Black Phoenix Votes
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 851801162
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4803004993
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Voter Education, Registration
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $45,257
- Assets
- $40,270
- Liabilities
- $106,610
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Tia Oso (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Ken Chapman (Director)
- Michael Ingram (Chairman)
- Tia Oso (Vice President)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Black Phoenix Votes is a year-round political and electoral program grounded in Black liberation, strategic organizing, and bold governance, with a focused presence in Maricopa County. As a project of Black Political Cultivation AZ BPCAZ and aligned with the Arizona Working Families Party, we build political infrastructure to mobilize voters, elect progressive champions, and grow long-term power where it matters most. Our mission goes beyond winning electionswe are committed to reshaping what is politically possible for Black Arizonans and the working class by building power at the ballot box, in the streets, and inside the halls of governance.
What it reported doing in 2025
During FY24, Black Phoenix Votes intentionally paused active program operations to focus on strategic reflection, organizational realignment, and capacity building. This period was dedicated to assessing past efforts, refining our goals, and developing a sharper, more effective strategy to advance Black liberation and working-class power in Maricopa County and beyond. Key accomplishments include strengthening leadership frameworks, deepening community relationships, and enhancing our political infrastructure to better mobilize voters and support progressive candidates in future election cycles. This strategic reset has positioned Black Phoenix Votes for sustainable growth and increased impact in the years ahead.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.65; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -60.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -58.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.