Cornell Black Alumni Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133257832
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
- Location
- Albany, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9292537027
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alumni Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $97,465
- Expenses
- $71,743
- Assets
- $36,930
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Shannon Cohall (President Chief Executive Officer)
- LaDonna Parker (Vice President for Membership)
- Ashley McFarlane (Vice President for Programming)
- Shauna Cheatham (Vice President for Student Relations)
- Lotoya Francis (Vice President for Communications)
- Alexander Eshelman (Vice President for Scholarships and Fundraising)
People named in this filing
- Shannon Cohall (President Chief Executive Officer)
- Renny John (Treasurer)
- Brian Linton (Secretary)
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
Charitable and educational The purpose of the association shall be to promote and foster charitable and educational activities that promote the interests of Cornell University maintain diversity in the Cornell student body encourage the participation of alumni in the life and development of Cornell University or such other charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code as amended
What it reported doing in 2025
Alumni Members engagement through regional programming including professional development seminars workshops and networking events that served over 300 alumni in New York Washington DC California Texas Pennsylvania New Jersey Massachusetts Georgia and North Carolina Provide service and support to local businesses and communities in each region
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 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 45.4%; rating input score 45
- Program expense ratio: 61.7%; rating input score 62
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 45.4% of revenue deployed · 61.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.