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ARKANUM INC

ARKANUM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $630,325 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($273,225). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$756k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$630k
Net assets
$111k
6/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 36%
01What it does

What Arkanum Inc does

Mission

Empowering underserved american youth through holistic educational programs that blend academic support, leadership development, and experiential learning.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. 0

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  2. 4 domistice retreats

    $234,094 spent$228,724 earned by the program
    34% of program spending
  3. International trip - volunteering and educational

    $449,899 spent$316,265 earned by the program
    66% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $683,993.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($161k) Expenses 100 ($199k) Net assets 100 ($3k)2021 Revenue 75 ($121k) Expenses 60 ($120k) Net assets 126 ($4k)2022 Revenue 178 ($288k) Expenses 120 ($238k) Net assets 1783 ($53k)2023 Revenue 308 ($497k) Expenses 191 ($381k) Net assets 5666 ($169k)2024 Revenue 469 ($756k) Expenses 408 ($813k) Net assets 3729 ($111k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (469)Expenses (408)Net assets (3729)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 2022 to 2023, from $57k to $174k (+206%).

$3k
$12k
$57k
$174k
$116k
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of ARKANUM INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$38k
’20
$773
’21
$49k
’22
$116k
’23
−$58k
’24
1.7
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.

202220232024
Listed333
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $1k → $52k.

3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 ARKANUM 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

ARKANUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

78% 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 ARKANUM INC.

43%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 73% · 2022 50% · 2023 48% — 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

77% of ARKANUM 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 $148k that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA
CT
VA
NC

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

’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $482k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ARKANUM INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−8% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)47% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like ARKANUM 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds ARKANUM INC?
ARKANUM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $630,325 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($273,225). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ARKANUM INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $630,325 in grants to ARKANUM INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ARKANUM INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $273,225 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ARKANUM 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 7 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