Kentucky · Nonprofit
MARAFIKI CENTER INC
MARAFIKI CENTER INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $600,492 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC ($529,273). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $372k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $600k
- Net assets
- $43k
What Marafiki Center Inc does
Mission
The mission of Marafiki Center is to create opportunities for cross-cultural connection. We build a bridge of mutual understanding through education, events, and advocating for improved representation of the African and Swahili-speaking communities in Lexington, Kentucky.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Youth clubs and parenting engagement through workshops. Back to school resources and community events.
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 MARAFIKI CENTER 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
MARAFIKI CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 MARAFIKI CENTER INC.
“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
95% of MARAFIKI CENTER INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33k 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
MARAFIKI CENTER INC receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $600k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MARAFIKI CENTER 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
4% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARAFIKI CENTER 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 MARAFIKI CENTER INC?
- MARAFIKI CENTER INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $600,492 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC ($529,273). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARAFIKI CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $600,492 in grants to MARAFIKI CENTER INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARAFIKI CENTER INC?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC is the largest funder on record, with $529,273 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARAFIKI CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 5 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