Wisconsin · Nonprofit
XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE
XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE (Wisconsin) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,750 to it, the largest being BERT L AND PATRICIA S STEIGLEDER CHARITABLE ($13,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $36k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $37k
- Net assets
- $14k
What Xalaat Africa Drum & Dance for Life does
Mission
Our mission is to train and maintain a youth ensemble in African-based arts for performance, provide quality artistic experiences, and promote physical well-being through arts education.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Art of Survival is a program that offers youth the opportunity to learn how to plant and harvest vegetables while learning dances of the harvest from West Africa. Students receive hands on instruction and dance technique classes culminating in an event called 'Dinner and a Dance' for about 50 people annually.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants39% of program spending'Yeendou' concert series provides formal concerts for K-12 youth performed by the Xalaat Africa Youth Ensemble. Xalaat Africa works with youth aged 14-19 teaching traditional and contemporary African dance forms. Our ensemble performs for over 1500 students annually.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants39% of program spendingOur dance fitness classes for adults and youth are provided every week at our studio location. Students learn the value of physical fitness through dance and drumming including the traditional dances of West Africa. We service approximately 50 students regularly.
$5,775 spentof which $5,775 as grants22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,775.
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 $10k to $14k (+49%).
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.
72% of XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Yaya Kambaye
Founder/CEO/Musician
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE’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
XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 43% · 2021 100% · 2022 63% · 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.
How long its funders stay
0% of XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
100% of XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,184 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,184 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Organizations like XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE?
- XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE (Wisconsin) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,750 to it, the largest being BERT L AND PATRICIA S STEIGLEDER CHARITABLE ($13,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $36,750 in grants to XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE?
- BERT L AND PATRICIA S STEIGLEDER CHARITABLE is the largest funder on record, with $13,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like XALAAT AFRICA DRUM & DANCE FOR LIFE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2021–2022), and the filings of 11 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