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BLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $193K · expenses $203K · assets $22K

Also known as
BBALA
EIN
95-3166199
Address
PO BOX 43159, LOS ANGELES, CA 90043-0159
Website
WWW.BBALA.ORG
NTEE code
S41
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2014
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Mission

THE BLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES FOR AND PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING A FIRM ECONOMIC BASE THAT SUPPORTS SELF-DETERMINATION AND SURVIVAL OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN BASE THAT SUPPORTS SELF-DETERMINATION AND SURVIVAL OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

2 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
Sarah Harris PRESIDENT2022-2025 $50,180$163,395 1
Earl Cooper CHAIRMAN2020-2025 $6,510$30,547 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

10 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Denise Peoples SECRETARY2020-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Zeke Patten PARLIAMENTARIAN2020-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Kim Anthony-Morrow VICE CHAIR2022-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Brett Byers TREASURER2022-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Nathan Freeman DIRECTOR2020-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Ronda Jackson DIRECTOR2024-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Debbie Lumpkin (former) DIRECTOR2022-2023 5 $0 reported 1
Rosalind Pennington (former) TREASURER2020-2022 Not reported $0 reported 1
Gwen Moore (former) CHAIRMAN2020-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Angela Reddock (former) LEGAL COUSEL2020-2021 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 8 people listed · 2 paid, $57K · 0 employees · 12 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SARAH HARRIS PRESIDENT70 $50,180$0$0 $50,1801
EARL COOPER CHAIRMAN5 $6,510$0$0 $6,5101
DENISE PEOPLES SECRETARY5 $0$0$0 $01
ZEKE PATTEN PARLIAMENTARIAN5 $0$0$0 $01
KIM ANTHONY-MORROW VICE CHAIR5 $0$0$0 $01
BRETT BYERS TREASURER5 $0$0$0 $01
NATHAN FREEMAN DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
RONDA JACKSON DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 8 people listed · 1 paid, $49K · 0 employees · 12 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SARAH HARRIS PRESIDENT70 $48,715$0$0 $48,7151
EARL COOPER CHAIRMAN5 $0$0$0 $01
DENISE PEOPLES SECRETARY5 $0$0$0 $01
ZEKE PATTEN PARLIAMENTARIAN5 $0$0$0 $01
KIM ANTHONY-MORROW VICE CHAIR5 $0$0$0 $01
BRETT BYERS TREASURER5 $0$0$0 $01
NATHAN FREEMAN DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
RONDA JACKSON DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 8 people listed · 1 paid, $50K · 0 employees · 21 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SARAH HARRIS PRESIDENT70 $49,500$0$0 $49,5001
EARL COOPER CHAIRMAN5 $0$0$0 $01
DENISE PEOPLES SECRETARY5 $0$0$0 $01
ZEKE PATTEN PARLIAMENTARIAN5 $0$0$0 $01
KIM ANTHONY-MORROW VICE CHAIR5 $0$0$0 $01
BRETT BYERS DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
NATHAN FREEMAN DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBIE LUMPKIN DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 9 people listed · 1 paid, $15K · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SARAH HARRIS PRESIDENT70 $15,000$0$0 $15,0001
EARL COOPER CHAIRMAN5 $0$0$0 $01
DENISE PEOPLES SECRETARY5 $0$0$0 $01
ROSALIND PENNINGTON TREASURER- $0$0$0 $01
ZEKE PATTEN PARLIAMENTARIAN5 $0$0$0 $01
KIM ANTHONY-MORROW VICE CHAIR5 $0$0$0 $01
BRETT BYERS DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
NATHAN FREEMAN DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBIE LUMPKIN DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 7 people listed · 1 paid, $6K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
EARL COOPER PRESIDENT70 $5,912-$0 $5,9121
NATHAN FREEMAN TREASURER5 $0-$0 $01
DENISE PEOPLES SECRETARY5 $0-$0 $01
ROSALIND PENNINGTON DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
ZEKE PATTEN DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
GWEN MOORE CHAIRMAN0 $0-$0 $01
ANGELA REDDOCK LEGAL COUSEL0 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 7 people listed · 1 paid, $18K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
EARL COOPER PRESIDENT70 $18,125-$0 $18,1251
NATHAN FREEMAN TREASURER5 $0-$0 $01
DENISE PEOPLES SECRETARY5 $0-$0 $01
ROSALIND PENNINGTON DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
ZEKE PATTEN DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
GWEN MOORE CHAIRMAN0 $0-$0 $01
ANGELA REDDOCK LEGAL COUSEL0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

