association81%Ohio Black Civic Engagement Coalition78%Ohio Womens Alliance Action Fund77%South Bend Black Empowerment Fund Inc76%National Black Empowerment Action Fund Inc76%Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund76%Climate Equity Action Fund76%Black Family Land Trust Inc75%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 44%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund?
Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $487,370 to it, the largest being ENERGY ACTION FUND ($487,370). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $487,370 in grants to Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund?
ENERGY ACTION FUND is the largest funder on record, with $487,370 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), 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