Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
UNITED BLACK FUND INC
UNITED BLACK FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,361 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA ($52,323). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $121k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $52k
- Net assets
- $438k
What United Black Fund Inc does
Mission
We HELP PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES identify and solve problems that dehumanize individuals cripple families and destroy neighborhoods and communities. We help organize and format people-serving organizations and we develop and implement programs that provide life-changing experiences and that promote human wellness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
AGENCY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: UBF provided Grants to 13 non-profit organizations providing critically needed services to youth and families primarily living in troubled public or assisted housing neighborhoods. We aim to change the quality of learning recreational and social experiences for youth after school and on weekends . We work with organization leaders and community residents to set up activities that bring young and old neighbor and neighbor together. We provide technical and program assistance to enable neighborhood residents and concerned community leaders and volunteers to form and operate their own non profit organization.
$45,400 spentof which $18,500 as grants51% of program spendingThe organization conducted several programs which provide unique experience for marginalized youth and families. Those programs are supported from donations made by the General Public. The Programs include: 1. 36th Annual BLACK HISTORY INVITATIONAL SWIM MEET: The Program was developed with the hope of helping youth and parents nourish the Spirit of Fair Play the Willingness to Try and the Will to Succeed. More than 800 swimmers participated in this event February 2024.
$27,700 spent31% of program spendingCORA RICE and PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY POLICE HOLIDAY PARTY: This is our Annual all day party for 500 Prince Georges County youth 120 Police Officers and Cadets and other First Responders who play games together make music together dance together and eat together. We provide each youth with a present a picture with Santa and a great lunch. When youth and Police Officers share time with each other friendships happen! UBF continues its theme Program ENDING THE VIOLENCE and a national essay and poster competition is in the advanced planning stage.
$16,366 spentof which $2,000 as grants18% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $89,466.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $412k to $472k (+15%).
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: 2021 14% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of UNITED BLACK FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Johnnie Scott-Rice
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $8k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 UNITED BLACK FUND 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
UNITED BLACK FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 UNITED BLACK FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
UNITED BLACK FUND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $38 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
UNITED BLACK FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED BLACK FUND 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED BLACK FUND 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 UNITED BLACK FUND INC?
- UNITED BLACK FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,361 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA ($52,323). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED BLACK FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $52,361 in grants to UNITED BLACK FUND INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED BLACK FUND INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA is the largest funder on record, with $52,323 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED BLACK FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), 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