SEEDS - Sports for Education and Ecomonic Development in Senegal

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830361589
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
7739778350
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Basketball

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,631
Expenses
$54,847
Assets
$330,358
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Makhtar Ndiaye (Director)
  • Astou Ndiaye (Director)
  • Alioune Mboup (Director)

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

SEEDS uses sports as a vehicle to inspire, empower, and support the holistic development of promising African youth, preparing them to become global citizens and lead positive transformation in Senegal, Africa, and the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

Academy - Center where student athletes receive scholarships to live, study, and train together. Program goals include education, value formation, and personal development. This program is funded by contributions.Hoop Forum/Tournaments - Organized to promote cross cultural understanding and goodwill to encourage the development of basketball in Senegal. This program is funded by contributions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.4%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.3%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.02; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.4% of revenue deployed · 78% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.