Society of the First African Families of English America
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Society of the First African Families of English America is dedicated to researching, preserving, and honoring the history and genealogy of the earliest African families in English America. Through scholarship, education, and public engagement, the Society documents their contributions and works to ensure their stories are recognized as an essential part of the American founding. Our mission is to advance historical truth, promote genealogical research, and safeguard this legacy for future generations.
- Income
- $13,633
- Spending
- $4,596
- Reserves
- 49.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 67%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $11,375 spent. Hosted fourth Annual Conference for the Society of the First African Families of English America, including an America 250 Luncheon and our traditional Black Tie Awards Cocktail Party and our Discussion Summitt
- $360 spent. Published and initiated a book/speaker tour of volume 1 of our award winning book series on the 6K African American men who fought in the revolutionary war
- We entered into a partnership with the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to undertake a project named "Revolutionary Massachusetts: Stories of Promise and Progress" which is a public humanities initiative to recover the stories of African, Afro-Indigenous, and Indigenous patriots whose sacrifices during the American Revolution have too often been excluded from public memory. College students and community members will explore these histories through archival research, oral testimony, tribal knowledge, and descendant voices. They will join arts and literature workshops led by historians, artists, faculty, cultural leaders, and Wampanoag representatives. Through writing, visual art, and performance, students will wrestle with Revolutionary ideals and exclusions, producing unique and creative work, culminating in a public symposium and performance day to showcase the results of thier work and the project.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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