California · Nonprofit
UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $640,934 to it, the largest being STUPSKI FOUNDATION ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.3M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $641k
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Umoja Community Education Foundation does
Mission
Dedicated to enhancing the cultural and educational experiences of african american and other students through a curriculum and pedagogy responsive to the legacy of the african and african american diasporas.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conferences and training programs are held for faculty, students, community college members, regional coordinators, and staff. From july 2021 to june of 2022 umoja held its northern california symposium, southern california symposium, summer learning institute, and winter retreat.
$5,063,493 spent100% of program spendingUmoja Community Education Foundation receives funding that is for umoja programs. The funding is provided to campuses to support the expansion of umoja programs, and to increase postsecondary educational success rates for umoja students with an emphasis on african american students.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,063,493.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.1M to $6.7M (+112%).
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: 2017 60% · 2019 87% · 2020 87% · 2021 93% · 2022 85% · 2023 89% · 2024 81% · 2025 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Dr Eric Mayes
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $250k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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
UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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% · 2020 100% · 2021 90% · 2022 94% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
98% of UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100k 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
UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $640,934 to it, the largest being STUPSKI FOUNDATION ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $640,934 in grants to UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- STUPSKI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UMOJA COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2025), 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