2025-11-14T10:18:30-05:00 2024-12-31 850829822 FINANCIAL CARE LLC 8301 S Cregier Ave Chicago IL 60617 990 2024-01-01 823487898 BLACKROOTS ALLIANCE BLAC 3122484297 PO BOX 14054 CHICAGO IL 60614 KATELYN JOHNSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3122484297 2025-11-14 true JAWANIA WILLIAMS P02312044 7082619417 2025-11-14 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z TANYA WATKINS PO BOX 14054 CHICAGO IL 60614 1348286 false X BLACKROOTSALLIANCE.ORG X 2018 IL Our mission is to be an organization & network committed to the safety and liberation of all Black people promoting Black leadership and Black-centered community transformation as we work to collectively to build social and economic power. 3 3 17 0 0 0 1341802 1219978 33936 104303 252 24005 0 0 1375990 1348286 0 0 0 0 877246 885652 0 0 39295 750307 1108735 1627553 1994387 -251563 -646101 2614397 1915505 63607 10816 2550790 1904689 Our mission is to be an organization & network committed to the safety and liberation of all Black people promoting Black leadership and Black-centered community transformation as we work to collectively to build social and economic power. false false 497324 0 683972 Ujimaa Medics provided programs in 5 areas to address Chicagos health disparities and life expectancy gap by developing the community care skills of lay bystanders: Emergency and Community Care First Response Training Workshops; CPR Training and General First-Aid Workshops; Community Outreach Mutual Aid and Education Activities; First Aid Provisions; and Healthcare and Anti-violence Advocacy. Over 900 people participated in their workshops with attendees from over 60% of Chicago neighborhoods. Participants included high school students street outreach workers neighbor networks community organizers incarcerated youth and participants in workforce development programs. 671930 0 93558 Blackroots Alliance fiscally supports projects that further its mission. These fiscally sponsored projects include expanding food access cross-cultural education mutual aid victim advocacy trauma care and cultural preservation. 178350 0 10000 We have engaged with thousands of community members and civic leaders to identify reparative pathways that resonate with Black Chicagoans and broader Illinois communities. Our Reinvest 2 Repair report informed by community voices explores these pathways and challenges historical misconceptions surrounding reparations. 64907 0 0 We provided strategic leadership for several organizations to help further community access health and wellness civic engagement and community wealth building 94467 0 0 Seeding the future invests in activists and community leaders who have ideas that express inspire and build toward liberation at the community level. 67522 0 0 Supported formerly incarcerated grassroots leadership by supporting the Guaranteed Basic Income projects developed structures to support Know Your Rights trainings researched the connections between criminal justice and reparations and other preliminary research related to helping grassroots communities understand the public defense system. 226896 0 0 1574500 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 20 0 true 17 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false 3 3 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false IL X Katelyn Johnson 3122484297 PO Box 14054 Chicago IL 60614 Tanya Watkins Treasurer 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 L Anton Seals President 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Richard Wallace Secretary 0.25 0.00 X 0 0 0 Katelyn Johnson Executive Director 45.00 0.00 X 106000 0 0 106000 0 0 1 true false false Amika Tendaji 7914 S Honore 2A 3 Chicago IL 60620 See statement O 461354 1 0 0 0 0 15840 1204138 0 1219978 Honorariums 900099 4050 4050 0 0 Fiscal Sponsorship 900099 69227 69227 0 0 Training 900099 31026 31026 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104303 24005 24005 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1348286 128308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106000 58300 31800 15900 0 0 0 0 622731 483163 129338 10230 0 0 0 0 96899 74067 20034 2798 60022 43894 14099 2029 652194 601585 50609 0 16458 7000 9458 0 28000 6250 21750 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 184398 184398 0 0 2403 1887 516 0 42321 16957 25364 0 55725 14855 34524 6346 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44391 40194 3705 492 0 0 0 0 3573 1396 2177 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9987 2355 7632 0 Supplies & Equipment 11617 11617 0 0 Honorariums & Stipends 22911 20624 2287 0 Special Events 6012 2127 3885 0 Fees 8639 1964 6675 0 20106 1867 16739 1500 1994387 1574500 380592 39295 0 0 0 0 2280352 584369 0 1106136 332000 225000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2045 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2614397 1915505 63607 10816 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63607 10816 X 955667 834369 1595123 1070320 2550790 1904689 2614397 1915505 -646101 0 0 0 0 0 X false true X true false X 1876773 1841456 1052344 1341803 1204138 7316514 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1876773 1841456 1052344 1341803 1204138 7316514 2436648 4879866 5 0 351 252 24005 24613 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7341127 120143 0.6647 0.6538 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1348286 0 1348286 0 1348286 1994387 0 1994387 0 1994387 X X false false false false false false false false false Katelyn Johnson Executive Director 106000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7308 0 113308 0 106000 0 Part VI, Line 11a A copy was shared via email and Board members were given an opportunity to review and ask questions. Part VI, Line 12c Annual review of COI. Part VI, Line 15 | Name of the Person: The process used to establish compensation of the person who served in:| The year in which this process was last undertaken:| Katelyn Johnson Salary of Executive Directors of comparable organizations. 2022| All other staff members Thriving wage PayScale 2021| Part VI, Line 19 No documents available to the public Part VII General | Explanation:| Section B-1: Designed and managed cross-cultural education experiences conducted direct community outreach created and managed mutual aid projects managed charity food pantries curated memorial events for victims of gun-violence lead gun-violence victim advocacy facilitated trauma care initiatives developed peer support programs provided strategic leadership contributed to the development of conflict-management processes volunteer management and general project supervision.