Sadza Space

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921660453
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,000
Expenses
$119,079
Assets
$381,311
Liabilities
$253,376

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Chido Johnson (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Nhamo Mumbiro (Chair of the Board)
  • Marie Scott (Vice Chair of the Board)
  • Rudy Matsika (Treasurer of the Board)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Sadza Space a non-profit cultural center located in the Banglatown neighborhood of Detroit Michigan is the first cultural center in North America dedicated to the arts and culture of Zimbabwe. Its vision is to promote deeper awareness and appreciation for different cultures to support more connected and inspired artistic creation. Sadza Space seeks to facilitate transformative cross-cultural exchanges of food art music dance and language between artists neighbors and community members through programs that enable cultural production and art-making.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2024 Sadza Space embarked on an exciting and transformative journey to establish a physical location in Detroit dedicated to fostering cross-cultural exchanges through food art music dance and language. This innovative space will serve as a hub for artists neighbors and community members offering programs that encourage cultural production and artmaking while strengthening community bonds. The project represents a significant investment in Detroits cultural and social infrastructure with long-term benefits anticipated for residents and visitors alike. Sadza Space purchased the building in 2024 and began construction in November of the same year. As of the reporting period 173,318 recorded under Construction in Progress CIP as ongoing renovation and development costs. Additionally there are 5,141 in unpaid expenses tied to the project. All costs are being carefully managed to ensure alignment w

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 63%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -58.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.2; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 75.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 63% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.