· Public charity
Communitas America Inc
Communitas america, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is dedicated to building a community-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem that empowers small businesses and entrepreneurs advancing economic mobility in low-income communities, primarily across nyc.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k12 grants · $61k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $31k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LULO VENTURES INC | $11,000 |
| FOR THE BETTER INC | $10,000 |
| FEATURING THE CENTER FOR CULINARY ARTS INC | $10,000 |
| BADJI NY LLC | $5,500 |
| THE SPICE THEORY | $5,000 |
| EQUITY DESIGN | $5,000 |
| THE FLY CLUB | $5,000 |
| BRONX EATS INC | $5,000 |
| BRONX BOUND BOOKS LLC | $5,000 |
| POETIC BLACK GURL LLC | $5,000 |
| LIGHTNING BUG LAB LLC | $5,000 |
| SOL CACAO LLC | $5,000 |
| MIZZ P POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS CONSULTING LLC | $5,000 |
| BEE UNIVERSITY NYC | $5,000 |
| FIX IT WITH PIGGY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 28%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 6% of Communitas America Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 96% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 94%.
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
300,000 women of color entrepreneurs
Teaching esl students for better understanding u.s. school program .
Black Girls Cook aims to empower and inspire inner-city adolescent Black girls through food security, culinary arts, urban farming, entrepreneurship, and STEM, emphasizing Black Diaspora cultural histories and food practices.
NYC Academy Foundation, Inc is formed to provide educational advancement for public school students in New York city, to ensure their college, career and citizenship readiness; to prepare students for post-secondary education while…
increasing the diversity of students sitting for the specialized high school admissions test by providing students of color with access to test prep centers/programs and materials.
Hot bread kitchen creates economic opportunity through culinary job skills training and placement, food entrepreneurship, and an ecosystem of support for individuals who face barriers to meaningful careers.
Assist young PEOPLE OF COLOR to access jobs & become civically engaged
To stimulate black and brown city youth about stem at an early age. the movement is to change the culture of black youth and instead, get excited about stem and celebrate its potential contribution and global stewardship.
The mission of chinatown youth initiatives (cyi) is to empower new york city youth with the knowledge and skills necessary to address the needs of chinatown, asian americans, and other underrepresented communities. by providing a safe and…
To bridge the gap between the current school curriculum and the immediate need for schools to prepare students for STEM skills and for jobs that do not yet exist.
Educating Young Scholars
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Communitas America Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Communitas America Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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