New York · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC
FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,250 to it, the largest being ROSS STORES FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $16k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $24k
What Friends of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association Inc does
Mission
Raise funds for the mission and purpose of The Metropolitan Black Bar Association, including awarding scholarships to students in college, law school, graduate school or other related educational institutions and supporting charitable community-based actvities including but not limited to following activites:Honorable Ted Jones Golf and Spades TournamentHonorable George Bundy Smith Scholarship Fund consisting of four scholarshipsHonorable Sheila Abdus-Salaam Backback and School Supply Giveaway
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Raise funds for the mission and purpose of The Metropolitan Black Bar Association, including awarding scholarships to students in college, law school, graduate school or other related educational institutions and supporting charitable community-based actvities including but not limited to following activites:Honorable Ted Jones Golf and Spades TournamentHonorable George Bundy Smith Scholarship Fund consisting of four scholarshipsHonorable Sheila Abdus-Salaam Backback and School Supply Giveaway
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $75k to $24k (−68%).
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 FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
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 FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION 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
FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
“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
FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC draws 99% 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
FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC's revenue fell 58% between 2022 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION 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.
Public support
100%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,250 to it, the largest being ROSS STORES FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,250 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION INC?
- ROSS STORES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE METROPOLITAN BLACK BAR ASSOCIATION 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 2 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