Minnesota · Nonprofit
Network for the Development of Children of African Descent
Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,662,804 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($767,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Network for the Development of Children of African Descent does
Mission
Network for the Development of Children of African Descent exists to strengthen the cultural connections within communities of African descent that promote, sustain and enhance the healthy development of our children. Program activities include child and parent literacy activities, educational resources and professional development training for educators and service providers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Family Literacy Programs: NdCAD operates literacy programs for children, youth and families that include: free book distributions, an after-school reading tutorial program, parent education classes and educational resources to support learning at home. The programs aim to help students and families improve reading and education outcomes that lead to school success. 2023 Highlights * Distributed approximately 1,000 free books to children and families. * Provided afterschool tutoring to 121 K-8th grade students, all of whom demonstrated gains in reading skills, reading levels and improved school/academic performance. * Provided parent education classes and support services to 110 parents who reported increased involvement in their children's education and improved confidence to advocate for themselves and their families. * Hosted monthly gatherings for 100 families to build parent-to-parent networks and share information that supports healthy child development and improved education outcomes. * Distributed NdCAD's home learning curriculum to approximately 400 families that helped parents and children learning together while building strong literacy foundations in homes.
$658,544 spent$361,347 earned by the program89% of program spendingEducational Resources & Professional Development Training: NdCAD provides a range of educational resources and professional development training seminars for educators and youth/family service providers. Our training programs help providers become more effective in their work with children and families. In 2023, 250 educators, administrators, youth workers and child/family advocates participated in our training programs. Participating organizations included schools, public libraries and community organizations as well as government employees who provide services to children and families. Participants reported receiving great benefit from the training, helping them become more effective and responsive to the needs of children and families with whom they work.
$83,548 spent$19,503 earned by the program11% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $742,092.
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 2022 to 2023, from $950k to $1.1M (+20%).
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 12% · 2021 12% · 2022 22% · 2023 34% · 2024 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of Network for the Development of Children of African Descent’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Gevonee Ford
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $175k → $286k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 Network for the Development of Children of African Descent’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
Network for the Development of Children of African Descent leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
42% 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 Network for the Development of Children of African Descent.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 67% · 2020 62% · 2021 95% · 2022 55% · 2023 35% — 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
20% of Network for the Development of Children of African Descent's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
Network for the Development of Children of African Descent draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $98k 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
Network for the Development of Children of African Descent holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Network for the Development of Children of African Descent
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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 Network for the Development of Children of African Descent: 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 Network for the Development of Children of African Descent?
- Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,662,804 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($767,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Network for the Development of Children of African Descent have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,662,804 in grants to Network for the Development of Children of African Descent, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Network for the Development of Children of African Descent?
- Annie E Casey Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $767,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Network for the Development of Children of African Descent find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 8 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