Black Institute

Black Institute is a left-of-center think tank that advocates for policy, specifically from what they describe as “a Black and people of color perspective.”1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Location: New York, NY View on map
Tax ID: 27-1580786
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $169,411 Revenue: $337,742 Expenses: $393,107

Black Institute is a left-of-center think tank that advocates for policy, specifically from what they describe as “a Black and people of color perspective.”1

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $169,411 $337,742 $393,107 View
2023 $168,668 $352,661 $591,880 View
2022 $393,415 $497,148 $691,743 View
2021 $531,065 $683,808 $438,700 View
2020 $281,070 $256,040 $484,186 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2013, 2012

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Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 4

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Bertha M LewisPRESIDENT$50,292

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $538,947
  • Number of Grants: 34
  • Number of Funders: 19

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$100,0002021 The New York Community Trustto monitor implementation of legislation prohibiting the use of carcinogenic chemicals in City parks
$80,0002021 Brooklyn OrgGENERAL SUPPORT
$70,0002024 Brooklyn OrgDAF
$70,0002022 Brooklyn OrgGENERAL SUPPORT
$17,0002022 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundCOMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
$12,5722021 Bronx Overall Economic Development CorporationCensus Outreach 2020 Project
$10,0002020 Brooklyn OrgBrooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund: Immediate Response Grants
$8,7502023 MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTERMSC REGRANT-GRANT
$5,6252020 PayPal Giving FundGeneral Support
$5,0002024 Siebert Williams Shank FoundationSUPPORT FOR GENERAL USE
$4,0002023 Foley Hoag FoundationMinority and Women Owned Business Research and Policy Project
$1,0002020 U.S. Small Business AdministrationEconomic injury disaster grant

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References

1. “Who We Are.” Accessed September 28, 2020. https://theblackinstitute.org/who-we-are/.