Young Black & Giving Back Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
815335360
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Upper Marlboro, MD, USA
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,169
Expenses
$74,093
Assets
$40,379
Liabilities
$2,000

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ebonie Johnson Cooper (Founder & Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Ebonie Johnson Cooper (Founder & Executive Director)
  • Anthony V Stevens (Board Chair)
  • Shakisha Morgan Esq (Board Vice-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

The Young Black & Giving Back Institute YBGB serves nonprofits and its leaders who have historically had barriers to capital access. Our mission is to provide capacity building convenings and funding that uniquely meets their social impact needs. By focusing on the leadership of these organizations YBGB aims to empower them with the tools resources and support necessary to strengthen their impact within their communities. Through tailored training mentorship programs and access to funding opportunities we equip marginalized organizations with the skills and knowledge to navigate complex organizational challenges and maximize their potential for meaningful social change.

What it reported doing in 2025

Give 828 began in 2018 with a vision from YBGB Institute founder Ebonie Johnson Cooper to have a giving day dedicated to Black grassroots nonprofits. As with many ideas started on a shoestring budget year one of Give 828 yielded results comparable to its guerilla approach. Yet there was energy from the 114 participants and hope etched into the $12,700 the organizations collectively raised. In year two Give 828 partnered with the crowdfunding platform Mightycause to provide an invaluable infrastructure to the day. Now in its 8th year Give 8 28 has united over 7,000 donors and supported more than 1,300 Black-led nonprofits raising over $1 million to address critical social impact needs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - 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: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -34.3%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 58.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $74K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.