Ohio · Nonprofit
AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET
AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,533 to it, the largest being Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $84k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $52k
- Net assets
- $45k
What African Professionals Network - Apnet does
Mission
APNET's mission is to empower youth, professionals, and the community through three foundational pillars: Networking, Business, and Community. Through the promotion of African culture, economic development initiatives, and educational programs, we aim to celebrate heritage, uplift communities, and drive inclusive, lasting impact.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community Pillar: AfriFest: Taste of Africa serves as a cultural cornerstone event for the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region. This free, family-friendly festival draws an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 attendees annually and hosts between 50 and 75 vendors and exhibitors. Through food, music, art, dance, and cultural showcases, AfriFest promotes community pride, visibility, and appreciation for African heritage. APNET's Youth Summer Program focuses on cultivating the next generation of leaders. Each year, the program engages approximately 60 to 80 youth, ages 12 to 16, in 4 to 5 Saturday sessions totaling 20 to 30 contact hours. Participants benefit from 10 to 12 skill-building workshops that emphasize leadership, creativity, career exploration, and cultural identity. These interactive experiences provide youth with the confidence and tools to lead in their communities and beyond.
$76,737 spent$65,327 earned by the program79% of program spendingBusiness: Mixers that attract between 100 and 150 unique participants each year across 3 to 5 curated events. These mixers serve as incubators for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and professional development, helping attendees build valuable relationships and expand their networks. The Business Connect series adds a strategic, cross-continental dimension, bringing together 80 to 100 participants annually, including business leaders, students, and investors from both the U.S. and Africa. Held 2 to 3 times per year, these events foster dialogue on trade, entrepreneurship, and investment opportunities, helping bridge the economic potential between African and American markets.
$852 spent$666 earned by the program1% of program spendingNetworking: The Symposium, APNET's flagship annual event, brings together an estimated 250 to 300 participants for a day of dialogue, learning, and celebration. In addition to panel discussions and networking sessions, the Symposium proudly awards approximately 8 to 10 scholarships to high school and college students each year, recognizing academic excellence and leadership potential. Furthermore, 3 to 5 community awards are presented during the event, honoring individuals who demonstrate outstanding achievement in professional development, business innovation, and community engagement. The Entrepreneurship Workshop (AEW Series) further supports networking by offering 6-8 training sessions per year, reaching an estimated 60 to 80 aspiring entrepreneurs. These workshops provide guidance on business formation, marketing, intellectual property, and other critical topics, with a focus on supporting immigrants and new business owners.
$19,246 spent$12,901 earned by the program20% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $96,835.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $82k to $45k (−45%).
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.
100% of AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $22k.
1 of 4 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 PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET’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 PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% 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 PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 54% — 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.
Where its funders are
55% of AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k 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 PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET: 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. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET?
- AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,533 to it, the largest being Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $51,533 in grants to AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET?
- Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK - APNET find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
Play a game about who funds African Professionals Network - Apnet →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 4 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