Blacks in Industrial Organizational Psychology Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 854188176
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Baltimore, MD, USA
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $74,773
- Expenses
- $79,557
- Assets
- $25,088
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- Macy Cheeks (Founder)
- Shavonne Holman (Founder)
- Sertrice Shipley (Chair)
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
Blacks in I O Psychology BIOP was formed to advance education professional development and community within the field of industrial-organizational I O psychology with a particular focus on increasing access visibility and opportunities for Black students practitioners and professionals. BIOP carries out its mission through educational programming networking opportunities mentorship career development professional learning outreach and partnerships that help strengthen pathways into and throughout the I O psychology field. The organizations primary goal is to support the growth and development of a more diverse and connected I O psychology community while expanding awareness of the field and creating opportunities for individuals to learn develop professionally and engage with others in the profession.
What it reported doing in 2025
Annual Conference and Awards Gala BIOP hosted its annual conference and awards program to provide education professional development networking and recognition opportunities for industrial-organizational psychology professionals practitioners students and others interested in the field. Approximately 300 attendees participated in the annual conference which included approximately 25 educational and professional development sessions. Programming provided attendees with opportunities to learn from practitioners and subject-matter experts build professional connections discuss issues affecting the field and recognize professionals making meaningful contributions to I O psychology and the broader community.-
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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. 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: 20
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 19.9%; rating input score 20
- Program expense ratio: 18.8%; rating input score 19
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.4%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 19.9% of revenue deployed · 18.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $15K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.