Conference of National Black Churches 
The information on this page was last updated 6/5/2026. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
Contact information
Mailing address:
Conference of National Black Churches
676 Beckwith Street
Southwest Atlanta, GA 30314-4108
Website: www.thecnbc.net
Phone: (404) 688-6052
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 200759212
CEO/President: Jacqueline Burton
Chairman: Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson
Board size: 28
Founder:
Ruling year: 2004
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
CNBC uses the influence and power of the leadership of the historically Black denominations to serve as a critical educational, organizational base, voice and influence to advocate for African Americans. Through CNBC, the member denominations work collectively to become a permanent point of interdenominational coordination for addressing systemic social change that will ultimately result in improving the quality of life for African Americans and other underserved. The headquarters of CNBC is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mission statement
The Conference of National Black Churches (CNBC) is the premiere public policy and social justice expression of the Black ecclesiastical denominations we represent in America. Our mission is to speak with a unified voice of black religious bodies that seeks to improve the quality of life for African Americans as they seek to reach their full potential in American society. CNBC is committed to a national strategy of Black Church intervention in four key areas: social justice/public policy, criminal justice reform, health (including supporting hunger initiatives) and education, especially the advancement of academic excellence for children in marginalized communities.
Statement of faith
Donor confidence score
Show donor confidence score details
To understand our donor confidence score, click here.
Transparency grade
D
To understand our transparency grade, click here.
Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Advocacy
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 160 of 1338 | 6 of 54 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 429 of 1338 | 14 of 54 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 550 of 1338 | 21 of 54 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 58 of 1340 | 2 of 54 |
According to the organization's Form 990, it received $4,160,499 in government grants in 2024.
To understand our financial efficiency ratings, click here.
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 9% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 0% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 6% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 0% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 94% | 95% | 100% | 100% | 99% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 0% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 6% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 78% | 81% | 85% | 89% | 82% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 95% | 93% | 128% | 84% | 90% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 75% | 75% | 109% | 75% | 73% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 5% | 7% | -28% | 16% | 10% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 13% | 93% | -6357% | 87% | 74% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 11% | 14% | 11% | 8% | 18% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.04 | 7.55 | 22.11 | 3.74 | 5.08 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.23 | 1.09 | 1.41 | 1.03 | 1.00 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.99 | 8.26 | 31.19 | 3.85 | 5.08 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 9.75 | 2.43 | 0.77 | 5.91 | 4.63 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 0.41 | 1.30 | 0.17 | 0.22 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.14 | 0.86 | -0.12 | 2.59 | 1.85 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 19% | 38% | 92% | 16% | 22% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 64% | 8% | 0% | 22% | 15% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | ||||
| Assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Cash | $284,458 | $242,476 | $1,020,876 | $267,048 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $277,659 | $8,011 | $988,295 | $22,466 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $562,117 | $250,487 | $2,009,171 | $289,514 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $52,917 | $102,917 | $62,500 | $0 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $52,917 | $102,917 | $62,500 | $0 |
| Total assets | $615,034 | $353,404 | $2,071,671 | $289,514 |
| Liabilities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $230,924 | $200,058 | $339,998 | $62,558 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $126,527 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $230,924 | $326,585 | $339,998 | $62,558 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $230,924 | $326,585 | $339,998 | $62,558 |
| Net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Without donor restrictions | $384,110 | $26,819 | $72,617 | $96,427 |
| With donor restrictions | $0 | $0 | $1,659,056 | $130,529 |
| Net assets | $384,110 | $26,819 | $1,731,673 | $226,956 |
| Revenues and expenses | ||||
| Revenue | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Total contributions | $4,759,277 | $6,107,542 | $9,249,645 | $1,629,689 |
| Program service revenue | $240,200 | $0 | $0 | $3,000 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6,761 |
| Total other revenue | $240,200 | $0 | $0 | $9,761 |
| Total revenue | $4,999,477 | $6,107,542 | $9,249,645 | $1,639,450 |
| Expenses | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Program services | $3,761,512 | $6,629,314 | $6,923,134 | $1,200,686 |
| Management and general | $646,066 | $849,632 | $581,494 | $270,049 |
| Fundraising | $234,608 | $333,450 | $240,300 | $0 |
| Total expenses | $4,642,186 | $7,812,396 | $7,744,928 | $1,470,735 |
| Change in net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $357,291 | ($1,704,854) | $1,504,717 | $168,715 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $357,291 | ($1,704,854) | $1,504,717 | $168,715 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Jacqueline Burton | Director/President | $477,661 |
| Audrey Lawrence | Program Director | $200,042 |
| Charlene Bowden | Operations & Administrative Services Manager | $169,136 |
| Timothy Boddie | Grants Project Manager | $165,674 |
| Clarence Sellers | Director | $32,750 |
| Frederick Haynes III | Director | $16,500 |
| John Drew Sheard | Director | $7,000 |
| Adam Jefferson Richardson | Director/Treasurer | $5,000 |
| Wdarin Moore | Director/Secretary | $5,000 |
| Boise Kimber | Director | $4,000 |
| Brandon Porter | Director | $4,000 |
| Delores Kennedy Williams | Director | $4,000 |
| Dennis Proctor | Director | $4,000 |
| Faye Crowder-Phillips | Director | $4,000 |
| George Crenshaw | Director | $4,000 |
| John Bryant | Director | $4,000 |
| Kenneth Monroe | Director | $4,000 |
| Marvin F Thomas Sr | Director | $4,000 |
| Reginald Jackson | Director | $4,000 |
| Talbert Swan II | Director | $4,000 |
| Lawrence Reddick III | Director | $3,000 |
| Thomas Brown | Director/Vice Chair | $3,000 |
| Anthony Scott | Director | $2,000 |
| Barbara Shaw | Director | $2,000 |
| David Peoples | Director | $2,000 |
| Jacqueline Thompson | Director | $2,000 |
| Melvin Owens | Director | $2,000 |
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2024
Response from ministry
No response has been provided by this ministry.
The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 6/5/2026. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]
History
The Institute of Church Administration and Management emerged as an initiative of the Congress of National Black Churches and was established in 1992 at the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, Georgia. ICAM grew out of the desire of the leaders of The Congress of National Black Churches for Black clergy and laity to become more proficient in management and administration. It became a premiere national leadership education initiative singularly focused on strengthening the management capacity of leaders of religious institutions, faith-based organizations and other religious bodies within the African American community. In December 2008 The Board of Trustees of ICAM voted to include the Conference of National Black Churches as a program of ICAM. This decision was a natural response to preparing Black church leaders to address the issues of the 21st century which impact the quality of life of African Americans. ICAM's management and administration educational program continues.
CNBC is comprised of the national leadership of the largest historically Black denominations in America. The organization represents more than 80% of African American Christians across this nation that have a combined membership of over 20 million people and 30,000 congregations. CNBC serves as the vehicle by which our member denominations collaborate in the areas of health, social justice and public policy on behalf of African American communities.