Minnesota · Nonprofit
SAIDIANA
SAIDIANA (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $190,016 to it, the largest being The Carter Family Foundation ($105,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $67k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $190k
- Net assets
- $60k
What Saidiana does
Mission
Saidiana is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering women in lubumbashi, democratic republic of congo. We operate in an economy where it's typical for someone to earn 2 per day if they even have employment. We provide small grants to collectives of women with drive and dreams to enable them to start, improve or expand microbusinesses. The women we serve have no other access to capital. We also operate two sewing trade schools in partnership with another nonprofit, congo children trust, at which we train women in sewing and basic business skills to give them a livelihood. Additionally we operate a hair dresser training program. By giving women the opportunities to earn better livings, they have hope for a better future, contribute valuable goods and services to their communities, and are able to take better care of their children.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Take-away restaurant - the women beneficiaries secured a suitable and serene location to launch their takeaway restaurant and promptly acquired the necessary equipment to begin operations. Their determination to build something lasting was evident from the start. Financial results (6 months after launch): the group recorded a total profit of 6,210, with each of the five members receiving 1,260. Of each member's share, 345 was held in the group savings and 825 was reinvested in real estate improvements - including furniture, plates, and a freezer. Community impact: the income from this project has had a direct and positive effect on the families of the members. As maman bibishe, president of the group, noted, the funds received made a significant difference in covering their children's school fees - a testament to the transformative power of economic empowerment. Challenge: the group navigated the difficult challenge of currency instability. The depreciation of the dollar - while local market prices continue to rise - has made the procurement of storage goods increasingly costly. Despite this, the women have remained committed and resourceful.
$20,162 spentof which $6,665 as grants43% of program spendingMill project - this project involved the purchase of a mill for corn transformation, providing the beneficiary women with a sustainable income- generating tool. Financial results (3 months of activity): the women totaled a profit of 2,500. Of this amount, 750 was allocated to add to merchandise inventory, and 1,000 was placed in the group savings- a solid foundation for continued growth.
$20,162 spentof which $6,665 as grants43% of program spendingKimbilio seamstress vocation school - in 2025, Saidiana congo formalized a partnership with kimbilio couture, a key point of discussion at the board of directors meeting. As part of this collaboration, women laureates received targeted training in the financial management of income-generating activities (igas). This capacity-building investment equips our beneficiaries with the practical skills needed to manage and grow their businesses sustainably. Four women were trained this year and received a sewing machine and a starter kit of fabric and essentials to start their businesses. Total cost of the program: 6,245
$6,245 spentof which $6,200 as grants13% of program spendingThe rest of our program funding was used to support staff in the congo who teach, support and consult with the small business owners/entrepreneurial cooperative. They are critical to the successful operations of our non-profit on the ground in the congo.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $46,569.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $53k to $40k (−25%).
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 SAIDIANA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $10k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 SAIDIANA’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
SAIDIANA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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
45% 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 SAIDIANA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 43% · 2019 60% · 2020 50% · 2021 78% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 SAIDIANA's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $85k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
SAIDIANA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Minnesota
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 SAIDIANA: 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 SAIDIANA?
- SAIDIANA (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $190,016 to it, the largest being The Carter Family Foundation ($105,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAIDIANA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $190,016 in grants to SAIDIANA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAIDIANA?
- The Carter Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $105,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAIDIANA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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