Public Charity

CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA

CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA, of SACRAMENTO, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $3.5M in revenue, $3.2M in expenses, $2.4M in total assets. 13 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 462808252 SACRAMENTO, CA Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis NTEE: R05 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$3.5M
Total Expenses$3.2M
Total Assets$2.4M
Grant Records13
Funding Total$1.9M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

IN EFFORT TO BALANCE REPORTING OF IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITITES, CBM FACILITATES COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THESE UNDERSESRVED COMMUNITIES, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION, AND POLICY MAKERS BY CULTIVATING AND DISTRIBUTING FACT-BASED REPORTING THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH OVER 30 MEDIA OUTLETS ON LEADING PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES THAT IMPACT THEIR LIVES.

Where $100 goes at California Black Media

How California Black Media divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$87 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $87 for programs

$46
Supporting local journalism, media equity, and civic engagement
52% of program spending
$34
Stop the hate outreach and messaging efforts are being tailored specifically for ethnic media outlets across california
40% of program spending
$7
The california black health journalism project's goal is to support a journalism project that will report on california's mental health crisis and how its impacting black californians, and…
8% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

$125,000
2024
KANSHA HISTORY PROJECT
$49,955
2024
TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AND A MEDIA BRIEFING TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF LITERACY AND EDUCATION PRIORITIES AFFECTING BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA.
$10,000
2024
TO SUPPORT VOLUNTEER TRAINING AND OUTREACH EVENTS ABOUT JAPANESE AMERICAN FARMING HISTORY
$6,850
2023
BLACK MENTAL HEALTH IN CALIFORNIA REPORTING PROJECT; CALIFORNIA BLACK HEALTH JOURNALISM PROJECT
$265,500

Showing up to 5 of 13 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

MEMBER Boston Neville
VICE TREASURER Hardy Brown
MEMBER Jaron Roux
TREASURER/ SECRETARY Louis Stewart
CHAIRMAN Micah Grant

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Economic Development
$1,000,000 2 grants
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
$445,500 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$262,500 3 grants
General Support
$75,000 2 grants
Arts & Culture
$56,805 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $3.5M $3.2M $2.4M
2023 $2.0M $1.9M $1.6M
2022 $1.9M $1.9M $1.4M
2020 $778K $915K $395K
2019 $925K $933K $506K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $925K to $3.5M (+279%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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