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New York Building Foundation Inc

To promote the long term growth and well being of the construction industry through a program of research,educational and philanthropic activities.

$256k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
9
Grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
58%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$65,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 14
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$112k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 58% of the organizations New York Building Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementEducationEmploymentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving9$255k44%
FY202412$155k58%
FY20234$28k25%
FY20224$20k100%
FY20213$30k0%
FY20206$95k17%
FY201914$180k29%
FY201814$155k86%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$470kEmployment$225kArts & Culture$90kCommunity Improvement$58kEnvironment$40kHousing & Shelter$40kRecreation & Sports$25kYouth Development$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of New York Building Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Salvadori Center Ltd$112,50081%
Cornell University$65,00010%
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art$65,00040%
Manhattan University$57,50040%
ACE Mentor Program of Greater New York Inc$50,00045%
Pathways to Apprenticeship Inc$50,00044%
Nontraditional Employment for Women$50,00041%
The Foundation for City College$50,00010%
Ny Helmets to Hardhats Inc$50,00044%
The Fund for Public Schools Inc$50,00010%
Waterfront Alliance Inc$40,0003n/a
The Center for Architecture Inc$40,00030%
Andromeda Community Initiative Inc$35,00031%
Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Inc$30,00024%
New City Parks Inc$25,0001n/a
Rebuilding Together NYC$25,00021%
National Academy of Construction$20,00012%
Haitian American Caucus US Inc$10,0001n/a
Pratt Institute$10,00010%
Design Trust for Public Space Inc$10,00011%
Building Skills NY$10,00011%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$10,00010%
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden Inc$10,00010%
Community Funds Inc$10,0001n/a
Queens Museum of Art$10,00010%
New York University$10,00010%
East River Development Alliance Inc$10,0001n/a
Third Sector New England Inc$7,50010%
Tools & Tiaras Inc$5,00011%
La Colmena NYC Inc Dba la Colmena F/K/A Staten Island Community Job Center$5,00010%
Harlem Commonwealth Council Inc$5,00010%
Green City Force Inc$5,00010%
Staten Island Economic Development Corporation$5,00010%
Borough of Brooklyn$5,0001n/a
Greater New York Councils Boy Scouts of America$5,00010%
The Point Community Development Corporation$5,00010%
Those Amazing Professions Inc$5,00017%
Pratt Area Community Council Inc$5,00010%
Food Bank for New York City$5,00010%
South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget New York Building Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSalvadori Center Ltd: $112,500 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetCornell University: $65,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan University: $57,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetACE Mentor Program of Greater New York Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetPathways to Apprenticeship Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetNontraditional Employment for Women: $50,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Foundation for City College: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNy Helmets to Hardhats Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetThe Fund for Public Schools Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Architecture Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAndromeda Community Initiative Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBeverly Willis Architecture Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetRebuilding Together NYC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNational Academy of Construction: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPratt Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDesign Trust for Public Space Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBuilding Skills NY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCenter for Employment Opportunities Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSnug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetQueens Museum of Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNew York University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTools & Tiaras Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLa Colmena NYC Inc Dba la Colmena F/K/A Staten Island Community Job Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHarlem Commonwealth Council Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreen City Force Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStaten Island Economic Development Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGreater New York Councils Boy Scouts of America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Point Community Development Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThose Amazing Professions Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetPratt Area Community Council Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ21.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Robin Hood Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Pinkerton Foundation · Webster Bank Charitable Foundation · Mathis Pfohl Foundation · United Way of New York City · Jewish Communal Fund · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About New York Building Foundation Inc

How much does New York Building Foundation Inc give?
New York Building Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $255,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does New York Building Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Employment (23%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are New York Building Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Salvadori Center Ltd ($113k), Cornell University ($65k), The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art ($65k).
Does New York Building Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as New York Building Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Td Charitable Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc.
Where is New York Building Foundation Inc based?
New York Building Foundation Inc is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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