South Carolina · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC
SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,983,628 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($1,714,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $479k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $116k
What Southern Initiative of the Algebra Project Inc does
Mission
To help communities increase their capacity to ensure a quality education for the success of every child through the implementation of siap's pk-16 model for education--the four components of which are site/community development, professional development for educators, youth leadership development, and institutes of higher learning partnerships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The southern initiative of the algebra project, inc. (siap) implemented the siap pk-16 model for education at 2 sites in the united states during 2025. The model involves four components: (1) professional development for educators, modeling the expectations for educators and their students; (2) the design team process, pulling together across the community at large the necessary human and other resources to support teachers and their students toward all students being college- or career-ready upon graduation from high school; (3) partnerships with institutes of higher learning, particularly historically black colleges and universities, serving as anchors for educational support and sustainability for teachers and students; and (4) youth leadership development, teaching high school and university students to serve as tutors and mentors for pk-12 students in teachers' classrooms and in after-school, weekend, and summer programs.the 2 program sites for 2025 follow:jackson ms project--siap provided professional development for math educators in the lanier feeder pattern of the jackson public schools district. Classroom visitations and saturday workshops were conducted in spring 2025.…
$217,442 spent$248,104 earned by the program52% of program spendingNew orleans la project--siap provided professional development for math educators in two schools (benjamin franklin elementary mathematics and science school and the new orleans charter science and mathematics high school). Classroom visitations and saturday workshops were conducted in spring 2025. School leadership assistance was also provided throughout the year for the administrators of the two schools. Design team meetings were held monthly, bringing together representatives from siap, the schools, the school district, and community businesses and organizations. Funded by the w.k. Kellogg foundation.petersburg, va--siap worked with the principal investigator(virginia state university) for vsu's nsf grant that was funding work across multiple sites. Vsu was involved in research with five universities (dillard, xavier, jsu, vuu, and vsu). The funds siap received from vsu were designated for use in the jackson ms project for the implementation of the siap pk-16 model.
$176,360 spent$225,000 earned by the program42% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$22,933 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $416,735.
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 2018 to 2019, from $253k to $587k (+132%).
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 SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
David J Dennis Sr
Executive director
Board chair
Ernest Jones
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $223k → $296k.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT 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
SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 85% — 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
SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 3 states in all.
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
SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC?
- SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,983,628 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($1,714,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,983,628 in grants to SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,714,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN INITIATIVE OF THE ALGEBRA PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 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