Onyx Impact Inc
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What it says it does
Onyx Impact is a nonprofit research, education, and digital innovation hub dedicated to building healthier, safer, and more just digital spaces for Black communities. We fight the spread of harmful information, amplify Black voices, and empower Black communities.
- Income
- $4.2 million
- Spending
- $3.6 million
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 3
- Highest pay
- $299,210, president and ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)
- $2.1 million spent. Onyx Impacts Trusted Messengers Program helped equip and support trusted messengers across online platforms to share helpful, fact-based, trusted information and strategic guidance. The program reached millions of social media users and radio listeners with content authentic to the messenger and their audience.
- $763,797 spent. Onyx Impacts civic engagement programs reached hundreds of thousands of voters in person with education based initiatives to help communities better fact check and respond to harmful narratives. Examples include: the fact check partnership with ONE musicfest included panels, ads, websites, and o.t.g. marketing; The no cap conference with Black Male Voter Project included training materials and multiple sessions on platform power; and the Mobilize Justice partnership included panels, livestreams, canvassing, and community investment programs.
- $286,424 spent. Onyx Impact published its 2024 landscape, a comprehensive roadmap for understanding and addressing harmful online networks and narratives targeting communities of color. The report, viewed over 10,000 times and featured by major news outlets, provided guidance to institutions and stakeholders on countering harmful narratives and protecting voters.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)(4) social welfare 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? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, 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 2024.
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 June 2024.
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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