New York · Nonprofit
African Heritage Economic Initiative
African Heritage Economic Initiative (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $643,341 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($170,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
African Heritage Economic Initiative runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,533 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,533 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The John R Oishei Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Children's Foundation of Erie County Incshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Feedmore Western New York Incshared funderslocalportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $70k → $53k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 Heritage Economic Initiative’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 Heritage Economic Initiative has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
57% 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 Heritage Economic Initiative.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 76% · 2020 57% · 2021 63% · 2022 56% · 2023 53% — 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
0% of African Heritage Economic Initiative's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
70% of African Heritage Economic Initiative's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $245k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 statesis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 10 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The John R Oishei Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchNY · backs 135 organizations that share your funders · funds 231 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Children's Foundation of Erie County Incshared funderslocalportfolio matchNY · backs 52 organizations that share your funders · funds 80 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Feedmore Western New York Incshared funderslocalportfolio matchNY · backs 36 organizations that share your funders · funds 168 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Frank G Raichle Foundationlocalportfolio matchNY · funds 94 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- People United for Sustainable Housing Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Paul & Helen Ellis Charitable Trust Trubee Wealth Advisorsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Evans Devereux Memorial Fund Ua 11 Uw Virginia Devereuxportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cullen Foundation of Western New York Incshared funderslocalNY · backs 46 organizations that share your funders · funds 78 organizations near you
- First Niagara Foundationshared funderslocalNY · backs 75 organizations that share your funders · funds 124 organizations near you
- Cullen Foundationshared funderslocalNY · backs 67 organizations that share your funders · funds 143 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding African Heritage Economic Initiative receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$20k
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 Heritage Economic Initiative
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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 African Heritage Economic Initiative: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds African Heritage Economic Initiative?
- African Heritage Economic Initiative (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $643,341 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($170,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does African Heritage Economic Initiative have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $643,341 in grants to African Heritage Economic Initiative, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of African Heritage Economic Initiative?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $170,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like African Heritage Economic Initiative find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 10funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing