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Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc

Public policy and education fund of new york addresses critical social, racial, economic, and environmental issues facing low and moderate income new york state residents. Ppef serves disadvantaged communities through public education, community organizing, coalition building, and providing information about available services. Our areas…

$737k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2024
10
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 16
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$7.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Public BenefitCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHealthEducationCivil RightsOther
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
FY2024still arriving11$726k45%
FY202310$695k20%
FY202216$957k38%
FY202116$632k44%
FY20207$597k0%
FY201911$572k55%
FY201810$512k50%
FY20178$285kn/a
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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 2024.

Community Improvement$1.5MCivil Rights$1.4MEmployment$955kPhilanthropy$612kPublic Benefit$565kEnvironment$76kHealth$66kHousing & Shelter$58kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc$851,00089%
Make the Road New York$772,00071%
Community Voices Heard Inc$584,00075%
Long Island Progressive Coalition Inc$492,800639%
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc$450,00062%
United for Respect Education Fund$350,00024%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$216,90630%
Public Accountability Initiative Inc$195,00077%
New York State Labor-Religion Coalition Inc$95,000318%
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc$84,50031%
New York Public Interest Research Group Fund Inc$80,00031%
Open Buffalo Inc$80,00035%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$80,00010%
People United for Sustainable Housing Inc$57,50023%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$50,00020%
New York Statewide Senior Action Council Inc$50,00014%
Fiscal Policy Institute Inc$50,00019%
Syracuse United Neighbors Inc$30,000170%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$25,00010%
New York State Association for Rural Health Inc$25,00012%
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy Inc$25,00011%
Common Cause Education Fund$25,00010%
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Inc$25,00010%
New York Immigration Coalition Inc$25,00010%
Align the Alliance for a Greater New York Inc$21,0002n/a
The Children's Agenda Inc$21,00011%
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc$20,00010%
Health Federation of Philadelphia Inc$20,00010%
Momsrising Education Fund$20,00010%
Community Service Society of New York$20,00010%
Uprose Inc$20,00012%
DRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc$20,00012%
West Harlem Environmental Action Inc$17,5001n/a
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance Inc$17,50021%
Grassroots Power Project$15,00011%
Catskill Mountainkeeper Inc$15,00011%
Arts & Democracy Inc$13,5001n/a
Judson Memorial Church$5,5001n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew York Communities Organizing Fund Inc: $851,000 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetMake the Road New York: $772,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity Voices Heard Inc: $584,000 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetLong Island Progressive Coalition Inc: $492,800 over 6y, 39% of budgetVoices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc: $450,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetUnited for Respect Education Fund: $350,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $216,906 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPublic Accountability Initiative Inc: $195,000 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetNew York State Labor-Religion Coalition Inc: $95,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetPublic Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc: $84,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNew York Public Interest Research Group Fund Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetOpen Buffalo Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPeople United for Sustainable Housing Inc: $57,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetNAACP Empowerment Programs Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Statewide Senior Action Council Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetFiscal Policy Institute Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetSyracuse United Neighbors Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetFund for the City of New York Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York State Association for Rural Health Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSchuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNew York Immigration Coalition Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Children's Agenda Inc: $21,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHealth Federation of Philadelphia Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMomsrising Education Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Service Society of New York: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUprose Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNew York City Environmental Justice Alliance Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGrassroots Power Project: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCatskill Mountainkeeper Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

Tides FoundationCA27.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · The Scherman Foundation Inc · New York Foundation · Solutions Project Inc · Windward Fund · New Venture Fund · Tides Center · Make the Road New York · Mertz Gilmore Foundation · New York Women's Foundation Inc

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 Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc

How much does Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc give?
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc reported 11 grants totaling $736,953 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (28%), Civil Rights (27%), Employment (18%).
Who are Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc ($851k), Make the Road New York ($772k), Community Voices Heard Inc ($584k).
Does Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, The Ford Foundation.
Where is Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc based?
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York 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 41 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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