Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
MWANAKUCHE FARM
MWANAKUCHE FARM (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $694,589 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($385,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $328k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $695k
- Net assets
- $12k
What Mwanakuche Farm does
Mission
Mwanakuche Farm is a volunteer run, somali-bantu-led and serving organization. The organization focuses its programs and services on supporting somali-bantu community unification, self-sufficiency and integration, while upholding cultural heritage. Produce from the garden is donated to community members and sold at a farm stand.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Program
Provided the somali-bantu community training in farming while donating and selling the produce to the pittsburgh area.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $34k → $222k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 MWANAKUCHE FARM’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
MWANAKUCHE FARM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 71% · 2022 62% · 2023 50% — 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
82% of MWANAKUCHE FARM's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $118k 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.
Organizations like MWANAKUCHE FARM
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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 MWANAKUCHE FARM: 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 MWANAKUCHE FARM?
- MWANAKUCHE FARM (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $694,589 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($385,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MWANAKUCHE FARM have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $694,589 in grants to MWANAKUCHE FARM, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MWANAKUCHE FARM?
- THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS is the largest funder on record, with $385,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MWANAKUCHE FARM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), and the filings of 6 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