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SANKOFA FREEDOM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

EIN 02-0793541 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Largest nonprofits in Pennsylvania

Revenue 2023
$15,443,588
Expenses 2023
$14,216,762

Program services were 78.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B29
Classification
1000
Street
2501 KENSINGTON AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SANKOFA FREEDOM ACADEMY IS A COLLEGE PREPARATORY COMMUNITY BASED K-12 FREEDOM SCHOOL THAT EMPOWERS ITS STUDENTS TO TAKE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACES IN THE WORLD AS EDUCATORS, LEADERS AND AGENTS OF CHANGE

Activities or mission (Part I)

SANKOFA FREEDOM ACADEMY IS A COLLEGE PREPARATORY COMMUNITY BASED K-12 FREEDOM SCHOOL THAT EMPOWERS ITS STUDENTS TO TAKE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACES IN THE WORLD.

  • THE SCHOOL SERVES CHILDREN IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12.

    Expenses $11,173,333

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ayesha Imani PhD

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $221,738
    From this org
    $151,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,325
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,413
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $70,325
    Filer's total
    $221,738
  • Tameka Thomas

    UPPER SCHOOL COORD/PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $216,964
    From this org
    $138,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78,430
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,534
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $78,430
    Filer's total
    $216,964
  • Isa Clark

    COO

    Total calculated
    $215,052
    From this org
    $146,452
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,600
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,452
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $68,600
    Filer's total
    $215,052
  • Toni Winston

    PRINCIPAL/LS COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $182,068
    From this org
    $123,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,805
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,263
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58,805
    Filer's total
    $182,068
  • Marika Meekins

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $162,596
    From this org
    $132,951
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,645
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,951
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,645
    Filer's total
    $162,596
  • Curtis Davis

    ASST. PRINCIPAL OF CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $152,371
    From this org
    $123,812
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,559
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,812
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,559
    Filer's total
    $152,371
  • Steven Blackburn

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Walter Prescott

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Kelli Mickens

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angelic Lowe

    PARENT MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Geraldine Newton

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frank Burton

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Khaleef Alexander

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $15,443,588
    Expenses
    $14,216,762
    Contributions
    $14,791,468
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,025,376
    Expenses
    $12,767,267
    Contributions
    $12,410,648
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,867,579
    Expenses
    $11,648,423
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,030,666
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,567,857
    Expenses
    $10,077,826
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,230,918
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,161,998
    Expenses
    $7,437,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,830,759
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,272,581
    Expenses
    $7,011,980
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,208,284
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,519,234
    Expenses
    $8,561,116
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,141,403
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,386,794
    Expenses
    $7,602,218
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,884,459
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,702,315
    Expenses
    $7,687,248
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,777,268
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,379,827
    Expenses
    $7,496,397
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,779,379
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,507,624
    Expenses
    $7,628,540
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,847,122
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,807,943
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,593,965

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.