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New Yorkers for Children Inc

New yorkers for children (nyfc) improves the well-being of youth and families in the child welfare system with an emphasis on older youth aging out of the system.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$432k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$7.7MHealth$574kEducation$487kPublic Benefit$472kSocial Science$400kCrime & Legal$232kCommunity Improvement$191kPhilanthropy$80kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $2,070,447, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,540,963 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $470,516 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $31k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+1 grant · $432k
$91,136
Median grant
4
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PUBLIC POLICY LAB$431,715
NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN$202,751
URBAN INSTITUTE$193,953
MERCYFIRST$178,722
NEW YORK COUNCIL ON ADOPTABLE CHILDREN$117,297
DUKE UNIVERSITY$111,485
NOT ON MY WATCH INC$100,000
FOSTER CARE UNPLUGGED FCUP INC$96,821
CORA GROUP INC$91,136
INSTITUTE FOR A RESTORATIVE FUTURE LLC$90,967
ADOPTIVE AND FOSTER FAMILY COALITION OF NY$75,000
THE ALEX HOUSE PROJECT INC$75,000
DAY ONE NEW YORK INC$75,000
JEREMIAH PROGRAM$75,000
NEW TOMORROW PARTNERS LLC (COMMUNITY IMPACT ADVISORS)$75,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $5.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MERCYFIRST: $253k → 6%RISING GROUND INC: $16k → 9%THE NY FOUNDLING (LIFESET): $442k → 17%NOT ON MY WATCH INC: $100k → 28%MERCYFIRST: $179k → 6%THE NY FOUNDLING (YV LIFESET): $323k → 17%THE ALEX HOUSE PROJECT INC: $75k → 20%NOT ON MY WATCH INC: $100k → 28%MERCYFIRST: $145k → 6%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $262k → 17%THE ALEX HOUSE PROJECT INC: $75k → 20%NOT ON MY WATCH INC: $50k → 28%MERCYFIRST: $11k → 6%THE NY FOUNDLING (LIFESET): $214k → 17%THE ALEX HOUSE PROJECT INC: $75k → 20%SAMUEL FIELD YM & YWHA INC (COLLEGEPOINT QUEENS): $133k → 13%NEW YORK COUNCIL ON ADOPTABLE CHILDREN: $149k → 17%NEW YORK COUNCIL ON ADOPTABLE CHILDREN: $117k → 17%SAMUEL FIELD YM & YWHA INC (COLLEGEPOINT QUEENS): $17k → 13%NEW YORK COUNCIL ON ADOPTABLE CHILDREN: $113k → 17%NEW YORK COUNCIL ON ADOPTABLE CHILDREN INC: $14k → 17%SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $351k → 20%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $269k → 20%SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES (LIFESET): $154k → 20%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $476k → 17%RISING GROUNDS: $153k → 20%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY (LIFESET): $452k → 17%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $135k → 20%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $200k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $213k → 17%RISING GROUNDS INC: $54k → 20%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $116k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY (YV LIFESET): $209k → 17%SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES (LIFESET): $36k → 20%HEART SHARE ST VINCENT'S SERVICES: $15k → 20%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY (LIFESET): $57k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $7k → 17%SINERGIA INC: $62k → 17%YOUNG ADULT INSTITUTE (YAI): $8k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.7M · 30 repeat orgs$579k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against -19% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
14

Total granted

$9.7M
$489k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
-19%

Still filing today

83%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
    5× · 2018–2022 · $1.4M · revenue +70%
  • NY
    NEW YORK FOUNDLING
    4× · 2019–2022 · $1.2M · revenue +63%
  • NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $600k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NEW YORK CITY
    one grant, 2019 · $90k · revenue -89%
  • FF
    FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC
    one grant, 2021 · $80k · revenue -39%
  • AI
    ACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FAMILY
    one grant, 2021 · $68k · revenue -19%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

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.

1
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

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2
Forestdale Inc

Forestdale's mission is to ensure that children have the assets they need to thrive.

Human Services
3
Children's Aid College Prep Charter School

Prepare elementary & middle school students for success in high school, college & life.

Education
4
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
5
Little Flower Children Family Services of New York

Little flower is committed to improving the well-being of the children, families, and individuals with developmental disabilities across nyc and long island so they can reach their full potential. little flower transforms caring into…

Human Services
6
Bigs & Littles Nyc Mentoring Inc

Bigs & littles nyc mentoring is a nonprofit community-based organization which transforms the lives of vulnerable nyc children and strengthens families through professionally guided one-to-one mentoring, life skills programming, and…

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7
Center for Developmental Disabilities

The center's mission is to help children and adults with differing abilities achieve their dreams by overcoming barriers to living, working, learning & enjoying recreational opportunities in the community of their choice.

