Ohio · Nonprofit
THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC
THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,739,379 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS INC ($473,662). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $929k
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $996k
What The Tandana Foundation Inc does
Mission
Creating cross-cultural volunteer opportunities, scholarships, and funding for small community projects in highland ecuador and mali's dogon country.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Tandana coordinated 10 volunteer programs in ecuador, which allowed 106 north americans to share in a cultural exchange in 7 rural communities in ecuador while learning about the local culture. Our internship program also allowed 3 north americans to have a cultural exchange over 120 total days with ecuadorians and to provide english lessons, support local agricultural initiatives, support our summer school program, and support community projects.
$222,892 spentof which $47,206 as grants31% of program spendingTandana provided funding for several community initiatives in mali: publishing the first storybook ever in the tommoso language, the hyena, the hare, and the baobab and released it in the tommoguin community as well as in the united states; facilitating women's leadership workshops for 100 women; tommo so literacy program for 341 women; student mothers program for 10 young mothers; support for 175 internally displaced children to attend school in bandiagara including supplemental classes to help them catch up; support for teachers at the elementary schools in andjine, kansongo, and sol-dogon; training for 10 new literacy instructors; food support for 175 internally displaced families in bandiagara so their children can attend school; 7 new women's associations received startup funding to start businesses in market gardening, making seasoning balls, making cotton into cloth, and transforming local products for sale; 25 internally displaced parents started income generating activities in bandiagara with tandana support; construction of a well in bandiagara, that serves many of the internally displaced families who have moved to the town; expansion of 15 ponds to conserve water from…
$391,773 spentof which $43,983 as grants55% of program spendingTandana provided scholarships for 98 rural ecuadorian students, which allowed them to attend secondary school, and for 20 rural ecuadorian students to attend university. We provided books, supplies, uniforms, transportation costs, internet, and other fees. Tandana also supported the dr. Ash b. Varma, m.d. Scholarship program in mali with 29 students studying professions that are needed in their region.
$97,243 spentof which $62,658 as grants14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $711,908.
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 2020 to 2021, from $524k to $1.0M (+95%).
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 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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 broadened from 9 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $78k → $189k.
12 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 TANDANA FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 funders by total. 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 TANDANA FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
63% 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 TANDANA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 18% · 2019 18% · 2020 29% · 2021 78% · 2022 38% · 2023 16% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
54% of THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $794k that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $946k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 TANDANA FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,838 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,838 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE TANDANA 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
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 TANDANA FOUNDATION INC?
- THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,739,379 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS INC ($473,662). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $1,739,379 in grants to THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS INC is the largest funder on record, with $473,662 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 37 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