Florida · Nonprofit
STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY
STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY (Florida) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,000 to it, the largest being UNIVERSAL ORLANDO FOUNDATION INC ($125,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $220k
- Net assets
- $8k
What Stono Institute for Freedom Justice and Security does
Mission
The stono institue for freedom, justice and security (sifjs) is the first human rights institution and think tank founded by african-americans aimed at achieving racial justice.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Black citizenship initiative: the black citizenship initiative embraces and promotes african-american conceptions of democracy and patriotism through educational and advocacy programs focused on reconceptualizing and reinventing conceptions of black citizenship based on african-american history, traditions, customs, culture, belief and family values. We are training a new generation of black patriots in civics, social advocacy, leadership, community organization, economic development, and entrepreneurship. The black citizenship initiative is comprised of several initiatives including a racial justice rites of passage youth mentoring program, which allows us to partner with communities rich in african-american culture, civil groups and activists, churches, community centers, public schools, foster homes and beyond. Our certificate of study in racial justice studies (csrjs) is designed to introduce corporate leaders, law enforcement executives, civil servants, and academic leaders to the complex history and challenges in achieving racial equality, equity and justice in the united states.
$57,109 spent63% of program spendingHuman rights education and advocacy program: sifjss human rights advocacy program aims to: 1) safeguard the fundamental human rights of african-americans; 2) educate, train and empower the public about vital racial justice issues; and 3) promote the greater ideals of freedom, equality, equity, justice and humanity in central florida and beyond. The sifjs also regularly organizes master seminars, webinars, face-to-face trainings on a myriad of topics from institutionalized racism and corporate social responsibility, to christian nationalism and terrorism. We partner with the business community, law enforcement, civil society and others to assist victims of racial injustice seek justice, support community-based restorative justice initiatives, and police education and training. Sifjss police advocacy and accountability project is the human rights education and advocacy programs signature initiative. It is a people-to-people driven initiative that provides a safe, secure, and supportive environment for alleged victims of police abuse and violent white extremist vigilantism to receive moral and legal assistance. We also provide race conscious, bias free policing, and racial justice…
$27,127 spent30% of program spendingAnti-black hate project: nearly 50% of all victims of hate crimes are african-american and white supremacist hate groups have increased by 55% in the past three years. Sifjs is establishing an anti-black hate project that will work closely with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and civil society organizations to conduct research, monitor, and diminish the capacity of anti-black hate groups and extremist vigilantism to promote hatred and violence.
$6,150 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $90,386.
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 2021 to 2022, from $166k to $52k (−69%).
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: 2023 83% · 2024 93% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Dr Matthew Whitaker
Co chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $125k → $25k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY’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
STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
80% 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 STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 80% · 2021 56% · 2022 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
100% of STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY's revenue fell 89% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 695 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY?
- STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY (Florida) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,000 to it, the largest being UNIVERSAL ORLANDO FOUNDATION INC ($125,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $220,000 in grants to STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY?
- UNIVERSAL ORLANDO FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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