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US nonprofit · EIN 136271908 · New York, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 136271908) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R).Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code GROUP), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Harlem Commonwealth Council Inc's network

8 people5 organisationsi8 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (8) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Anthony D Watson ChairChairman2018
8 yrs
Barbara AskinsBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Michael T JohnsonBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Michelle HardyVice Chair2018
8 yrs
Richard ShawBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Robert HorsfordCompany secretary2021
5 yrs
Sharon JosephBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Zevilla Jackson-PrestonBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

6 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Christian DamibaProgram Director2023
Dr Joseph L TaitCOO2023
E Hamil DouglasPresident & CEOsince 2021
Kelvin CollinsPres/CEOsince 2018
Narain SewCFOsince 2018
Suzanne HurleyVice President2023

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Ericka Powell-SinclairSr. Compliance Dir40$162k
Christian DamibaProgram Director40$124k
Terri-Ann SmithSenior Oper. Dir.25$95k$51k
Andre SimonChief of Staff20$79k$64k
Ayesha CodringtonSenior Finance Dir20$35k$139k
E Hamil DouglasPresident10$23k$285k
Joseph TaitSecretary/COO10$6k$56k
Lewiston MurrayBoard Chair2$0
Zevilla Jackson-PrestonVice Chair2$0
Erik ClietteSecretary2$0
Curtis ArcherBoard Director2$0
Ashli GibbsBoard Director2$0
Sharon JosephBoard Director2$0
Melvin NorrisBoard Director2$0
Nathaniel MontgomeryBoard Director2$0
Jon Marc SandiferBoard Member2$0

About

Legal name
Harlem Commonwealth Council Inc
EIN
136271908
Address
361 West 125th Street, New York, NY, 10027-4843
State
New York
Mission
Stimulate overall economic development through creation of enterprises, generation of jobs and improvement of services. Mission accomplished through community development projects, education, training, entrepreneurial loan program, and other support. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S30Z Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1967
Principal officer
Sharon E Joseph (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 April 1997
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
GROUP

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsAnthony D Watson
≥8years on the filingsMichael T Johnson
≥8years on the filingsMichelle Hardy
≥8years on the filingsRichard Shaw

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$28.6m
Total liabilities
$5.4m
Net assets or fund balances
$23.2m
Contributions and grants received
$3.2m
Program service revenue
$2.4m
Employees
65
Volunteers
10