Connecticut · Nonprofit
Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc
Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,000 to it, the largest being AT&T FOUNDATION ($14,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $0
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $0
What Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc does
Mission
To prepare, recognize and reward marginalized and under-served youth in the Greater Norwich Area Educational District
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The Scholarship Program is dedicated to providing financial assistance to the youth and young adults including scholarships for college and career readiness internships and local state and national programs and competitions in the areas of academics, arts, athletics, technology and leadership
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $14k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of Sankofa Education and Leadership 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
Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
37% 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 Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 53% · 2023 81% — 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
56% of Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Government funding Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $357k on record.
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$357k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Sankofa Education and Leadership 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Sankofa Education and Leadership 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 Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc?
- Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,000 to it, the largest being AT&T FOUNDATION ($14,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $32,000 in grants to Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc?
- AT&T FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Sankofa Education and Leadership Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 3 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