New York · Nonprofit
NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC
NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $747,320 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($250,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $747k
- Net assets
- $367k
What National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS Inc does
Mission
Through robust outreach efforts and education, black health provides information to its targeted population on disease prevention, early testing and disease management; affirm that health is the priority of our community and that community members play the most significant role in managing their health. Advocacy ensures that there are always people in our community prioritizing the issues that impact us the most. We raise the banner and speak loudly, proudly and consistently, highlighting issues that impact black communities and drawing attention to the urgency of solving access to care and the elimination of disease. Committed to policy changes and legislative decisions that increase funding for preventative testing, address existing health care crises, and maintain affordable treatment and care for improved quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Oef faith-based initiativeblack health's faith-based initiative is designed to implement an integrated series of high-impact hiv, hep c, and sti prevention services targeted to geographic hot spots in communities of color where hiv, hep c, and sti infections are most heavily concentrated, as defined by the new york city department of health and mental hygiene (nycdohmh). Black health works with an integrated network of 18-30 faithbased organizations (fbo) and other community partners that are uniquely positioned to reach populations of the highest risk within the geographic hot spots across the five nyc boroughs through education, testing, advocacy, and outreach programs. To support program success, black health also provides technical assistance and capacity building to the fbos to drive effective hiv prevention and linkage to care efforts.
$1,263,264 spent69% of program spendingNys aids institute community mobilization programthe community mobilization program (cmp) seeks to change the attitudes and behaviors of communities as they relate to hiv/sti/hcv prevention through the implementation of community mobilization, health education, policy awareness, and information sharing/dissemination. The primary goal of the initiative is to build community wide knowledge and support to reduce hiv transmission, increase the percentage of people living with hiv who know their status, and link hiv-positive persons to care.activities supported include increasing awareness; building community support for safer behaviors by influencing norms, attitudes and practices; providing priority communities with information about hiv/sti/hcv policy changes and local issues; identifying gaps and community needs and collaborating with direct service providers to implement a strategic response; and establishing and/or working with local leadership networks and statewide planning bodies to mobilize the community around hiv/sti/hcv issues. Cmp-funded organizations engage in strategic communication and use the most appropriate messaging and communication channels (forums, social media,…
$459,130 spent25% of program spendingNyc council discretionary fund - cfbhiv/aids pathways to care (formerly hiv/aids faith community based initiative) supports hiv/aids prevention, education, outreach, advocacy, and support services. Organizations under this initiative focus on identifying diagnosed and undiagnosed hiv-positive individuals linking them to care and medication, including prep and pep services. The initiative aims to reach vulnerable and populations at risk, including communities of color, seniors, and individuals with mental health and/or substance use disorders.
$95,603 spent5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$12,577 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,830,574.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.6M to $3.4M (+109%).
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: 2017 85% · 2018 89% · 2019 98% · 2020 86% · 2021 92% · 2022 83% · 2023 89% · 2024 80% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Shirley Torho
CEO
Board chair
Deborah Wafer
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $146k → $182k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS 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 BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% 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 BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 41% · 2022 90% · 2023 56% — 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.
How long its funders stay
13% of NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
57% of NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $98k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $944k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$944k
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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC?
- NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $747,320 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($250,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $747,320 in grants to NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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