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SANKOFA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

EIN 26-3471054 NEW ORLEANS, LA

Revenue 2024
$1,789,117
Expenses 2024
$1,681,156

Program services were 43.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A20
Classification
1000
Street
5200 DAUPHINE ST

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 · 2024

Mission

At Sankofa Community Development Corporation, we believe health to be the cornerstone of a thriving community with safety, stability and overall viability. We are committed to sustainable, health-centered development to revitalize the Lower Ninth Ward area through the lens of environmental justice. Our community and economic development programs address those systemic problems that cause social and health disparities by building infrastructure that works with nature (rather than against it). We are creating simple solutions to real-world problems by building infrastructure to support a resilient community in the Lower Ninth Ward and a local environment that promotes positive health outcomes and builds healthier communities for generations to come.

  • The Wetland Park & Nature Trail, is a cornerstone project within Sankofa CDC's ecosystem and resilience initiative that supports economic development in the Lower 9th Ward through the transformation of over 40 acres of blighted space into vibrant green infrastructure and restored ecological areas. Restoration activities that have occurred at the Wetland Park include the construction of bioretention ponds, extensive planting of native trees and plants, and installation of a permeable walking path. Sankofa CDC collaborates with K-8 schools to co-facilitate STEM education workshops at the Wetland Park that teach students the importance of wetlands habitat restoration and ignite their learning. The USDA People's garden at St Claude Ct and the pollinator garden on Tennessee St include Louisiana native plants to provide resources essential to climate resilience and the support of healthy ecosystems.

    Expenses $352,256

  • The Fresh Start Market is a cornerstone project on St Claude Avenue within Sankofa CDC's commercial corridor revitalization initiative. The Fresh Start Market provides consistent access to locally sourced fresh produce and a teaching kitchen to help ensure all families have access to nutrient-rich food in a community facing significant food insecurity. The teaching kitchen is co-led by the Xavier University Health & Wellness Center and offers healthy cooking and nutrition education classes. The Fresh Start Market program also raises awareness of food system deficits and opportunities to advocate for effective policy and programs. Stakeholders will have the resources they need to shape public policy to improve equity, opportunity, and collaboration in our local food system by working with community partners, stakeholders and residents to increase food access and nutrition security.

    Expenses $177,777

  • The Lower Ninth Ward Mainstreet Program aims to revitalize St. Claude Avenue into a vibrant commercial corridor by attracting economic development, promoting cultural richness, and uplifting future generations through sustainable investments, education, and equitable systems. The program will support the revitalization of the St Claude Ave corridor to foster opportunities for innovation, the development of a healthy and sustainable circular economy, and design elements that reflect the beauty and culture of the Lower Ninth Ward area. The program goals are to: 1) facilitate economic growth of the St. Claude Avenue corridor; 2) improve public perception of the St. Claude Ave corridor through projects and programs designed to elevate the built environment; 3) support community engagement, leadership, and thought partnership on Lower Ninth Ward Main Street priorities by working with community stakeholders to advocate for resources that support economic investment on St. Claude Ave corridor; and 4) utilize diverse marketing and outreach approaches to communicate L9W Main Street programs and priorities.

    Expenses $207,754

  • Sankofa CDC's edible educational garden grows edible food with healthy eating programs.The garden grows foods representing local indigenous culture, work with community gardeners to offer growing spaces, and grow starter plants from seeds for planting. The edible educational garden is a continuation of Sankofa CDC's efforts to support healthy ecosystems as we offer progressive approaches to revitalize our community in a sustainable way. The garden programming includes family-centered community programming, bi-annual seed planting workshops, and giveaways of starter plants for community members to plant in the garden or their home backyard gardens.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Rashida Ferdinand

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $137,292
    From this org
    $137,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    80

  • Adonis Expose

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Terrance Taylor

    Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Daniela Rivero

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Molly Hegarty

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melissa Lee

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bernard Singleton

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marlin Ford

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marcia St Martin

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,789,117
    Expenses
    $1,681,156
    Contributions
    $1,738,550
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,660,607
    Expenses
    $1,637,945
    Contributions
    $2,652,883
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,224,859
    Expenses
    $2,095,169
    Contributions
    $2,127,504
    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
    $1,356,798
    Expenses
    $894,932
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,401,351

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $613,074
    Expenses
    $621,851
    Assets (EOY)
    $952,356

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,271,992
    Expenses
    $590,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,105,923

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $348,643
    Expenses
    $412,173
    Assets (EOY)
    $586,041

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $513,042
    Expenses
    $434,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $574,622

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $732,127
    Expenses
    $359,294
    Assets (EOY)
    $471,841

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $285,875
    Expenses
    $297,447
    Assets (EOY)
    $262,846

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $313,390
    Expenses
    $291,271
    Assets (EOY)
    $75,842

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $336,845
    Expenses
    $292,718
    Assets (EOY)
    $182,157

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $281,203
    Assets (EOY)
    $234,030

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.