New York · Nonprofit
BLACK RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC
BLACK RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $218k
What Black Reconstruction Collective Inc does
Mission
Provide funding, design and intellectual support underserved communities through reconstruction and support efforts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
New mellon founded program
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Development - the program focuses on long-term financial sustainability, resource expansion, and enhancing the organization's capacity to achieve its strategic goals. The objective of this program is fundraising, strengthening relationships with donors, improving community connections, and identifying new sources of support that enable the organization to continue providing services and achieving its mission.
$78,617 spent42% of program spendingThe brc prize: - the black reconstruction collective prize is an annual unrestricted award of $10,000, granted to black cultural practitioners at pivotal stages in their careers. The prize supports artists, writers, and scholars whose work aligns with brc's mission to reimagine social, political, and spatial justice for the african diaspora. In 2023, awards were granted to zoé samudzi and black quantum futurism, recognizing their contributions to critical discourse and cultural production. The brc prize is designed to provide flexible financial support, fostering creative growth without the constraints of project-specific funding.
$56,100 spent30% of program spendingUnmonument: unmonument is a yearlong, multidisciplinary public art initiative that reimagines the role of monuments in contemporary society. Conceived as a nomadic, collaboratively built sculpture, it challenges traditional narratives of power and permanence associated with public monuments. The project honors the histories of black liberators and self-liberated communities across the americas through an adaptable structures that foster community engagement, dialogue, and collective memory. Installations were activated in multiple cities, including brooklyn, los angeles, and chicago, featuring contributions from black architects, artists, and designers. Public programming, including workshops, talks and screenings, accompanied each installation to encourage educational outreach and civic participation.
$9,165 spent5% of program spendingOther programs including moma show and general program
$42,518 spent23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $186,400.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $5k to $354k (+7062%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of BLACK RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Amanda Williams
Board president
As listed on its FY2023 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 RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC’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 RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
“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 RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside New York, 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 RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like BLACK RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLACK RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC: 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 RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC?
- BLACK RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $30,000 in grants to BLACK RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC?
- THE NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK RECONSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2020–2024), 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