2024-11-15T08:59:30-06:00 2023-12-31 411360831 OLSEN THIELEN & CO LTD 2675 LONG LAKE ROAD ROSEVILLE MN 551131117 990 2023-01-01 882846006 BLACK VISIONS BLAC 7025877932 PO BOX 18440 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55418 NOEL GORDON DESOUSA BOARD TREASURER 7025877932 2024-11-15 1 1 RYAN VETTRUS CPA P01243596 6514834521 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z JULIA JOHNSON PO BOX 18440 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55418 994057 0 X WWW.BLACKVISIONSMN.ORG X 2022 MN TO ORGANIZE POWERFUL, CONNECTED BLACK COMMUNITIES AND TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMS OF VIOLENCE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA 3 2 0 150 0 0 602500 994057 0 0 0 0 0 0 602500 994057 0 158000 0 0 0 156806 0 0 0 71028 635190 71028 949996 531472 44061 536718 599041 5246 23508 531472 575533 X WE ARE A BLACK-LED, QUEER AND TRANS CENTERING ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO ORGANIZE POWERFUL, CONNECTED BLACK COMMUNITIES AND DISMANTLE SYSTEMS OF VIOLENCE. 0 0 492588 158000 BLACK VISIONS IS A BLACK LIBERATION ORGANIZATION WHOSE WORK, EVENTS, AND PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO CREATE PUBLIC BENEFITS UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE 501(C)(3), INCLUDING RELIEF OF THE BLACK POOR, DISTRESSED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED, ELIMINATION OF ANTI-BLACK PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION, LESSENING NEIGHBORHOOD TENSIONS IN BLACK COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS COMBATING COMMUNITY DETERIORATION AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.BLACK VISIONS REORGANIZED AND RESTRUCTURED IN 2023. WE ALSO OBTAINED 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. THESE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS ONLY OCCURRED AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF PLANNING, DISCUSSION, AND DIALOGUE AMONG THE BLACK VISIONS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BLACK VISIONS STAFF, AND BLACK VISIONS MEMBERS. DURING OUR YEAR OF REORGANIZATION AND RESTRUCTURING, BLACK VISIONS TERMINATED BOTH OF OUR CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FOLLOWING A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN EACH OF THEM BY OUR ENTIRE STAFF. THEIR DEPARTURE FROM THE ORGANIZATION BIRTHED A NEW ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IN WHICH THERE IS NO SINGLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT BLACK VISIONS, BUT INSTEAD, SIX CO-EQUAL DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WHO MAKE DECISIONS COLLECTIVELY FOR THE ORGANIZATION BY SPLITTING APART THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF ONE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACROSS MULTIPLE "EXPERT" DIRECTORS: THE DIRECTORS OF FINANCE, FUNDRAISING, HUMAN RESOURCES, OPERATIONS, PROGRAMMING, AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.IN ADDITION TO THE REORGANIZATION AND RESTRUCTURING THAT OCCURRED IN 2023, OUR STAFF REDEVELOPED SEVERAL WORKPLACE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES PERTAINING TO DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, WAGES, AND OTHER LABOR CONDITIONS. TO ENSURE WE HAD AMPLE TIME AND SPACE FOR OUR CONVERSATIONS TO REACH A CONSENSUS, THE DECISION WAS MADE BY ALL STAFF IN DECEMBER 2022 TO SUSPEND ALL EXTERNAL PROGRAMMING IN 2023 WHILE WE WORKED FOCUSED INTENSELY ON ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO OUR PROGRAMMATIC HIATUS WAS OUR YEAR-ROUND MEMBERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHICH CONTINUED TO SERVE THE UNMET NEEDS OF BLACK LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN MINNESOTA. 492588 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MN X THE ORGANIZATION 7025877932 PO BOX 18440 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55418 NOEL GORDON DESOUSA TREASURER BEGINNING JULY 40.00 X X 98156 0 0 EYAKEM HAILU YILMA VICE CHAIR BEGINNING JULY 40.00 X X 40400 0 0 VALENTINA MCKENZIE CHAIR BEGINNING JULY 40.00 X X 18250 0 0 KANDACE MONTGOMERY CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THROUGH APRIL 40.00 X X 0 0 0 MISKI NOOR CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THROUGH APRIL 40.00 X X 0 0 0 ROSE BREWER BOARD MEMBER THROUGH AUGUST 20.00 X 0 0 0 SAM GRANT BOARD MEMBER THROUGH AUGUST 20.00 X 0 0 0 JOJO KURIA BOARD MEMBER THROUGH JULY 20.00 X 0 0 0 MARIE MICHAEL BOARD MEMBER THROUGH AUGUST 20.