Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Sankofa Healing Studio
Sankofa Healing Studio (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $371,400 to it, the largest being Gender Justice Fund ($187,961). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $343k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $371k
- Net assets
- $81k
What Sankofa Healing Studio does
Mission
Sankofa Healing Studio provides trauma-informed mental health services and healing-centered programming rooted in community care cultural responsiveness and collective healing. Through therapy EMDR training and expressive arts programming the organization supports individuals and communities impacted by trauma including justice-impacted populations by creating spaces for reflection restoration and growth.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During the year Sankofa Healing Studio expanded and increased its delivery of trauma-responsive therapy services including both individual and group therapy. This growth allowed the organization to serve a greater number of individuals with mental health needs including those impacted by systemic barriers and justice involvement. The organization also continued to provide EMDR training consultation and community-based programming in support of trauma-responsive care.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Provided trauma-responsive individual and group therapy services to individuals experiencing mental health challenges. Services were delivered through both insurance-based and grant-supported programming with a focus on increasing access to care for underserved and justice-impacted populations.
$243,189 spent$253,573 earned by the program100% of program spendingDelivered EMDR training consultation and professional development services for clinicians to strengthen trauma-responsive care practices and expand the capacity of providers serving high-need communities.
$0 spent0% of program spendingImplemented art therapy and healing-centered programming within community and institutional settings including reentry-focused services for justice-impacted populations supporting emotional wellness and reintegration.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $243,189.
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
Jacqui Johnson
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $63k → $8k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 Sankofa Healing Studio’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 Healing Studio leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 32% · 2021 26% · 2022 73% · 2023 66% — 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.
How long its funders stay
20% of Sankofa Healing Studio's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
97% of Sankofa Healing Studio's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $68k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Sankofa Healing Studio runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,769 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,769 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Sankofa Healing Studio: 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 Healing Studio?
- Sankofa Healing Studio (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $371,400 to it, the largest being Gender Justice Fund ($187,961). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Sankofa Healing Studio have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $371,400 in grants to Sankofa Healing Studio, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Sankofa Healing Studio?
- Gender Justice Fund is the largest funder on record, with $187,961 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Sankofa Healing Studio find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 10 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing