Black Veterans For Social Justice
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 112608983
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7188526004
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Military, Veterans' Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $36,350,316
- Expenses
- $37,749,284
- Assets
- $116,561,882
- Liabilities
- $125,221,791
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WENDY MCCLINTON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
People named in this filing
- ISAAC SUGGS (BOARD MEMBER)
- ANDRE LEGALL (BOARD MEMBER)
- DARRYL TAYLOR (BOARD CHAIRMAN)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide program services that help military personnel transition from active duty to civilian life, and to honor, empower, and enhance the lives of veterans and their families through housing, employment, and veteran services—offering “tender loving care” and “a listening ear.”. Our team is focused on encouraging personal growth and promoting a sense of purpose beyond military service. At the Veterans Service Center, we are united in our mission to honor, empower, and enhance the lives of those who have served our nation. Our Commitment To provide program services that will assist military personnel in transitioning from active duty to civilian life. Today, we proudly stand as a beacon of inclusivity, offering a diverse group of programs and services that transcend the boundaries of race and gender, embracing all veterans and community members in their journey towards empowerment...
What it reported doing in 2024
Housing services: we utilized an extensive portfolio of diverse housing opportunities for veterans and marginalized new yorkers, efficiently managing several housing components of supportive housing (with 10 shelter service locations, and permanent services at uzima residence, wazobia house, and resurrection homes) for chronically homeless veterans, veterans with substance abuse and/or mental illness, female veterans with children, persons living with HIV/AIDS, chronically homeless adult men and women as well as veterans and their families. Our supportive housing program (shp) provided ongoing rental assistance to adults with special focus on veterans and families from all five boroughs in New York city, adults experiencing homelessness, prisons and psychiatric centers with mental disabilities who meet the program criteria. The organization paid 70% of the rent, while consumers paid the remaining 30% monthly. The shp team collectively assisted in ensuring tenants had wrap-around service which includes housing, therapist, medication, adult care program, home health aide, na/aa meeting (if needed), pantry bag, money management training, and access to staff on a 24 hour emergency number.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.9%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $1,205.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.09; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.07; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 32.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 90.9% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $33M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.