Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC
BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,859,700 to it, the largest being BARR FOUNDATION ($1,200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.5M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $7.0M
What Boston Ujima Project Inc does
Mission
The boston ujima project, inc is a black led, democratic, member-run organization building a cooperative business, arts and investment ecosystem in boston, with a mission to return wealth to working class communities of color. Ujima is bringing together neighbors, workers, business owners, investors, organizers, artists and culture-makers, to create a community-controlled economy in our city. Ujima is swahili for "collective work and responsibility." we are counteracting years of disinvestment in our communities and filling in gaps in financing for our small businesses, grassroots organizations, coops and artists, by bringing together actors from sectors that are traditionally not often in conversation with each other, finance & organizing.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Business allianceas a member of the ugba, companies gain access to capital through the ujima fund, financial coaching, peer coaching, technical assistance, cooperative purchasing, and other joint ventures to strengthen operations and market share. A featured offering of the uba is creative, consumer organizing of ujima's members and other residents to intentionally support ujima's businesses.
$652,733 spentof which $91,500 as grants$41,913 earned by the program36% of program spendingArts & cultural organizingujima's arts & cultural organizing programs seek to steward the wisdom, leadership, and visions of an alternative future created by the bipoc artists, and thinkers, of all generations through online and in-person offerings, funding opportunities, and workshops.
$522,433 spentof which $21,654 as grants$503 earned by the program28% of program spendingPolicy & organizingcommitted to actively participating in existing coalitions, prioritizing issues such as community safety, economic and environmental justice, and adopting a multigenerational approach.the policy pillar supports ongoing policy efforts aligned with the mission, membership, and community base, while the organizing pillar strives to build political alignment within our organization and communities.
$492,565 spentof which $22,875 as grants27% of program spendingAssemblies
$169,604 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,837,335.
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
Nia K Evans
Executive director/president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $30k.
7 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 16 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
BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
36% 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 BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 83% — 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
65% of BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $914k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT 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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT 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 BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC?
- BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,859,700 to it, the largest being BARR FOUNDATION ($1,200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $2,859,700 in grants to BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC.
- Who is the largest funder of BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC?
- BARR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 16 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