Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC)

The Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC) is an educational grassroots organization that provides services and support for male students of color in school. 1

At-A-Glance

Website: coseboc.org
Founded:

2007

Location: Cambridge, MA View on map
Tax ID: 26-2729057
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $25,625 Revenue: $53,238 Expenses: $271,922

The Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC) is an educational grassroots organization that provides services and support for male students of color in school. 1

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $25,625 $53,238 $271,922 View
2023 $1,020,679 $158,453 $772,942 View
2022 $1,776,851 $1,882,673 $777,261 View
2021 $924,766 $1,450,422 $740,418 View
2020 $286,683 $585,434 $798,482 View

Prior year filings: 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 6

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Terri WrightCLERK & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$35,600

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $6,111,812
  • Number of Grants: 63
  • Number of Funders: 24

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

AmountYearFunderSubject
$650,0002022 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$611,0002023 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative FoundationFOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$363,9002021 The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFOR SUPPORT OF PROGRAMMING AND ASSISTANCE THAT PROMOTES THE AFFIRMATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF BOYS OF COLOR
$250,0002020 Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc.Building on Phase 1 research in 2020, COSEBOC will adopt an approach based on participatory action research (PAR) which is well-aligned with the Foundation's current strategy. To employ this approach, Phase 2 of this project will expand and deepen the involvement of a range of community stakeholders including the members of the NMEF community advisors, NMEF grantees, Phase 1 local partners, and NMEF staff. These stakeholders will be purposefully engaged with the COSEBOC-eDC project team from the beginning of the project in project planning including refining the key project questions and anticipated products.
$239,0002021 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$236,1002022 The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFOR SUPPORT OF PROGRAMMING AND ASSISTANCE THAT PROMOTES THE AFFIRMATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF BOYS OF COLOR
$175,0002020 Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc.This is a general operating support grant. In the next three years, COSEBOC will: Build a network of school and community leaders committed to the social, emotional, cultural, and academic development of boys and young men of color. Based on the successful virtual convenings offered during the summer of 2020, implement additional virtual professional development sessions beginning in October of 2020 through August of 2021. Promote the concept of schools that are intentionally redesigned to ensure educational success for their male students of color.
$100,0002023 The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFOR EXECUTIVE TRANSITION AND WELLNESS
$100,0002021 Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc.This is a general operating support grant to continue support for COSEBOC to: ? Build a network of school and community leaders committed to the social, emotional, cultural, and academic development of boys and young men of color. Implement virtual professional development sessions beginning in 2022. ? Promote the concept of schools that are intentionally redesigned to ensure educational success for their male students of color.
$76,0002021 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.GENERAL
$60,0002020 The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFOR THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE 2020 COSEBOC VIRTUAL GATHERING OF LEADERS
$50,0002023 Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc.The Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC) is an independent nonprofit corporation dedicated to the affirmative social, emotional, cultural and academic development of boys and young men of color in PreK-12 education. Anticipating the retirement of the Executive Director, Ron Walker, the Board established a Transition Committee charged with identifying a compatible nonprofit, or institution of higher learning for a partnership, merger or acquisition of COSEBOC. The following request to the Nellie Mae Education Foundation for unrestricted (general funds) will support COSEBOC during this important and final phase of work ending in June 30, 2024.
$50,0002020 The Bay and Paul Foundations IncGeneral Operating Support
$40,0002020 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.GENERAL
$33,0002023 Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc.Funds support a strategic planning process as the organization is going through a leadership transition.
$25,0002020 The Bay and Paul Foundations IncCOSEBOC Supports Jackson Public Schools
$9,8002020 Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc.Publication ? We will create a revised, digital (PDF) version of the final project report submitted to NMEF that will be publicly available. The content of the report will be revised to exclude any information that should not be made public and expanded to include additional information describing the rationale for conducting the project and highlighting efforts to incorporate community stakeholder voices into the process. Blogs – Staff from the local partners and members of the COSEBOC-eDC team will jointly write a series of 3 blogs to be posted on the NMEF, COSEBOC, and EDC websites. Each blog post will be used to highlight specific project findings and potential community plans for following-up on the project?S focus group meetings.
$9,3642020 PayPal Giving FundGeneral Support
$5,0002021 W.K. Kellogg Foundationsponsor a virtual convening, Sankofa Rising, which recognizes the accomplishments of the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color’s commitment to serving young men and boys of color
$5,0002021 Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc.
$1,5002020 Vegfund IncSUPPORT VEGAN ADVOCACY AND ENCOURAGE VEGAN LIFESTYLES
$122022 Amazonsmile FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $20,000
  • Number of Grants: 2
  • Number of Recipients: 2

References

1. “Mission, Vision & Purpose. ” Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color, Accessed January 30, 2023. https://coseboc.org/about/mission-vision/