Have you Been Defrauded by Blacks in Technology Foundation?
Know the facts to determine whether you should be compensated.
The Legal Entities
- Blacks in Technology, LLC is a limited liability corporation of Ohio, incorporated on December 6, 2011, and owned by Greg Greelee of Cleveland, Ohio. See for yourself HERE. Its website claims, “Founded in 2008 and established in 2012.”
- Blacks in Technology Foundation is a nonprofit corporation of Ohio, incorporated on June 26, 2017. The articles of incorporation list Greg Greenlee of Ohio as its statutory, registered agent. No members or directors are identified in the filing. See for yourself HERE.
- Blacks in Technology International is a nonprofit corporation of Texas, first incorporated in March 2020 as Blacks in Technology Texas, then renamed as Blacks in Technology International on August 14, 2020, based the express agreement between Peter Beasley, Greg Greenlee, Dennis Schultz, John Malonson, Rondalynne, McClintock, and Larry Davis. See for yourself HERE.
Websites
- There are various websites associated with Blacks in Technology. As far back as August of 2008, Greg Greenlee of Ohio created a website, blacksintechnology.net. See for yourself HERE. That group appears to have migrated to a social site in 2020, socialbit.net, and then migrated back to blacksintechnology.net in 2013.
- Blacks in Technology, LLC website. HERE.
- Blacks in Technology International website. This Site.
- Portland’s Blacks in Technology website. HERE.
- Use the Wayback Machine to find older Blacks in Technology websites – socialbit.net – bitcon.blacksintechnology.net
Meetup Groups
- Various Blacks in Technology entities appeared on Meetup.com beginning in 2011, sometimes referred to as Chapters. The first social group of Blacks in Technology began on Meetup.com in Los Angeles, on March 3, 2011. See for yourself HERE. By September 7, 2011, the group was meeting monthly. See for yourself HERE.All have been deleted except Dallas (now North Texas), Houston, Los Angeles, and Washington DC.
- Los Angeles – January 27, 2011, believed to be organized by Derrick ?.
- San Diego – September 26, 2014, organized by John Malonson
- Chicago – October 15, 2016, organized by Jeff Smith
- Washington DC – August 5, 2017, organized by Malcom Blanchard
- Cincinnati – August 18, 2017, organized by Greg Greenlee
- Portland – October 15, 2018, organized by Dwayne Thomas
- New York – December 13, 2018, organized by Dennis Schultz
- Twin Cities – January 15, 2019, organized by Michael Jackson
- Dallas – May 18, 2019, organized by Andrew Kelley
- San Francisco – June 5, 2019, organized by Tanishia Williams
- Houston – June 16, 2019, organized by Erica Reid
- Tampa – February 7, 2020, organized by Chelsea Pierre
- From April to August 2020, Peter Beasley, as Executive Director of BIT International, created other official BIT International Chapters on Meetup.com: Seattle, New Orleans, Jackson, Birmingham, Charlotte, Miami, Memphis, Toronto, London, Hong Kong, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Austin, Indianapolis, Raleigh-Durham, Las Vegas, and Cleveland.
- After August 2020, BIT Foundation created groups on Meetup.com in the same cities as BIT International, to compete, and began creating groups internationally. The Nashville Meetup group still exists. HERE.
Other Platforms
- Blacks in Technology Foundation is on LinkedIn. HERE. Many BIT geographic groups are listed on LinkedIn. For instance, Blacks in Technology Portland is on LinkedIn. HERE.
- Blacks in Technology Foundation is on Facebook. HERE.
- Blacks in Technology Foundation is on Instagram. HERE.
- Blacks in Technology Foundation is on X. HERE.
- Blacks in Technology Foundation is on YouTube. HERE.
- Blacks in Technology LLC is on Facebook. HERE.
- Blacks in Technology LLC is on X. HERE.
- Blacks in Technology LLC is on YouTube. HERE.
About the Trademark
The first application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the name, “Blacks in Technology” was made by The Tavis Smiley Group on July 11, 2002. See for yourself, HERE.
About four years later, on April 29, 2014, Greg Greenlee of Ohio filed to trademark Blacks in Technology. The word string was registered on June 23, 2015, on the Supplemental Trademark Registry. See for yourself HERE.
The Supplemental Register is a secondary federal trademark registry maintained by the USPTO for marks that are capable of functioning as trademarks but are not yet distinctive enough for the Principal Register, typically because they are merely descriptive, primarily geographic, or primarily a surname.
Unlike a Principal Register registration, a Supplemental Register registration does not constitute prima facie evidence that the mark is valid, distinctive, or owned by the registrant. The registration is also contestable by a third party, who can seek cancellation by proving earlier use or superior rights.
Blacks in Technology Foundation
On June 24, 2017, Greg Greenlee filed incorporation papers as the statutory agent to form the Blacks in Technology Foundation as an Ohio nonprofit corporation. See for yourself HERE.
On August 9, 2017, Greg Greenlee applied for and was granted federal 501(c)3 nonprofit status, claiming leadership of four directors and officers.
