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ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,627,378 to it, the largest being GIVE BACK FOUNDATION ($504,698). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$7.2M
Funders on record
46
Grants received
$1.6M
Net assets
$30M
18/46 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation Inc does

Mission

The alpha kappa alpha eductional advancement foundtion, inc. Was established to ensure perpetural support of alpha kappa alpha sorority inc.'s commitment to education and lifelong learning through awarding of grants, fellowships and scholarships.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Awarding of grants, fellowships and scholarships.

    $4,956,000 spent$8,773,382 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,956,000.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.9M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($13M)2018 Revenue 120 ($3.4M) Expenses 137 ($2.1M) Net assets 110 ($15M)2019 Revenue 0 ($0) Net assets 0 ($0)2020 Revenue 254 ($7.2M) Expenses 209 ($3.2M) Net assets 164 ($22M)2021 Revenue 237 ($6.8M) Expenses 226 ($3.4M) Net assets 189 ($25M)2022 Revenue 167 ($4.8M) Expenses 483 ($7.4M) Net assets 168 ($23M)2023 Revenue 266 ($7.6M) Expenses 182 ($2.8M) Net assets 204 ($27M)2024 Revenue 252 ($7.2M) Expenses 318 ($4.9M) Net assets 222 ($30M)
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Revenue (252)Expenses (318)Net assets (222)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $166k to $23M (+13668%).

$13M
$15M
$166k
$23M
$28M
$23M
$27M
$30M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

63% of ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,360 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.3M
’17
$1.3M
’18
’19
$4.1M
’20
$3.3M
’21
−$2.6M
’22
$4.8M
’23
$2.3M
’24
13
months of
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.

Board chair

Lorraine Griffin Johnson

Human Res Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2017201820202021202220232024
Listed12111212151515
Joined·+1·+0+13+0+2
No longer listed·2·01002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 15 funders, grant income rose $42k → $217k.

13 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 funders by total. 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

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

98% 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 ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC.

31%
largest funder
69%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 57% · 2019 57% · 2020 62% · 2021 38% · 2022 39% · 2023 32% — 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

37% of ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

93% of ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $109k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 18 states.

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin32% · top quartile
Months of reserve13.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
92%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

33%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC?
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,627,378 to it, the largest being GIVE BACK FOUNDATION ($504,698). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $1,627,378 in grants to ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC?
GIVE BACK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $504,698 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 46 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