Minnesota · Nonprofit
Black Storytellers Alliance
Black Storytellers Alliance (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,351 to it, the largest being Minnesota Black Collective Foundation ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $198k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $59k
- Net assets
- $35k
What Black Storytellers Alliance does
Mission
Is to preserve and maintain the art of storytelling through the positive reinforcemen of the rich beauty that comes when we embody the telling of our story The Story. We seek to develop a generation of storytellers walking in who they know they are meant to be. On this page you will experience storytellers from across the United States who have shared their power of story across the world! We hope you enjoy! Embrace the journey, Embody the journey
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Black Story Telling is our core program providing oral storytelling of African/African American folktales, fables, myths and personal narratives to community groups, agencies, businessescolleges, and others. We had approximately 40 events serving approximately 800 families and individuals.
$62,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants41% of program spendingBlack Queens is a cardiovascular health and wellness program for African American women 40 years of age and older. It serves between 80 and 102 women.
$65,000 spentof which $55,000 as grants43% of program spendingKaramu provided 800 lbs. of free vegetables to approximately 60 families in the northside community.Karamu is a community garden in north Minneapolis.
$25,000 spentof which $20,000 as grants16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $152,000.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $52k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Storytellers Alliance’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 Storytellers Alliance leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 96% — 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
100% of Black Storytellers Alliance's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 Storytellers Alliance's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Black Storytellers Alliance
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In Minnesota
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Black Storytellers Alliance?
- Black Storytellers Alliance (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,351 to it, the largest being Minnesota Black Collective Foundation ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Black Storytellers Alliance have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $59,351 in grants to Black Storytellers Alliance, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Black Storytellers Alliance?
- Minnesota Black Collective Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Black Storytellers Alliance find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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