National Black Prosecutors Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364810293
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 3054912404
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,342
- Expenses
- $18,487
- Assets
- $57,656
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lisa M Thelwell (President)
- Deidre Moskowitz (Vice President)
- Melba V Pearson (Immediate Past President)
People named in this filing
- Lisa M Thelwell (President)
- Deidre Moskowitz (Vice President)
- Melba V Pearson (Immediate Past 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
Founded in 2016, the National Black Prosecutors Foundation (NBPF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing scholarships, fellowships, and mentorship to law students who demonstrate a desire to serve the community as prosecutors. In 2021, the NBPF expanded its outreach and launched a fellowship program that provides funding, placement, and mentorship to law students who participate in a competitive 8-10 week non-paid internship at prosecuting offices.Part V, Line 34As a part of our duties as Directors, we undertook revising the NBPF Bylaws and updated and clarified certain terms and provisions. Our goal was internal consistency, clarity, and modernization. For example, we updated the language concerning the seal of the Foundation to reflect the usage of an electronic logo. Additionally, we clarified the title of all Board officers as "Directors" for consistency throughout the Bylaws.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provide scholarships, fellowships, and mentorship to law students who demonstrate a desire to serve the community as prosecutors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.7%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 67.6%; rating input score 68
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -38.6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.12; rating input score 75; 75th 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: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -56.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.7% of revenue deployed · 67.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.