Michigan · Nonprofit
SADZA SPACE
SADZA SPACE (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $214,960 to it, the largest being THE GILBERT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $75k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $215k
- Net assets
- $128k
What Sadza Space does
Mission
Sadza Space a non-profit cultural center located in the Banglatown neighborhood of Detroit Michigan is the first cultural center in North America dedicated to the arts and culture of Zimbabwe. Its vision is to promote deeper awareness and appreciation for different cultures to support more connected and inspired artistic creation. Sadza Space seeks to facilitate transformative cross-cultural exchanges of food art music dance and language between artists neighbors and community members through programs that enable cultural production and art-making.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
In 2024 Sadza Space embarked on an exciting and transformative journey to establish a physical location in Detroit dedicated to fostering cross-cultural exchanges through food art music dance and language. This innovative space will serve as a hub for artists neighbors and community members offering programs that encourage cultural production and artmaking while strengthening community bonds. The project represents a significant investment in Detroits cultural and social infrastructure with long-term benefits anticipated for residents and visitors alike. Sadza Space purchased the building in 2024 and began construction in November of the same year. As of the reporting period 173,318 recorded under Construction in Progress CIP as ongoing renovation and development costs. Additionally there are 5,141 in unpaid expenses tied to the project. All costs are being carefully managed to ensure alignment w
$75,000 spentof which $75,000 as grants100% of program spendingSadza space was also working on Sadza space station with Youtube Channel. The channel will be promoting awareness of different cultures and bringing in different speakers to talk about food art music. dance language between artists neighbors and community members and the world at large. This program is expected to create awareness to a lot of people this was in progress at year end. The station was finally launched in May 2024
$0 spent0% of program spendingSadza Space also offers artist residencies and a writers exchange program. It provides a nurturing environment for emerging and established artists to collaborate delve into their creative processes and connect with other artists and scholars. Its arts education program aims to ignite passion foster critical thinking and cultivate a lifelong appreciation for the arts. Furthermore its public programs and events including exhibitions artist talks performances and cultural festivals aim to engage and connect with the community to foster dialogue celebrate creativity and promote cultural understanding.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $75,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $189k to $381k (+102%).
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.
100% of SADZA SPACE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Chido Johnson
Executive Director
Board chair
Nhamo Mumbiro
Chair of the Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
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 SADZA SPACE’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
SADZA SPACE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
100% of SADZA SPACE's grant income comes from Michigan 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
SADZA SPACE has grown faster than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SADZA SPACE
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 SADZA SPACE: 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 SADZA SPACE?
- SADZA SPACE (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $214,960 to it, the largest being THE GILBERT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SADZA SPACE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $214,960 in grants to SADZA SPACE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SADZA SPACE?
- THE GILBERT FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SADZA SPACE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 2 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