Campaign for Black Male Achievement Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472532282
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-N 2014
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2124449941
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,397,956
Expenses
$4,966,032
Assets
$1,229,409
Liabilities
$583,143

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT SIMMONS (VISE PRESIDENT)
  • SHAWN DOVE (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHAWN DOVE (CEO): $191,709 total reported compensation
  • FELICIA WEBB (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $163,146 total reported compensation
  • STEVE VASSOR (VP OF MEMBERSHIP): $161,344 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Established in 2008 as an initiative of the open society foundations, the campaign for black male achievement (cbma) is a national membership network that seeks to ensure the growth, sustainability, and impact of leaders and organizations committed to improving the life outcomes of black men and boys. In 2015, cbma spun off from the open society foundations as an independent entity which supports a growing network of more than 4,700 individuals representing more than 2,500 organizations across the united states, with resources and services for capacity building, network building, and strategic communications.

What it reported doing in 2018

Since its inception in 2008, cbma has grown its member network toinclude over 5,000 leaders representing nearly 2,000 organizations and programs serving black men and boys across the country. In 2017, cbma deepened its grant-supported high school excellence (hse) framework to elevate young black men and boys' preparation to fully participate in college, career and community beyond high school completion. In addition to establishing cbma's strategic direction for the next five years, cbma delivered services and supports to the black male achievement (bma) field through capacity-building, network/movement-building, strategic communications and field promotions. Cbma serves as a national lead organization that offers supports and opportunities like the signature rumble young man, rumble (rymr) convening hosted annually in louisville, ky and detroit, mi. In response to issues and topics identified via the bma field, cbma solidified its national role as a connector and convener of leaders and organizations. Cbma connects membership leaders with monthly network conference calls and recurring gatherings where they share best practices, develop collaborations, and foster well-being. In 2017, cbma launched building beloved community leadership fellowship to strengthen individual capacity of leaders from cbma's promise of place cities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.8%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 58%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -46.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 43.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.8% of revenue deployed · 58% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $192K · 8 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $110K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2015 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 28 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 25 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.