Reparation Education Project
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Use its history and expertise to strengthen and accelerate the escalating movement for reparations in the United States through education, information, and collaboration.
- Income
- $178,085
- Spending
- $194,764
- Spent on programs
- 51%
- Reserves
- -1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 1
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 28 out of 100. Higher than 7% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, under $250k).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 9% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 2% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1551% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 6 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 81 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 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)
- $40,000 spent. 1) Reparation Education Project conducted numerous presentations, testimonies, trainings, and briefings on reparations across the country, both in-person as well as virtual, to non- profit organizations, academic and religious institutions, the media, and philanthropy and hosted a National Reparations Speaking and Book Tour for its Executive Director and a National Reparations Town Hall Event on Marthas Vineyard.
- $20,000 spent. 2) Reparation Education Project hosted the Reparations Movement Monthly Meet-up and the Reparations Information Thought Series and memorialized via videography for the general public. The lively and interactive Meet-Up is held the last Tuesday of each month as a virtual space that provides an onboarding opportunity for newcomers to the movement and organizations and individuals to gather for networking, collaboration, education, and information-sharing on issues relevant to the rapidly growing reportions movement in the United States. The Thought Series is a periodic strategic webinar series featuring racial justice thought leaders engaged in critical discussion, reflection, and analysis on issues pertinent to the movement for reparatory justice in the U.S. and abroad.
- $40,000 spent. 3) Reparation Education Project scripted, recorded, and produced the Human Rights and Justice Weekly Talk Show and the periodic Reparations Roundup News and Views on YouTube and podcast on Spotify and BuzzSprout, generating over 20,000 views. Reparation Education Project scripted and produced a time-lapse animated video for its 101 Reparations Education Series. Reparation Information Thought Series- a periodic webinar series that takes a deep dive into reparations. The series brings together thought leaders with the community at large to inform and strategize to advance the issue of reparatory justice.
Source: Form 990 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 October 7, 2026.
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