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREA RITCHIE BOARD MEMBER THROUGH JULY 20.00 X 0 0 0 HADIJA STEEN MILLS BOARD MEMBER THROUGH JULY 20.00 X 0 0 0 156806 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 994057 994057 994057 0 0 0 X 140000 140000 18000 18000 156806 86304 70502 54068 54068 213869 213869 3667 3667 15530 312 15218 161318 141586 19732 27052 27052 16513 11211 5302 13845 13845 SPECIAL EVENTS 68421 66569 1852 STAFF TRAINING AND RECO 58471 24939 33532 MISCELLANEOUS 2436 2436 949996 492588 457408 0 528668 590730 0 1556 8050 6755 536718 599041 5246 23508 5246 23508 X 531472 575533 531472 575533 536718 599041 44061 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 602500 994057 1596557 602500 994057 1596557 1512569 83988 1596557 X PART II, SHORT YEAR EXPLANATION: THE ORGANIZATION FILED AN INITIAL, SHORT YEAR RETURN IN 2022. THE ORGANIZATION OBTAINED 501(C)3 EXEMPTION FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ON JUNE 16, 2022. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 MINNESOTA PRISON WRITING PROJECT PO BOX 7262 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55407 471890824 501(C)3 50000 0 TO SUPPORT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN MINNESOTA ISAIAH MN 2356 UNIVERSITY AVE W STE 405 ST PAUL MN 55114 411957358 501(C)3 40000 0 TO ORGANIZE AND MOBILIZE BLACK MINNESOTANS IN BRIDGING THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP SEEDS WORTH SOWING 7169 BALD EAGLE LN WILLOW RIVER MN 55795 854325771 501(C)3 25000 0 TO ORGANIZE AND MOBILIZE BLACK MINNESOTANS IN SUPPORTING CAREGIVERS AND CAREWORKERS MY PITBULL IS FAMILY PO BOX 26262 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426 472264053 501(C)3 25000 0 WORKING WITH BLACK FAMILIES AND THEIR PETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS 4 0 FOUNDER'S TRAVEL GRANT 1 18000 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 KANDACE MONTGOMERY AND MISKI NOOR CO-OWNED REAL ESTATE TOGETHER WHILE SERVING TOGETHER ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 BLACK VISIONS MAINTAINS A MEMBERSHIP OF MINNESOTA RESIDENTS ALIGNED WITH OUR MISSION, VISION, AND CORE VALUES. MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING ARE EMPOWERED TO AMEND THE BYLAWS, ELECT BOARD DIRECTORS, REMOVE BOARD DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS, TO VOTE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE ANNUAL BUDGET. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A BLACK VISIONS MAINTAINS A MEMBERSHIP OF MINNESOTA RESIDENTS ALIGNED WITH OUR MISSION, VISION, AND CORE VALUES. MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING ARE EMPOWERED TO AMEND THE BYLAWS, ELECT BOARD DIRECTORS, REMOVE BOARD DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS, TO VOTE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE ANNUAL BUDGET. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B THE VOTING MEMBERSHIP MUST APPROVE THE ANNUAL BUDGET EVERY YEAR (INCLUDING COMPENSATION LEVELS), AND RATIFY CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS, AND THEY ALONE CAN DECIDE TO DISSOLVE THE ORGANIZATION OR MERGE IT WITH ANOTHER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 IS DRAFTED BY THE OUTSIDE CPA FIRM, THE TREASURER OF THE BOARD, AND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. IT IS REVIEWED BY THE FULL BOARD AND OUR GENERAL COUNSEL. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C REGULAR TRAININGS ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST ARE HELD TO KEEP DIRECTORS AWARE OF THEIR LEGAL AND FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES. MOREOVER, THE BOARD TREASURER AND THE GENERAL COUNSEL TOGETHER KEEP TRACK OF INTERESTS MAINTAINED BY EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ENSURE THEY ARE DISCUSSED AND DEBATED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 EVERY THREE YEARS, THE DIRECTORS OF FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES ARE TASKED WITH CONDUCTING A REVIEW OF COMPENSATION LEVELS AT THE ORGANIZATION RELATIVE TO OUR PEERS WITH SIMILAR-SIZED STAFFS AND BUDGETS. THE DIRECTORS CONSULT DATA MADE AVAILABLE BY THE MINNESOTA COUNCIL OF NONPROFITS AND SALARY DATA REPORTED BY INDEED AND GLASS DOOR. THE DIRECTORS PROPOSE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SALARY ALLOWED FOR EACH TIER OF EMPLOYEES BASED ON THE COST OF LIVING IN MINNESOTA AND OUR COMPETITORS' FORM 990S. THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH INCLUDES INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WHO ARE NOT COMPENSATED IN ANY MANNER BY THE ORGANIZATION. THERE ALSO EXISTS A CEO SALARY CAP AT BLACK VISIONS, IN WHICH NO MEMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM CAN EARN MORE THAN 2X THE LOWEST-PAID EMPLOYEE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 WE MAKE OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA OUR WEBSITE AND UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 213,869. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 213,869.