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THE FELLOWSHIP BMEC INC

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2021 · Form 990 · revenue $1.1M · expenses $662K · assets $4.2M

EIN
81-0871452
Address
7901 HIDDEN LN, ELKINS PARK, PA 19027-1103
Website
WWW.FELLOWSHIPBMEC.ORG
NTEE code
B03
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2026
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Mission

THE FELLOWSHIP: BLACK MALE EDUCATORS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IS A PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE RECRUITMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION OF BLACK MALE EDUCATORS IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT GREATER PHILADELPHIA.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

3 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Sterling Grimes CHIEF PROGRA2018-2021 $0$104,132 1
Rashid Coleman CHIEF CREATI2018-2021 $0$78,900 1
Vincent Cobb (former) CEO/Co-Founder2018-2020 $0$73,958 1
Unpaid officers and directors · 9 people
NameLatest titleYearsOrganizations
Sharif El Mekki EXECUTIVE DI2017-2021 2
William Hayes BOARD MEMBER2017-2021 2
Miles Wilson BOARD CHAIR2017-2021 1
Joseph Ferguson BOARD MEMBER2017-2021 1
Charles Adams BOARD MEMBER2017-2021 1
Erica Atwood BOARD MEMBER2017-2021 1
Thom Webster BOARD MEMBER2017-2021 1
Soledad Alfaro BOARD MEMBER2017-2021 1
Jovan Weaver (former) Board Member2017 1

People by year

2021 · 10 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SHARIF EL MEKKI EXECUTIVE DI40 $0$0$0 $02
RASHID COLEMAN CHIEF CREATI40 $0$0$0 $01
STERLING GRIMES CHIEF PROGRA40 $0$0$0 $01
MILES WILSON BOARD CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $01
JOSEPH FERGUSON BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
CHARLES ADAMS BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
ERICA ATWOOD BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
THOM WEBSTER BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
SOLEDAD ALFARO BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
WILLIAM HAYES BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $02
2020 · 10 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Miles Wilson Board Chair1 $0$0$0 $01
Joseph Ferguson Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Charles Adams Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Erica Atwood Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Thom Webster Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Soledad Alfaro Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
William Hayes Board Member1 $0$0$0 $02
Vincent Cobb CEO/Co-Founder40 $0$0$0 $01
Rashid Coleman Chief Creative Officer/Co-40 $0$0$0 $01
Sterling Grimes Chief Program Officer40 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 10 people listed · 1 paid, $7K · 1 employee · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Sterling Grimes Chief Program Officer40 $7,083$0$242 $7,3251
Miles Wilson Board Chair1 $0$0$0 $01
Joseph Ferguson Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Charles Adams Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Erica Atwood Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Thom Webster Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Soledad Alfaro Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
William Hayes Board Member1 $0$0$0 $02
Vincent Cobb CEO/Co-Founder40 $0$0$0 $01
Rashid Coleman Chief Creative Officer/Co-40 $0$0$0 $01
2018 · 10 people listed · 3 paid, $250K · 3 employees · 28 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Sterling Grimes Chief Program Officer40 $96,807$0$0 $96,8071
Rashid Coleman Chief Creative Officer/Co-40 $78,900$0$0 $78,9001
Vincent Cobb CEO/Co-Founder40 $73,958$0$0 $73,9581
Miles Wilson Board Chair1 $0$0$0 $01
Joseph Ferguson Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Charles Adams Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Erica Atwood Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Thom Webster Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Soledad Alfaro Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
William Hayes Board Member0 $0$0$0 $02
2017 · 9 people listed · none paid · 4 employees · 28 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Miles Wilson Board Chair1 $0$0$0 $01
Joseph Ferguson Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Charles Adams Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Erica Atwood Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Thom Webster Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Soledad Alfaro Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Sharif El-Mekki Board Member3 $0$0$0 $02
Jovan Weaver Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
William Hayes Board Member0 $0$0$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2021 · 1 grant to organizations · $662K
2020 · 1 grant to organizations · $2.1M
2019 · 1 grant to organizations · $1.0M

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,081,000$661,623 $4,188,278$4,188,278 $1,081,000$0 -0-
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$4,831,352$2,145,216 $3,935,912$3,768,901 $4,828,734$0 $000
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2020-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,214,058$1,801,945 $1,435,413$1,082,765 $2,144,264$69,767 $109,00010
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2019-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,173,843$1,169,410 $304,172$271,994 $1,123,885$38,774 $249,665328
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2018-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$866,926$625,208 $273,677$267,561 $794,764$0 $65,064428