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
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$192,824$203,150 $21,770-$57,116 $76,074$109,000 $66,670012
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$192,614$197,670 $29,901-$55,053 $62,834$129,780 $49,364012
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$210,410$216,743 $35,954$0 $62,226$148,184 $49,500021
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$202,369$173,406 $58,452$0 $138,659$63,710 $15,000010
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$88,000$82,454 $47,797$5,546 $55,743$31,757 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$158,120$142,239 $45,177$24,133 $134,000$24,120 ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $62,000 in all, tax years 2011 to 2022. 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
THE WARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Public charity Exact 2022 1$50,000 2022$50,000
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CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2022 1$11,000 2022$11,000
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JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Black Business Association of Los Angeles” 2011 1$1,000 2011$1,000
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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.

2025 · Form 990 · $203,150 spent · pay $66,670 · grants $0 · events $2,776
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $66,670$33,335$33,335- 32.8%
Other (as described)FUND RAISING VENUE $41,482--$41,482 20.4%
Fees: management $32,940$32,940-- 16.2%
Other (as described)DETAILED EXPENSE SCHEDULE ATTACHED $28,544$742$27,802- 14.1%
Advertising and promotion $8,966-$8,966- 4.4%
Information technology $8,083-$8,083- 4.0%
Fees: accounting $4,109-$4,109- 2.0%
Travel $3,039-$3,039- 1.5%
Other (as described) EventFUND RAISING EVENTS-FOOD AND BEVERAGE $2,776--$2,776 1.4%
Other (as described)FUND RAISING SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS $2,476--$2,476 1.2%
Interest $1,837-$1,837- 0.9%
Office expenses $1,715-$1,715- 0.8%
Fees: legal $259-$259- 0.1%
Insurance $254--$254 0.1%
Total$203,150100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $197,670 spent · pay $49,364 · grants $0 · events $39,667
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $49,364$24,682$24,682- 25.0%
Other (as described) EventFUND RAISING EVENTS $39,667--$39,667 20.1%
Fees: management $34,278$34,278-- 17.3%
Other (as described)FUND RAISING HOTELS $15,792--$15,792 8.0%
Advertising and promotion $13,385-$13,385- 6.8%
Information technology $12,786-$12,786- 6.5%
Other (as described)DETAILED EXPENSE SCHEDULE ATTACHED $11,519-$11,519- 5.8%
Other (as described)FUND RAISING SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS $6,082--$6,082 3.1%
Fees: accounting $5,700-$5,700- 2.9%
Fees: other services $5,500-$5,500- 2.8%
Fees: professional fundraisers $2,425--$2,425 1.2%
Office expenses $970-$970- 0.5%
Travel $152-$152- 0.1%
Interest $50-$50- 0.0%
Total$197,670100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $216,743 spent · pay $49,500 · grants $0 · events $76,131
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described) EventFUND RAISING EVENTS $76,131--$76,131 35.1%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $49,500$24,750$24,750- 22.8%
Fees: management $29,348$14,674$14,674- 13.5%
Other (as described)FUND RAISING HOTELS $18,011--$18,011 8.3%
Other (as described)DETAILED EXPENSE SCHEDULE ATTACHED $11,398-$11,398- 5.3%
Advertising and promotion $11,079-$11,079- 5.1%
Other (as described)FUND RAISING SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS $7,850--$7,850 3.6%
Information technology $7,427-$7,427- 3.4%
Fees: professional fundraisers $5,210--$5,210 2.4%
Travel $655-$655- 0.3%
Insurance $134-$134- 0.1%
Total$216,743100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $173,406 spent · pay $78,473 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $63,473$63,473-- 36.6%
Advertising and promotion $27,110-$27,110- 15.6%
Other (as described)DETAILED EXPENSE SCHEDULE ATTACHED $26,925$19,574$7,351- 15.5%
Fees: management $23,742$23,742-- 13.7%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $15,000$7,500$7,500- 8.7%
Office expenses $4,761-$4,761- 2.7%
Depreciation and depletion $4,396-$4,396- 2.5%
Information technology $3,591-$3,591- 2.1%
Fees: accounting $2,355-$2,355- 1.4%
Insurance $2,053-$2,053- 1.2%
Total$173,406100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $82,454 spent · pay $5,912 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $23,120 28.0%
Fees to independent contractors $22,537 27.3%
Printing, publications, postage $19,905 24.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $10,980 13.3%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $5,912 7.2%
Total$82,454100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $142,239 spent · pay $18,125 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Printing, publications, postage $55,626 39.1%
Fees to independent contractors $47,812 33.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $18,125 12.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $13,809 9.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,867 4.8%
Total$142,239100%

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