Illinois · Nonprofit
Black Excellence In Bleu NFP
Black Excellence In Bleu NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,000 to it, the largest being SPORTS BETTING ALLIANCE ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $921k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $125k
- Net assets
- $440k
What Black Excellence In Bleu NFP does
Mission
Black Excellence in Bleu is committed to promoting civic engagement, community outreach, and the advancement of sound fiscal, educational, and economic policies for the common good and welfare of our communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Excellence in Bleu awarded $50,000 in education scholarships to the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation to support students of color in getting an education and becoming emerging leaders.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Excellence in Bleu awarded $50,000 in education scholarships to the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation to support students of color in getting an education and becoming emerging leaders.
$50,000 spent$920,502 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $50,000.
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
Taquoya McConnico
CEO & Board Member
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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 Excellence In Bleu NFP’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 Excellence In Bleu NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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 Excellence In Bleu NFP.
“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 Excellence In Bleu NFP draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 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 Excellence In Bleu NFP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Black Excellence In Bleu NFP
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.
Where the money goes
10% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Black Excellence In Bleu NFP: 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 Excellence In Bleu NFP?
- Black Excellence In Bleu NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,000 to it, the largest being SPORTS BETTING ALLIANCE ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Black Excellence In Bleu NFP have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $125,000 in grants to Black Excellence In Bleu NFP.
- Who is the largest funder of Black Excellence In Bleu NFP?
- SPORTS BETTING ALLIANCE is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Black Excellence In Bleu NFP 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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