Tennessee · Nonprofit
THE R H BOYD COMPANY
THE R H BOYD COMPANY (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,371 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($30,871). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $63k
- Net assets
- $11M
What The R H Boyd Company does
Mission
The r.h. Boyd company ("company") was formed in 1999 and began operations in 2000 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the code. The company is affiliated with two other 501(c)(3) entities: the national baptist publishing board, which was founded in 1986, and the national congress of contemporary christian training, which was founded in 1906. The company publishes literature relevant to baptists and other christians of all denominations. The christian literature created is written, developed, and interpreted by african-americans to reflect their own experiences and experiences of their people. The company's mission is to provide biblically sound literature that is relevant to the african-american community. In addition to printing and publishing, the company also offers a complete range of products from sunday church school literature and vacation bible school programs to leadership development and small group ministry aids, workshops and hymnals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The company publishes literature relevant to baptists and other christians of all denominations. The christian literature created is written, developed, and interpreted by african-americans to reflect their own experiences and experiences of their people. The company serves over 39,000 african american church congregations through the distribution of authored literature and supplemental publications.
$2,826,610 spentof which $70,490 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,826,610.
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 2019 to 2020, from $21M to $15M (−28%).
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.
4% of THE R H BOYD COMPANY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
Dr Ladonna Boyd
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $50k → $6k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Baptist Publishing Board). These are real filings, and they are not money THE R H BOYD COMPANY raised.
From the IRS filings of THE R H BOYD COMPANY’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 R H BOYD COMPANY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 R H BOYD COMPANY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 50% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
88% of THE R H BOYD COMPANY'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 $8k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $56k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE R H BOYD COMPANY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE R H BOYD COMPANY
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 Tennessee
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
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- National Baptist Publishing Board · exempt
- National Baptist Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress · exempt
- Rh Boyd Publishing Corporation · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE R H BOYD COMPANY: 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 R H BOYD COMPANY?
- THE R H BOYD COMPANY (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,371 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($30,871). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE R H BOYD COMPANY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $63,371 in grants to THE R H BOYD COMPANY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE R H BOYD COMPANY?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,871 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE R H BOYD COMPANY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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