Whose Knowledge Question Mark EIN 87-1925489

Whose Knowledge Question Mark

EIN  87-1925489 Public charity (501(c)(3)) San Diego, CA
Form 990 (PDF) Compare with another nonprofit →
Verified accurate 8/30/26 · see original filing: IRS
Is this your organization?
Claim this profile to manage it and share your story.
Claim
Provided by the organization

This section is blank until Whose Knowledge Question Mark claims this page.

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

Size
$1–10M
What they do
Centers marginalized global histories and knowledge online, led by Black and brown women and trans folks.
Leadership
Anasuya Sengupta · Executive Dir. · $60K
Money in and out
$3.0M revenue, $2.0M expenses
Bottom line
67% program efficiency

Centers marginalized global histories and knowledge online, led by Black and brown women and trans folks. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $3.0M in revenue, $2.0M in expenses, and $1.7M in net assets.Pt I

Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$3.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$2.0M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.7M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $1.0M
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.67 Management & general $0.17 Fundraising $0.16
Program efficiency
67%
of spending reaches programs▼ -6% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
4.9mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +11% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+34%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -19% vs prior filing year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$3.0M
FY2024▲ +17%
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2024▲ +34%
Total assets
$2.1M
FY2024▲ +33%
Total liabilities
$339K
FY2024▲ ×198
Total revenue
$3.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$2.0M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.7M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$1.0M
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$2.1M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B67%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 33
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 43
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $1.1M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Honouring Our Guardians- Challenging and transforming mainstream narratives and policies around Indigenous knowledges by convening an international/translocal community of practice of Indigenous women activists, policy-makers, and scholars.

$413Kprogram expense
02

Liberatory Archives and Media

Decolonizing traditional archives and memory institutions by centering and amplifying liberatory practices and methodologies, and supporting the design, infrastructure, and resilience of radical community archives.

$359Kprogram expense
03

Language Justice

Building more multilingual, multimodal, accessible and people designed internet infrastructures through community-led initiatives, and research-in-action based approaches.

$302Kprogram expense

Run this program? Claim this org to tell your story

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CWhose Knowledge Question Mark
EINHdr · item D87-1925489
Principal addressHdr · item CSan Diego, CA
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.whoseknowledge.org
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MCA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFCivil Rights & Advocacy (R99)
Ruling yearIRS BMFJul 2022

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a3
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b3
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13No
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$59,509Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Anasuya Sengupta’s $60K as Executive Dir. is at the 7th percentile of top reported officer pay among 796 $1–10M civil rights & advocacy nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022
Adele Mara Godoy Vrana$95,850$94,643
Anasuya Sengupta$59,509

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See Whose Knowledge Question Mark executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$3.0M · 99%
Program service revenue$21K · 1%
Contributions & grants99%$3.0M
Program service revenue1%$21K
Total revenueLn 12$3.0M

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.67 Management & general $0.17 Fundraising $0.16
Program services67%$1.3M
Management & general17%$328K
Fundraising16%$312K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$798K
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
Total liabilitiesLn 26$339K
Total net assetsLn 32$1.7M
Months of cash on handcomputed4.9

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2024 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $798K · Operating expenses/yr $2.0M
4.9 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $1.3M · Total expenses $2.0M
67%
Management & General
Management & general $328K · Total expenses $2.0M
17%
Fundraising
Fundraising $312K · Total expenses $2.0M
16%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $169K · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $2.1M
$0.08 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $3.0M · Total revenue $3.0M
99%
Government reliance
Government grants — · Total revenue $3.0M
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $21K · Total revenue $3.0M
1%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $3.0M
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $21K · Total expenses $2.0M
1%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $3.0M · Prior year $2.5M
+17%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $1.7M · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $3.0M · Expenses $2.0M
+34%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $2.1M
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $1.7M · Total assets $2.1M
84%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) $0 · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) $0 · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $2.1M
0%
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Anasuya Sengupta · Reported title Executive Dir. · Highest reported compensation $60K · Total expenses $2.0M
3%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $117K · Total expenses $2.0M
6%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 67%
Overhead ratio 17%
Fundraising cost ratio 11%
Revenue growth 17%
Investment management fee ratio 0%
Legal fee ratio 0%
Accounting fee ratio 1%
Fundraising fee ratio 2%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$216K

Similar Organizations

Closest in mission — by what they do
See all organizations like Whose Knowledge Question Mark →

Compare

Search another nonprofit to view revenue, expenses, assets, key metrics, and leaders side by side

Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024 (Latest)$3.0M revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$2.5M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$906K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$601K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the peer-cohort and compensation comparisons above.