Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $513,000 to it, the largest being MCAULEY MINISTRIES ($252,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $294k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $513k
- Net assets
- $59k
What Black Political Empowerment Project does
Mission
Advocate for the african american community
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Civic engagement - advocating for the needs, aspirations, and concerns of the african american community
$78,056 spent53% of program spendingB-pep jazz - since 2006, to raise awareness of the organization and its programs, the Black Political Empowerment Project has hosted b-pep jazz, a six-hour jazz marathon which features many of pittsburghs very best musicians and vocalists. The proceeds of this event to help underwrite our varied community services and projects such as the greater pittsburgh coalition against violence (cav), which include the anti-violence youth summits, our non-partisan civic engagement work, the corporate equity & inclusion roundtable (ceir), as well as other community focused efforts.
$24,235 spent17% of program spendingCorporate equity and inclusion roundtable - we seek breakthroughs in diversity, equity and inclusion
$21,400 spent15% of program spendingUnity festival - community festival to bring everyone together, networking, etc.
$10,205 spent7% of program spendingCoalition against violence - we seek the ending of violence in our homes, schools and our communities
$10,112 spent7% of program spendingYouth summit - b-peps activities, while primarily focused on advocating that african americans become fully engaged in the political process through voting, align with the missions of many diverse groups and constituencies, around pittsburgh and throughout allegheny county. Current activities, spurred by the cav document, are addressing the issue of violence in the pittsburgh and surrounding school districts. These youth summits empower youth leaders in middle and high school, to face the issues of violence and bullying, develop their own strategies for change and positive impact.
$2,164 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $146,172.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $89k to $4k (−95%).
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 POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Tim Stevens
Chairman & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $177k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT’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 POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 87% · 2023 63% — diversifying over time.
“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
96% of BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $127k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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 POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: 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 POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT?
- BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $513,000 to it, the largest being MCAULEY MINISTRIES ($252,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $513,000 in grants to BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT?
- MCAULEY MINISTRIES is the largest funder on record, with $252,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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