Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC
THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,888 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($37,040). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $148k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $109k
- Net assets
- $102k
What The Barka Foundation Inc does
Mission
Embedded in everything barka does is a focus on reciprocity. Barka serves as a bridge between individuals, schools and communities of burkina faso and the united states to facilitate greater understanding, cultural exchange and the co-creation of a culture of peace. Barka serves as an advocate for indigenous people in burkina, forming long-term relationships with village communities. Our projects are driven by the needs of local people, and we foster their autonomy to sustain and own all projects. We combine high and low-tech, using indigenous and modern techniques to implement cost-effective, high impact and culturally appropriate solutions.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Activities in menstrual health and hygeine, education program, and water services are detailed as follows:menstrual health and hygeinebarka conducted a follow-up study of its afric'up:ya soma pilot implemented in burkina fasoin 2021-2022. The study consisted of surveys, focus groups, and in-depth interviews to gauge whether women were still using menstrual cups the received 18 months after the pilot implementation. This longer term outcome was vital to determine as barka foundation develops its 2nd stage of the cups interventionin burkina faso. The results we attained showed that the majority of women were continuing to use their cups 18 months after the pilot.education programin 2023, barka foundation throught a partnership with the ministry of education paid for a meal plan for 100 schoolgirls and schoolboys in desperate need of food. This program allows the students to have at least one meal a day at the canteen of the school. Namoungou high school was the first to benefit from it. The program also benefitted the lycee polyvalent communal de fada n'gourma.water servicesfada water project: this water and gardening project has been developed in 2023, to be implemented in 2024.…
$98,578 spent100% of program spendingDONATED BUSINESS SERVICES TOTALING $19,000:ACCOUNTING, $5,000;Bookkeeping, $1,500; Graphic Design, $10,000; Legal Services,$2,500
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $98,578.
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 2021 to 2022, from $171k to $133k (−22%).
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.
39% of THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $20k → $65.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 THE BARKA FOUNDATION 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
THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 73% · 2022 89% · 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
THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k 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
THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,636 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,636 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC?
- THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,888 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($37,040). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $108,888 in grants to THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC?
- GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $37,040 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BARKA FOUNDATION INC 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 6 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