Georgia · Nonprofit
Black Sustainability Inc
Black Sustainability Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,912,625 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,000,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $499k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $825k
What Black Sustainability Inc does
Mission
To connect people of Afrikan descent in sustainability fields to resources and development opportunities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Sustatinable Agriculture and Land Management programatic activities increased due to increased federal funding of the intiative.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Fiscal Sponsorship with The Gangstas to Growers (GTG) Training Program (Project) discontiuned. Programs or initiatives Alternative Economics, Alternative Energy, Climate, Partnership Table & Education/Digital Platform Development discontinued due to lack of Federal funding. SBSR Student Researchers programatic activites reduced due to lack of Federal funding.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
All Other Programs (Education/Digital Platform, SBSR, Eco-Building/GWA, Community Development, 10x$10k, Alt. Economics, Green Lifestyle, Learning Journey, Sustainable Agriculture): BSI advanced its mission through multiple program areas including: the Black Sustainability eInstitute (BSeI) online learning platform and State of Black Sustainability Report (SBSR), a community-owned research publication spanning 12 industry houses; the Global Workforce Academy (GWA), a nationally registered apprenticeship program providing clean energy and construction credentials; Community Development programming including the Red, Black & Green Fund Regranting Initiative; and education and convening across Sustainable Agriculture, Alternative Economics, Green Lifestyle, and Learning Journey programs connecting people of Afrikan descent to sustainability resources and development opportunities.
$140,447 spentof which $56,250 as grants$57,816 earned by the program50% of program spendingAfroEcology: AfroEcology is a movement, practice, and philosophy that merges ancestral African/diasporic agricultural wisdom with regenerative, climate-smart farming to build Black food sovereignty, community resilience, and ecological balance. It operates at the intersection of environmental justice, Black liberation, and land stewardship, focusing on reclaiming agrarian traditions to heal land and community.
$61,291 spentof which $153,464 as grants$194,141 earned by the program22% of program spendingAnnual Black Sustainability Summit: BSI hosted its 10th Annual Black Sustainability Summit as a multi-day in-person convening held in Ghana, West Africa (October 1527, 2025), bringing together practitioners, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts of Afrikan descent from across the global diaspora. The Summit provided a platform for networking, knowledge exchange, and collaborative strategy development across 12 sustainability industry houses. Participants engaged in beginner through advanced sessions on sustainable community development, land use, clean energy, food sovereignty, and cultural preservation. The event advanced BSIs mission to build interrelationships among Afrikans working across sustainability fields and to accelerate the development of sovereign, sustainable communities throughout the Afrikan diaspora and the continent.
$55,618 spentof which $1,500 as grants$10,000 earned by the program20% of program spendingAlternative Energy: BSI advanced clean energy education, workforce development, and community access within the Black community through its Alternative Energy industry house, including programming aligned with its 12-pillar sustainability framework. Activities included research, convening, and knowledge-sharing connecting Black sustainability practitioners with clean energy resources, career pathways, and community-based energy solutions across the Afrikan diaspora.
$17,180 spent6% of program spendingWaste: BSI implemented waste reduction and circular economy initiatives within Black communities, including the Atlanta Shoe Deconstruction Training Program a 4-month hybrid course developed in partnership with Shoe Waste, LLC training participants in footwear deconstruction, material recovery, upcycling, and green job creation within the salvage economy. BSI also developed and deployed Zero Waste Event Strategies to assist Black-owned businesses and event organizers in eliminating single-use plastics, styrofoam, and aluminum foil in favor of biodegradable alternatives, advancing zero-waste goals within the Black community.
$5,996 spentof which $181,694 as grants$181,694 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $280,532.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $29k to $1.2M (+4233%).
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.
11% of Black Sustainability Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Raina Turner-Greenlea
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $251k → $1.8M.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 Sustainability 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 Sustainability Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% 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 Sustainability Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 64% · 2022 51% · 2023 57% — 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
71% of Black Sustainability Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $833k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 Sustainability Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Black Sustainability 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 Sustainability 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 Sustainability Inc?
- Black Sustainability Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,912,625 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,000,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Black Sustainability Inc have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,912,625 in grants to Black Sustainability Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Black Sustainability Inc?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Black Sustainability Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 17 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