Maryland · Nonprofit
Obasi Foundation Inc
Obasi Foundation Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $511,165 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND INC ($300,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $277k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $511k
- Net assets
- $37k
What Obasi Foundation Inc does
Mission
Obasi Foundation provides centralized resources and assistance to other NFP entities that enables those philanthropic organizations to eliminate operational challenges that inhibit their primary mission goals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Program empowered unemployed/underemployed individuals to achieve their CDL credentials; program engaged 60 youths combining cultural heritage and life skills training; program increased the literacy skills of early learners in Pre-K and Kindergarten programs at The Washington School.
$233,539 spent$276,500 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $233,539.
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
Valencia Warnock King
CEO
As listed 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.
From the IRS filings of Obasi Foundation 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
Obasi Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Obasi Foundation 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
99% of Obasi Foundation Inc's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Obasi Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Obasi Foundation 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Obasi Foundation 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 Obasi Foundation Inc?
- Obasi Foundation Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $511,165 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND INC ($300,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Obasi Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $511,165 in grants to Obasi Foundation Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Obasi Foundation Inc?
- BALTIMORE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Obasi Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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