Indiana · Nonprofit
SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC
SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,992 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ($274,656). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $429k
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Sankofa School of Success Inc does
Mission
We are creating an environment that is safe, nurturing and seeks to meet the students' academic, social and emotional needs through mastery learning, mindfulness and a rigorous education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Family movie night - august 2024 objective: strengthen family-school partnerships and foster a safe, welcoming community space. Description: hosted a back-to-school family movie night for 35 families (approx. 150 attendees), featuring minions 4. Families received refreshments, and the event served as an early engagement opportunity for staff and parents. It was held in the school gymnasium and lasted 2 hours. Date: august 23, 2024
$2,694,742 spent$5,078 earned by the program100% of program spendingAcademic acceleration through high-dosage tutoring - october 2024 through april 2025 objective: close academic gaps and accelerate proficiency in ela and math for students approaching grade-level benchmarks. Description: sankofa offered a targeted academic intervention program for 40 intermediate scholars, combining in-school supports with high-dosage virtual tutoring through fev tutor. Students participated in tutoring 4 days per week in 3045 minute sessions, totaling over 70 individualized learning opportunities per scholar. This effort was supported by instructional staff and funded by the mind trust.in addition to small-group intervention and core instructional shifts, the tutoring program contributed to a measurable increase in I-ready proficiency: - ela proficiency increased by 11% - math proficiency increased by 14%these gains reflect the impact of personalized instruction, consistent support, and strong school-home collaboration. Duration: october 2024 to april 2025 partners: fev tutor, the mind trust, ign!te
Leadership development workshops for grade 6 - october 2024 to march 2025 objective: build leadership capacity and student agency through structured, age-appropriate leadership development experiences. Description: monthly workshops were held with sixth-grade students to explore leadership values, student voice, and community impact. Approximately 45 students participated in six sessions, culminating in a student-led capstone event. Dates: october 2024 to march 2025
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,694,742.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $1.9M to $2.7M (+42%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 95% · 2022 95% · 2023 92% · 2024 93% · 2025 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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
Dr Tihesha Henderson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $68k → $126k.
From the IRS filings of SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS 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 SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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 SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 73% · 2021 100% · 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
99% of SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC's grant income comes from Indiana 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.
Against its field
SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS 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 SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC?
- SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,992 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ($274,656). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $428,992 in grants to SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC is the largest funder on record, with $274,656 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANKOFA SCHOOL OF SUCCESS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2021–2025), 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