Minnesota · Nonprofit
SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION
SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,668,805 to it, the largest being Youthprise ($361,510). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $-501190
What South Sudanese Foundation does
Mission
The mission of South Sudanese Foundation (ssf) is to be a life-changing, transformative community for new american families where everyone encounters reminders of love for our community and moves forward together in our new home of fargo-moorhead. Since our founding in 2015, we have supported and uplifted over 9,000 refugees, immigrants, and families from the south sudanese, somalian, nepalese, congolese, kurdish, iraqi, and bhutanese communities.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Ssf organizational services (general operating)the goal is to provide the support needed to eliminate immediate and long-term barriers to family success. This includesa. Immediate relief, such as food, signing up for social services programs (such as government benefits, mortgage/rent assistance, transportation), translation and form-filling services, and overall case management; b. Promoting community health and access to healthcare;c. Community-oriented cultural activities designed to promote social inclusion and maintain meaningful cultural traditions; d. Employment and career/workplace development;e. Adult education & english language courses;f. Legal assistance;g. Referral services;h. Financial literacy information. Major achievements during 2022:1. 86% of registrants of program complete program2. Food pantry - 500 boxes food/month to 120 families, 3. Adult esl classes - 55 adult students/monthly, 24 financial literacy classes - 120 served, 4. Workforce dev: 120 ged, 40 cna certificate, 45 forklift certificate, 60 passed citizenship exams, 5. After school/summer program - 750 children/yr,
$250,329 spent40% of program spendingYouth services (k-12)ssf seeks to uplift new american youth k-12 of fargo-moorhead, so that they may become life-long learners, decision-makers, and leaders in their new home, while promoting positive social-emotional development and a culture of learning within our community. We offer a. Tutoring and mentoring, including tutoring for english language learners and other core subjects so that new american youth are not left behind academically;b. After-school programs;c. Summer camps; d. Youth at work (youth employment program)major achievements during 2022:summer camp: 620 children/youth grades k-12 (98% black/african american) attended summer camp; after school: 150 served with mentoring, tutoring, english language classes, & accelerated education courses.
$187,747 spent30% of program spendingWorkforce development (15+)build a workforce pipeline for the new american community in the twin cities region to obtain gainful employment through career coaching, academic and workforce skills training, wraparound services, and culturally competent mentorship. 480 new americans gain employment, 60 secure employment/year, add 5 new workforce training partners
$187,746 spent30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $625,822.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $146k to $31k (−79%).
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: 2020 33% · 2021 14% · 2022 45% · 2023 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 4 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
Matuor Alier
Executive director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $151k → $300k.
6 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION’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
SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
81% 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 SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 30% · 2021 42% · 2022 51% · 2023 33% — 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
71% of SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% 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
75% of SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $600k 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
SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,903 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,903 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Organizations like SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
51% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION: 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 SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION?
- SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,668,805 to it, the largest being Youthprise ($361,510). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,668,805 in grants to SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION?
- Youthprise is the largest funder on record, with $361,510 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION 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 FY2023 (financials across 2020–2023), and the filings of 21 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