Public Charity

Kingmakers of Oakland

Based in Oakland, CA, Kingmakers of Oakland operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $2.6M in revenue, $5.5M in expenses, $8.1M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 29 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $14.5M.

EIN: 384105767 Oakland, CA Educational Services NTEE: B90 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.6M
Total Expenses$5.5M
Total Assets$8.1M
Grant Records29
Funding Total$14.5M
Filing Years2022–2025

Mission

Kingmakers of Oakland is a leadership development and systems change organization committed to fundamentally transforming the education system and building the capacity of people to design and sustain thriving and liberated systems, structures, conditions, and culture to improve educational and life outcomes for Black students.

Where $100 goes at Kingmakers of Oakland

How Kingmakers of Oakland divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 4 years.

$82 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $82 for programs

$21
KOO MEDIA ACADEMY
25% of program spending
$21
TFI Oakland
About 25% (cost not reported)
$20
YPAR
About 25% (cost not reported)

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Facilities Dir. Adetokunbo Ajike
Chief Media and Technology Officer Brenden Anderson
CEO Christopher Chatmon
Co-Treasurer Darlene Flynn
Director Dr David Johns
Director Dr Gisele Shorter

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$8,841,468 15 grants
Education
$3,941,000 8 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$1,417,192 2 grants
Economic Development
$200,000 1 grant
Arts & Culture
$26,300 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.6M $5.5M $8.1M
2024 $3.9M $6.2M $11.1M
2023 $6.2M $5.5M $13.4M
2022 $15.0M $3.7M $12.6M

Between 2022 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $15.0M to $2.6M (-83%), with total assets most recently reported at $8.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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