Black Legislative Leaders Network
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920474117
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Nashville, TN, USA
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $179,250
- Expenses
- $191,405
- Assets
- $7,845
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jasper Hendricks III (Co-founder-Executive Director-CEO)
People named in this filing
- Jasper Hendricks III (Co-founder-Executive Director-CEO)
- Karen Camper (Co-founder)
- Candi Mundon King (Board Member)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Black Legislative Leaders Network BLLN is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes to strengthen public policy leadership and civic engagement by supporting Black state legislators and the communities they serve. BLLN develops and delivers nonpartisan educational programs leadership training policy research public forums and strategic partnerships that advance effective governance economic opportunity educational attainment public health workforce development and community well-being. The organization convenes elected officials subject matter experts academic institutions businesses and community organizations to identify evidence-based solutions to public policy challenges foster collaboration across sectors and increase public understanding of issues affecting underserved communities. Through educational initiatives research publications and leadership development BLLN promotes informed policymaking and builds capacity for public service
What it reported doing in 2024
Tech and Innovation Policy Summit. Hosted a legislative policy summit in partnership with Texas Southern University connecting state legislative leaders with technology leaders to explore solutions for addressing health disparities equity challenges and economic opportunity through innovation. Built bridges between policymakers tech entrepreneurs and industry partners to improve health disparities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.8%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 52.2%; rating input score 52
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 55.8% of revenue deployed · 52.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $100K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.