Black Legacy Advancement Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851228168
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Farmington, MI, USA
Phone
3133271449
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$455,096
Expenses
$345,595
Assets
$1,017,075
Liabilities
$763,880

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEXTER SULLIVAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEXTER SULLIVAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $45,000 total reported compensation
  • TIFFANY JOHNSON (BOARD MEMBER): $10,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The black legacy advancement coalition is a movement that builds black power by providing education and resources that uplift our communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

We had our black legacy 5 year anniversary gala in 2025/ events in the community that we host, primarily health is wealth detroit. This event is aimed at bringing education, joy, healing, and restoration to the city of detroit through intentionally curated conversations, resources and experiences about our health, wellness and humanity. Program expenses also include our ground up leadership program that requires equipment, supplies, and training fees for instructors. The ground up project is a large-scale effort to revitalize property in one of detroits historic african american neighborhoods, promiting new construction and restoration development within the dexter/linwood and lasalle garden communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 17
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 16.8%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 22
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.94; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.75; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 56% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 51.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16.8% of revenue deployed · 22.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $45K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.