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TRANSAFRICA FORUM INC

TRANSAFRICA FORUM INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being INT UNION UNITED AUTO NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2017
$10k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$24k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Transafrica Forum Inc does

Mission

Transafrica is the oldest african american foreign policy organization in the united states. Transafrica educates the public to deepen support for the understanding of issues and cultures of africans in africa and the diaspora. With a focus on u.s. Economic and humanitarian aid to africans and african descendants throughout the world, transafrica brings a critical perspective to foreign policy decision makers and works for more just policies for the african world.

As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'18
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of TRANSAFRICA FORUM 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.

Where its funders are

TRANSAFRICA FORUM INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.

MI

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TRANSAFRICA FORUM INC receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25k to it.

Operating margin−3228% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.8mo · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,816 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2017

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

75% of spending goes to programs.

Program 75%Management 25%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

DC

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Questions and answers

Who funds TRANSAFRICA FORUM INC?
TRANSAFRICA FORUM INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being INT UNION UNITED AUTO NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TRANSAFRICA FORUM INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to TRANSAFRICA FORUM INC.
Who is the largest funder of TRANSAFRICA FORUM INC?
INT UNION UNITED AUTO NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TRANSAFRICA FORUM INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 1 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