Maryland · Nonprofit
National Association of Black Storytellers Inc
National Association of Black Storytellers Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,500 to it, the largest being South Arts Inc ($94,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $349k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $132k
- Net assets
- $190k
What National Association of Black Storytellers Inc does
Mission
The National Association of Black Storytellers, Inc. NABS promotes and perpetuates the art of Black storytelling-an art form which embodies the history, heritage, and culture of African Americans.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Black Appalachian Storyteller Fellows Program awarded six artists fellowships to support their practice as a Black Appalachian storytellers and culture bearers. The fellowship provides opportunities to examine, research, develop and perform and/or document the Black Appalachian storytelling tradition. Awardees also are mentored by NABS master storytellers and funded to attend and present at the In the Tradition...National Black Storytellers Festival and Conference.
$109,077 spent48% of program spendingThe National Association of Black Storytellers, Inc. (NABS) "In The Tradition..." Annual National Black Storytelling Festival & Conference held in Atlanta, GA presented professional storytelling concerts, workshops, scholar panels, and other cultural arts to over 150 attendees. A Black Heritage Tour was conducted which explored the history and rich culture of African Americans in Atlanta.
$77,518 spent34% of program spendingThe Adopt-A-Teller Program (AATP) served 1,087 students and 180 adults in 12 venues in Atlanta, GA. The Adopt-A-Teller Program performances were conducted by 21 experienced, dynamic, diverse, and nationally renowned storytellers who presented 24 cultural arts and educational services. The AATP conducted a free community family concert. Performances were conducted at public and charter elementary schools, libraries, community centers and a senior center. The storytellers shared their wealth of stories that celebrate African centered traditions from around the world. These stories improve listening, critical thinking, and oratory skills as well as enhance self-esteem and stimulate the desire to read.
$31,261 spent14% of program spendingThe Youth Program equipped over 50 youths with essential storytelling techniques, communication strategies, and public speaking skills. The program strengthened youths connections to their cultural heritage while encouraging creative expression and personal development. 13 Youth received traveling & registration scholarships, 10 local youth received festival registration scholarships, and 2 Youth Alumni were awarded travel and registration scholarships to present youth workshops.
$11,112 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $228,968.
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 $81k to $221k (+175%).
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: 2023 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of National Association of Black Storytellers Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $32k.
From the IRS filings of National Association of Black Storytellers 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
National Association of Black Storytellers Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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
71% 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 National Association of Black Storytellers Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 76% — 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
National Association of Black Storytellers Inc draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
National Association of Black Storytellers Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding National Association of Black Storytellers Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $200k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$200k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like National Association of Black Storytellers 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for National Association of Black Storytellers 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 National Association of Black Storytellers Inc?
- National Association of Black Storytellers Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,500 to it, the largest being South Arts Inc ($94,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Association of Black Storytellers Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $131,500 in grants to National Association of Black Storytellers Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Association of Black Storytellers Inc?
- South Arts Inc is the largest funder on record, with $94,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Association of Black Storytellers Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 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