Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School
Donations deductibleRevenue
$15.7m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$14m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$14m
$5.1m liabilities
Net assets
$8.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
7.3 years on average
Staff
124
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School's network
7 peoplei7 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angelic Lowe | Parent Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Frank Burton | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Geraldine Newton | Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Khaleef Alexander | Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Steven Blackburn | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Toni Winston | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Walter Prescott | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Ayesha Imani PHD | CEO | since 2018 |
| ISA Clark | COO | since 2018 |
| Marika Meekins | Principal | since 2021 |
| Tameka Thomas | Upper School Coord/Principal | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayesha Imani PhD | CEO | 40 | $209k | ||
| Tameka Thomas | Upper School Coord/Principal | 40 | $207k | ||
| Isa Clark | COO | 40 | $202k | ||
| Toni Winston | Principal/Ls Coordinator | 40 | $164k | ||
| Marika Meekins | Principal | 40 | $153k | ||
| Curtis Davis | Asst. Principal of Culture | 40 | $132k | ||
| Sharaine Brown | Director of Sped | 40 | $124k | ||
| Steven Blackburn | President | 2 | $0 | ||
| Walter Prescott | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Dr Kelli Sparrow-Mickens | Secretary | 2 | $0 | ||
| Angelic Lowe | Parent Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Geraldine Newton | Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Frank Burton | Vice President | 2 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School
- EIN
- 020793541
- Address
- 2501 Kensington Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19125-1321
- State
- Pennsylvania
- 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 (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B29 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2008
- Principal officer
- Dr Ayesha Imani (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 June 2009
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsFrank Burton
≥8years on the filingsSteven Blackburn
≥8years on the filingsToni Winston
≥8years on the filingsWalter Prescott
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $14m
- Total liabilities
- $5.1m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $8.9m
- Contributions and grants received
- $14.5m
- Program service revenue
- $791k
- Employees
- 124
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 3 August 2006
- Registered agent
- Not stated