Human Services
8
The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families Inc

The organization is dedicated to combining education and advocacy to expand opportunities for children and families in order to strengthen the voice of the latino community based on the belief that the most effective way to support latino…

Human Services
9
Northside Center for Child Development Inc

To foster the healthy development of children and families and seek to empower them to respond constructively to negative societal factors including racism and its related consequences. through comprehensive, high quality mental health and…

Education
10
The Family Center Inc

Provide social, legal & behavioral health services to individuals and families affected by life-altering events.

Human Services
11
Center for Family Representation Inc

Cfr's mission is to defend the rights of parents and youth through free, holistic interdisciplinary legal and social work representation.

Crime & Legal
12
Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services Inc

Cases' mission is to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, promote recovery and rehabilitation, and create opportunities for success in the community. we believe…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Foundling; the most unlike its peers is Achillea Peer Tutoring Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

37 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. 37 of the 46 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $1,413,625 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETYNEW YORK FOUNDLING: $1,241,538 · Human ServicesNEW YORK FOUNDLINGMERCYFIRST: $587,713 · Human ServicesMERCYFIRSTSCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $541,606 · Human ServicesSCO FAMILY OF SERVICESGRAHAM WINDHAM: $404,198 · Human ServicesGRAHAM WINDHAMNEW YORK COUNCIL ON ADOPTABLE CHILDREN INC: $393,968 · Human ServicesNEW YORK COUNCIL ON ADOPTABLE CHILDREN INCGOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $315,824 · Human ServicesNOT ON MY WATCH INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesDay One of New York Inc: $225,000 · Human ServicesAlex House Project Inc: $225,000 · Human ServicesRISING GROUND INC: $222,326 · Human Services+4 more: $235,418 · Human ServicesNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC: $600,427 · OtherNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR…CORA GROUP INC: $266,350 · OtherCORA GROUP INCADOPTIVE & FOSTER FAMILY COALITION OF NEW YORK: $225,000 · OtherADOPTIVE & FOSTER FA…INSTITUTE FOR A RESTORATIVE FUTURE LLC: $201,941 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR A REST…NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: $109,791 · OtherNYC DEPARTMENT OF ED…NEW TOMORROW PARTNERS LLC (COMMUNITY IMPACT ADVISORS): $75,000 · OtherTHE MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NEW YORK CITY: $90,000 · OtherFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $80,000 · Other+10 more: $218,760 · Other+10 morePUBLIC POLICY LAB INC: $471,715 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL POLICY: $125,000 · Public BenefitFCUP Inc: $361,961 · HealthCHILDREN OF BELLEVUE INC: $142,500 · HealthACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FAMILY: $68,000 · HealthAT THE TABLE INC: $150,000 · EducationResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $145,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $138,272 · EducationACHILLEA PEER TUTORING INC: $40,000 · EducationTHE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $31,030 · Education+1 more: $9,244 · EducationTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $400,000 · Social ScienceJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $225,000 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$6,056,216Other$1,867,269Public Benefit$596,715Health$572,461Education$513,546Social Science$400,000Housing & Shelter$225,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $1,413,625 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDLING: $1,241,538 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC: $600,427 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMERCYFIRST: $587,713 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $541,606 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC POLICY LAB INC: $471,715 over 2y, 10% of budgetGRAHAM WINDHAM: $404,198 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $400,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK COUNCIL ON ADOPTABLE CHILDREN INC: $393,968 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetFCUP Inc: $361,961 over 5y, 27% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $315,824 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNOT ON MY WATCH INC: $250,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetDay One of New York Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetADOPTIVE & FOSTER FAMILY COALITION OF NEW YORK: $225,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetAlex House Project Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $225,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRISING GROUND INC: $222,326 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMONPOINT NY INC: $150,446 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAT THE TABLE INC: $150,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $145,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN OF BELLEVUE INC: $142,500 over 2y, 17% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $138,272 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL POLICY: $125,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FAMILY: $68,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSINERGIA INC: $61,772 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetACHILLEA PEER TUTORING INC: $40,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $31,030 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S TRUST FUND ALLIANCE: $30,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT DAY CARE CENTER INC: $24,242 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHELTERING ARMS CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $22,628 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST VINCENT'S SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOMINGDALEFAMILYPROGRAMINC: $9,244 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG ADULT INSTITUTE INC: $8,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA MARANA CORP: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Pinkerton FoundationRobin Hood FoundationThe Hyde and Watson F…The Ira Decamp Founda…Mother Cabrini Health…Redlich Horwitz Found…Dave Thomas Foundatio…The New York Communit…Hearts to Homes Furni…Tiger FoundationFund for the City of …Conrad N Hilton Found…
Pinkerton FoundationNY21.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pinkerton Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Ira Decamp Foundation Xxxxx2009 · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Redlich Horwitz Foundation · Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption · The New York Community Trust · Hearts to Homes Furnishings Inc · Tiger Foundation · Fund for the City of New York Inc · Conrad N Hilton 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization New Yorkers for Children Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from New Yorkers for Children Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 46 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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