Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE IMPERATIVE INC
THE IMPERATIVE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $253,128 to it, the largest being FUND FOR SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES INC ($120,528). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $411k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $253k
- Net assets
- $550k
What The Imperative Inc does
Mission
Building a new philathropic institution solely focused on promoting the wealth, health and connectedness of black people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
We are establishing a fund to make strategic investments that improve wealth and health while increasing the social and economic ties of black people globally. Our roles in addition to our role as a funder and investor, the imperative will also serve in the following capacities in philanthropy: convener we will regularly build relationships and bring stakeholders together to identify both immediate and long-term needs for the culture. In coming together, we will learn about best practices and strategize on a united path forward for black people collaborator we will regularly create and seek opportunities to collaborate with other philanthropies, public and private sectors to achieve our stated mission. Communicator we will use our role within philanthropy to express ideas that give people cover to address issues in our communities without fear of loss of funding. Our research, publications and investments will serve as direction to those wanting to support the interests of black people
$70,182 spentof which $20,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $70,182.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $230k to $558k (+143%).
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.
99% of THE IMPERATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $117k → $1k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 THE IMPERATIVE 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
THE IMPERATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% 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 THE IMPERATIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 85% · 2022 100% · 2023 73% — 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
THE IMPERATIVE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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
THE IMPERATIVE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE IMPERATIVE 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE IMPERATIVE 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 THE IMPERATIVE INC?
- THE IMPERATIVE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $253,128 to it, the largest being FUND FOR SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES INC ($120,528). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE IMPERATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $253,128 in grants to THE IMPERATIVE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE IMPERATIVE INC?
- FUND FOR SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $120,528 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE IMPERATIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 5 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