Massachusetts · Nonprofit
AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC
AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $928,000 to it, the largest being WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES INC ($405,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $579k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $928k
- Net assets
- $281k
What African Bridge Network Inc does
Mission
The african bridge network (abn) builds a supportive community which values and strengthens the qualifications and experiences of africans and other skilled immigrants, helping them reach their full career potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During 2025 the organization began planning and curriculum design work to develop clinical mentorship and technical training pathways for internationally trained healthcare professionals, extending the healthcare and clinical research tracks of its immigrant professionals fellowship. Related expenses are reported in part iii, line 4d.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Immigrant professionals fellowship: a training and work-placement program for foreign-trained professionals in the healthcare and research fields. Fellows complete specialized track training and workforce-readiness training at no cost, then are placed in paid work experience with massachusetts host employers, including academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, in research administration, healthcare project coordination, and clinical research coordination. Host-employer partners share the cost of fellowship placements.
$255,244 spent$80,866 earned by the program55% of program spendingSkilled immigrant certification program and career advising: supports work-authorized skilled immigrants who hold an international college degree or equivalent professional training and are continuing their careers in massachusetts. The program verifies work authorization, degree equivalency and work history, assesses professional english, and delivers skills building, project management training with employer-provided capstone projects, and career readiness coaching including resume, linkedin and interview preparation. Participants completing the program receive an abn certification report evidencing readiness to prospective employers, and gain access to job fairs and networking events with employer partners. Curriculum development is delivered in partnership with massachusetts institutions.
$91,222 spent$16,035 earned by the program20% of program spendingThe untapped talent consortium: a collaborative of massachusetts human services employers addressing the career advancement and retention of foreign-born and bipoc employees. Member agencies participate in bimonthly sessions facilitated by the organization and workforce development consultants, together with individual agency coaching, to develop career pathway, talent management and inclusive leadership practices. Member agencies pay participation fees.
$60,817 spent$45,320 earned by the program13% of program spendingOther program services include orientation workshops for newly arrived skilled immigrants, held in locations across massachusetts, which connect foreign-trained professionals with mentors, social service providers and community leaders and cover job search and credentialing, workplace culture, and access to legal, healthcare, housing and financial resources; planning and design work on clinical mentorship and technical training pathways for internationally trained healthcare professionals; and the organization's mentoring program and professional networking activities for immigrant professionals.
$59,420 spent$5,900 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $466,703.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $122k to $191k (+57%).
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: 2020 30% · 2021 46% · 2022 29% · 2023 65% · 2024 11% · 2025 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Emmanuel Owusu
Executive director
Board chair
Noora Abdulkerim
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $266k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC’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
AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 79%; 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 AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 70% · 2022 77% · 2023 68% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
40% of AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $265k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$25k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC: 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 AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC?
- AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $928,000 to it, the largest being WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES INC ($405,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $928,000 in grants to AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC?
- WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES INC is the largest funder on record, with $405,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 9 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing