Washington · Nonprofit
Black Lens
Black Lens (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,091 to it, the largest being SMITH-BARBIERI PROGRESSIVE FUND A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($8,091). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $177k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $92k
What Black Lens does
Mission
Our mission is to serve as a voice and agent of change for the Black Community using stories, information, and shared experiences to expand awareness and build bridges for everyone to thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Black Lens publishes and distributes an independent newspaper dedicated to all aspects of the Black community in Eastern Washington, using stories, information, and shared experiences to expand awareness, build bridges, and elevate Black voices. Through print, digital, and other platforms, The Black Lens provides accessible journalism that fosters understanding, equity, and community connection.
$95,078 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $95,078.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
April Eberhardt
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
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 Lens’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 Lens's grant income comes from Washington funders.
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 Lens runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Black Lens
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
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 Lens: 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 Lens?
- Black Lens (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,091 to it, the largest being SMITH-BARBIERI PROGRESSIVE FUND A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($8,091). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Black Lens have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $8,091 in grants to Black Lens.
- Who is the largest funder of Black Lens?
- SMITH-BARBIERI PROGRESSIVE FUND A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,091 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Black Lens find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2025–2025), 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