- Greg Greenlee, President
- Danielle Smith, Secretary
- Masten Worley, Treasurer
- Michael Jenkins, Board Member
By March 22, 2019, Greg Grenlee was claiming 11 “Chapters” of Blacks in Technology from website blacksintechnology.net, see for yourself HERE, led by:
- Chicago: Jeff Smith
- Dallas: Andrew Kelley
- Cincinnati: Greg Greenlee, Colby Allen
- Houston: Erica Reid
- Los Angeles: John Malonson
- New York: Dennis Schultz
- Portland: Dwayne Thomas, Lieghti Sharp, Shimran George, Annlouise Blanc
- San Francisco Bay: Tanishia Williams
- San Diego: Elizabeth Cotton
- Twin Cities: Michael Jackson
- Washington DC: Mitchell Blanchard
The Donation Scheme
On the “Chapter” page beginning in March 2019, unsuspecting individuals could “donate” to support the “Chapters”. HERE.
But none of these chapter leaders were part of BIT Foundation, nor were donations made on behalf of those organizations sent to those leaders or chapters.
Peter Beasley discovers the pattern of recurring donations that had been going on for years from an email from Alex Bernardin on July 8, 2020. See for yourself HERE.
On July 10, 2020, Greg Greenlee tries to explain how he has been receiving nonprofit donations for Chapters that are not a part of BIT Foundation.
It is "Not Legal"
When confronted about this, Greg Greenlee admitted …
The scheme to accept “donations” can be seen as far back as June 10, 2010, at least 4 years before the BIT Foundation nonprofit was created. See for yourself HERE.
False Installment of Directors
On September 29, 2020, BIT International sued Greg Greenlee in federal court concerning nonprofit donations received on behalf of Chapters, which were not given to those Chapters. See for yourself HERE.
On May 28, 2021, Greg Greenlee drafted a “resolution” describing that he was the Sole Incorporator of BIT Foundation from 2014, seven years earlier, and that he installed a set of new Directors. See for yourself HERE.
- Greg Greenlee, Chairman, Ohio
- Larry Davis, Vice Chairman
- Tanishia Williams, Treasurer
- Rondalynne McClintock, Secretary
- Dawn Crutchfield Board, Director
- Miranda Richardson, Director
The BIT Foundation’s incorporation only listed Greg Greenlee as the Statutory Agent, and not the Incorporator. Even if he was the incorporator, the authority of an incorporator to appoint directors , under Ohio law, HERE, expired 90 days after incorporation, in this case, late September 2017.
The 2021 installment of “initial directors” also seems to ignore the fact that BIT Foundation informed the IRS that it had directors Greenlee, Smith, Worley, and Jenkins.
Expanded Donation Scheme
By June 20, 2021, BIT Foundation claimed 43 chapters. See for yourself HERE.
However annually, to the Ohio Attorney General Greg Greenlee represented year and year that BIT Foundation had no chapters. See for yourself HERE.
The donation scheme was expanded to solicit donations to regions, to individual chapters, or to BIT Foundation as a whole. See for yourself HERE.
The Take
IRS tax records and Ohio Attorney General records show that through 2025, the Blacks in Technology Foundation attracted over $4,500,000 in donations and sponsorships by claiming chapters that did not exist and by appointing directors who were not properly installed.
The exponential increase in revenue follows the March to August 2020 period, during which BIT International established a legal nonprofit, recruited directors, created chapters, and secured chapter leaders internationally.
- 2018 – $175,402 Claimed Profit ($1,801)
- 2019 Revenue (not reported on IRS.gov)
- 2020 – $61,420 Claimed Profit $58,952
- 2021 – $1,131,153 Claimed Profit $598,800
- 2022 – $1,786,566 Claimed Profit $187,563
- 2023 – $1,234,904 Claimed Profit ($414.897)
- 2024 – $795,579 Claimed Profit $187,563
By September 20, 2025, BIT Foundation claims numerous sponsors. See for yourself HERE.
- TIAA
- Foursquare
- Captech
- Block
- FIS
- Boston Consulting Group
- Meta
- Michael Management
- Stratego
- Per Scholas
- One Ten
- Stacked
- Out Systems
- Global Mentorship Initiative
- Media Ocean
- CVS Health
- XBY2
- WNDRVR
- Udemy
- General Assembly
- US Census Bureau
- O’Reilly
- Udacity
- Expert DOJO
- Techstars
- CompTIA
- AWS
- Microsoft
- Disney Enterprises
- Tech2025
- Bank of America
- Product Teacher
- Ally
- Zayo
- Intuit
- Northwestern Mutual
- Grainger
- Seismic
- Taco Bell
- Metlife
- NBC Universal
- Tech Elevator
- Inovalon
- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Focused
- Qlik
- Square
- Linux Foundation
- Red Ventures
- Palo Alto Networks
- Digital Ocean
- VMWare Foundation
- Lubrizol
- Juniper
- Realtor
- The Hartford
- Wells Fargo
- Fanbase
- ADP
- Indeed
- Kenvue
- Cashapp
- CSG
- IBEX
BIT Foundation listed the US Census Bureau as a sponsor, but the sponsorship was secured and closed by Blacks in Technology International.
BIT Foundation claimed it was featured in various online publications, which were actually features from Blacks in Technology International. See for yourself HERE.