Michigan · Nonprofit
A Glimpse of Africa
A Glimpse of Africa (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $744,538 to it, the largest being GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($301,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $739k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $745k
- Net assets
- $428k
What A Glimpse of Africa does
Mission
A Glimpse of Africa brings people together to celebrate and empower African immigrants and refugees with culturally responsive education, and services, trusted advocacy, essential resource navigation, to build belonging, break barriers, and build a thriving life in West Michigan.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mental Health and Wellness - See Schedlue O
$194,405 spent48% of program spendingCultural Celebration & Building Belonging - See Schedule O
$147,855 spent37% of program spendingThrive Together: Immigrant Financial & Economic Empowerment See Schedule O
$30,991 spent8% of program spending.
$29,402 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $402,653.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $269k to $457k (+70%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 14% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of A Glimpse of Africa’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Fridah Kanini
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $50k → $295k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of A Glimpse of Africa’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A Glimpse of Africa leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund A Glimpse of Africa.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 34% · 2023 37% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of A Glimpse of Africa's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $317k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
A Glimpse of Africa runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like A Glimpse of Africa
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for A Glimpse of Africa: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A Glimpse of Africa?
- A Glimpse of Africa (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $744,538 to it, the largest being GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($301,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does A Glimpse of Africa have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $744,538 in grants to A Glimpse of Africa, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of A Glimpse of Africa?
- GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $301,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A Glimpse of Africa find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing