Tennessee · Nonprofit
EduKenya
EduKenya (Tennessee) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,509,326 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,072,550). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $929k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $448k
What EduKenya does
Mission
eduKenya provides high quality transformational educational opportunities to children and families living in abject poverty in the Mathare slum of Nairobi Kenya. These programs currently exist in the form of schools skills training and community support ministry.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mawewa and Chelezo Schools: In 2024 331 students were educated in our schools ranging from Pre-School through Grade 12. Students participated in music and drama festivals went on field trips and continued to be challenged academically in the classroom while being encouraged emotionally and spiritually. The year culminated with the graduation of the 30 Seniors eduKenyas sixth graduating class. Additionally the future site of the Chelezo High School continued to be developed with the addition of a borehole for water sourcing.
$731,553 spentof which $664,535 as grants95% of program spendingCommunity Sustainability Program: eduKenya students and their families continued to face challenges in 2024 as Kenya experienced excessive rainfalls leading to devastating flooding. Many of the eduKenya students were impacted by these floods and lost their homes and belongings. The eduKenya team responded by supplying needed clothing and food to these families as well as financial resources to help rebuild. eduKenya also continued its focus on training the community members and equipping them with practical skills; in particular textile development training. This training leads to both self-employment as well as employment by the organization. This helps to provide skills and income to families which in turn provides stability to the students lives and the community as a whole. In 2024 the textile products that were focused on were uniforms pencil pouches and pad pouches.
$42,169 spentof which $37,325 as grants5% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $773,722.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $196k to $1.1M (+436%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 2% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of EduKenya’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Adam Gould
Executive Director
Board chair
Pete Zimmerman
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $56k → $48k.
8 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 EduKenya’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
EduKenya leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 EduKenya.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 64% · 2019 57% · 2020 39% · 2021 100% · 2022 60% · 2023 62% — 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
57% of EduKenya's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
97% of EduKenya'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 $48k that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
EduKenya is better cushioned than half of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like EduKenya
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EduKenya: 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 EduKenya?
- EduKenya (Tennessee) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,509,326 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,072,550). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EduKenya have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,509,326 in grants to EduKenya, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EduKenya?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,072,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EduKenya find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 14 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