United Black Collegiate Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 993155583
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8322981278
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,065
- Expenses
- $5,965
- Assets
- $2,100
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Christianna McAfee (President)
People named in this filing
- Christianna McAfee (President)
- Gabrielle Izu (Finance Committee 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The United Black Collegiate Association is the financial and centralized voice on campus working to eradicate ignorance, equitize disparity, and promote positive change for the Black students at UT Austin. The United Black Collegiate Associations mission is to aid in the development of a lasting appreciation of education, acceptance, motivation, and advocacy to uplift the black student in the pursuit of academia and heighten the cultural consciousness of all students in all aspects of life.
What it reported doing in 2024
UBCA was proud to unveil a small grants program to benefit student organizations that have lost institutional support at UT Austin due to recent legislation. The recipients of our small grant program for 2024 were the Texas Black Student Association, Texas Black Homecoming Committee, the National Black Law Students Association, and Texas Black Lens. All of these organizations have the goal of serving Black students on campus for their career and leadership goals. The Texas BSA allows Black students at the University of Texas at Austin to pursue leadership roles that connect them to a larger network of Black college students across the US, providing important networking opportunities as students begin their professional careers. The Texas Black Homecoming Committee coordinates events like networking mixers with alumni, ensuring that the Black UT community remains a strong network for mutual upliftment even after graduation. Lastly, Black Lens is a student organization that gives its members on-hands experience in the entertainment industry by mobilizing members to coordinate projects like short films. These organizations are also the student communities hit hardest by SB-17, some of which lost a majority of their budgets after UT Austin ceased funding their events. The National Black Law Students association connects Black students to career engagement opportunities like LSAT prep and pipeline programs to ensure postgraduate success. Thus, the creation of the UBCA grant program has strengthened the fiscal health of the signature programs in the Black UT community by providing an organized and centralized source of funding in the wake of chaotic upheavals in fiscal support.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 61% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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: 38
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 33.7%; rating input score 34
- Program expense ratio: 45.5%; rating input score 45
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 23; 23rd 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: 33.7% of revenue deployed · 45.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 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 34/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.