Funders of this organization

19 grantors reported grants to this organization, $8,180,353 in all, tax years 2017 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC DAF sponsor Exact 2019-2020, 2022-2023 4$3,000,000 2023$1,000,000
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JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF S F MARIN PENINSULA & SONOMA COUNTIES DAF sponsor Exact 2020-2021 2$1,000,000 2021$500,000
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CLEVELAND AVENUE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION GROUP Public charity Exact 2021 1$996,815 2021$996,815
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NEW SCHOOLS FUND Public charity Exact 2017, 2019, 2021 3$560,000 2021$200,000
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TIDES FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2021 1$504,300 2021$504,300
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SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2017-2020 4$400,000 2020$175,000
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NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor Exact 2019 1$300,000 2019$300,000
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CHARTER FUND INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “THE FELLOWSHIP BMEC INC” 2022 2$280,000 2022$280,000
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MICHAEL & SUSAN DELL FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “The Fellowship BMEC Inc” 2021 1$249,873 2021$249,873
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EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC Public charity Exact 2019-2020 2$220,000 2020$120,000
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UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY Public charity Exact 2021-2023 3$218,750 2023$75,000
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PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2020-2024 5$183,000 2024$25,000
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ECHOING GREEN INC Public charity Exact 2017 1$116,000 2017$116,000
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MORIAH FUND INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “THE FELLOWSHIP BMEC INC” 2021 1$50,000 2021$50,000
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CAMELBACK VENTURES INC Public charity Exact 2017 1$40,000 2017$40,000
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SAY YES TO EDUCATION INC Public charity Exact 2017 1$25,000 2017$25,000
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CAMPAIGN FOR BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT INC Public charity Exact 2017 1$15,000 2017$15,000
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NEUBAUER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST Public charity Exact 2021 1$12,500 2021$12,500
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AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2021 1$9,115 2021$9,115
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2021 · Form 990 · $661,623 spent · pay $0 · grants $661,623 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $661,623$661,623-- 100.0%
Total$661,623100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $2,145,216 spent · pay $1,676 · grants $2,092,712 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $2,092,712$2,092,712-- 97.6%
Other (as described)Charitable Contribution $50,000$50,000-- 2.3%
Other employee benefits $1,676-$1,676- 0.1%
Fees: other services $345$27$318- 0.0%
Other (as described)Misc $265-$265- 0.0%
Office expenses $89-$89- 0.0%
Advertising and promotion $70$12$58- 0.0%
Other (as described)Payroll Services $48-$48- 0.0%
Other (as described)Meals & Entertainment $11$2$9- 0.0%
Total$2,145,216100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $1,801,945 spent · pay $117,261 · grants $1,038,879 · events $343,726
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $1,038,879$1,038,879-- 57.7%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $343,726$343,726-- 19.1%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $109,000-$109,000- 6.0%
Other (as described)Bad Debts $80,199$55,199$25,000- 4.5%
Fees: other services $79,903$15,711$64,192- 4.4%
Travel $54,252$47,288$6,964- 3.0%
Advertising and promotion $27,246$4,569$22,677- 1.5%
Other (as described)Merchandise $19,680$19,680-- 1.1%
Fees: legal $17,750-$17,750- 1.0%
Fees: accounting $8,500-$8,500- 0.5%
Payroll taxes $8,261-$8,261- 0.5%
Other (as described)Meals & Entertainment $7,140$1,142$5,998- 0.4%
Office expenses $2,962-$2,962- 0.2%
Insurance $2,902-$2,902- 0.2%
Other (as described)payroll fees $977-$977- 0.1%
All other expenses $568$553$15- 0.0%
Total$1,801,945100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $1,169,410 spent · pay $354,057 · grants $0 · events $337,921
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Conferences, conventions and meetings $337,921$337,921-- 28.9%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $249,665$90,087$94,451$65,127 21.3%
Travel $135,313$127,440$7,873- 11.6%
Fees: other services $132,479$32,203$100,276- 11.3%
Other salaries and wages $69,666$25,138$26,355$18,173 6.0%
Other (as described)Bad Debts $66,395-$66,395- 5.7%
Advertising and promotion $50,908$11,185$39,723- 4.4%
Fees: legal $40,581-$40,581- 3.5%
Payroll taxes $25,924$9,333$9,851$6,740 2.2%
Other (as described)Meals & Entertainment $21,128$16,850$4,278- 1.8%
Office expenses $12,771$2,381$10,390- 1.1%
Other employee benefits $8,802$7,335$1,467- 0.8%
Fees: accounting $8,500-$8,500- 0.7%
All other expenses $3,186$2,809$377- 0.3%
Other (as described)Fundraising $2,841--$2,841 0.2%
Insurance $1,729-$1,729- 0.1%
Other (as described)payroll fees $1,601-$1,601- 0.1%
Total$1,169,410100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $625,208 spent · pay $70,508 · grants $0 · events $176,724
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Conferences, conventions and meetings $176,724$175,724$1,000- 28.3%
Travel $110,651$78,214$32,437- 17.7%
Fees: other services $110,530$8,004$102,526- 17.7%
Advertising and promotion $86,416$8,159$78,257- 13.8%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $65,064$3,000$62,064- 10.4%
Other (as described)Other Business Expense $19,314$100$17,576$1,638 3.1%
Fees: accounting $16,000-$16,000- 2.6%
Fees: legal $15,624-$15,624- 2.5%
Office expenses $9,549$7,815$1,734- 1.5%
Other (as described)Meals & Entertainment $8,836$6,228$2,608- 1.4%
Payroll taxes $5,444-$5,444- 0.9%
Other (as described)Equipment Rental $840$840-- 0.1%
Insurance $216-$216- 0.0%
Total$625,208100%

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