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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.

$737k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$150k
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.

Community Improvement$1.5MCivil Rights$1.4MEmployment$955kPhilanthropy$612kPublic Benefit$565kEnvironment$76kHealth$66kHousing & Shelter$58kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $136k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $590k
$30,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAKE THE ROAD NY$150,000
NEW YORK COMMUNITIES ORGANIZING$150,000
VOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS$120,000
COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD$120,000
FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE$50,000
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE$30,000
SCHUYLER CENTER FOR ANALYSIS &$25,000
CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC$21,000
HEALTH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIA$20,000
NYS LABOR RELIGION COALITION$20,000
MOMSRISING EDUCATION FUND$20,000
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 (FY19–24, $196k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $21k → 14%LESBIAN & GAY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 17%TIDES CENTER: $40k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $15k → 10%OPEN BUFFALO INC: $35k → 13%OPEN BUFFALO INC: $25k → 13%OPEN BUFFALO INC: $20k → 13%COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NY: $20k → 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 16 repeat orgs$578k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
18

Total granted

$4.4M
$442k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+53%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k 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
Public BenefitCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesEnvironmentEmploymentHealthOther
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

  • NY
    New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $851k · revenue +107%
  • MT
    Make the Road New York
    7× · 2017–2024 · $772k · revenue +35%
  • LI
    LONG ISLAND PROGRESSIVE COALITION INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $493k · revenue +4% · 39% of their budget

Funded once

  • CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $80k · revenue +40%
  • NY
    NEW YORK STATEWIDE SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +82%
  • SU
    SYRACUSE UNITED NEIGHBORS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue 0% · 70% of their budget
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
New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness Inc

Provide advocacy for lower and working class new yorkers

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2
Empire State Voices Inc

To educate the public on a range of crucial issues, advocate for economic policies that make life more affordable for hardworking New Yorkers, and encourage federal elected officials to oppose policies that harm New Yorkers.

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3
New York Communities for Change Inc

A grassroots membership-based organization building power for low and moderate-income communities in new york state.

Civil Rights
4
Council On American-Islamic Relations of New York

Through legal advocacy, education, media relations, civic engagement and grassroots mobilzation, cair-ny empowers the american muslim community against discrimination.

Civil Rights
5
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc

Nylpi's mission is to advance equality and civil rights, with a focus on health justice, disability rights and environmental justice, through the power of community lawyering and partnerships with the private bar.

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6
Advocacy Institute Inc

Advocacy institute supports social justice organizations to build the advocacy skills, knowledge and power they need to shape government policy for a more just and equitable new york.

Civil Rights
7
Worker Justice Center of New York Inc

Worker Justice Center of New York, Inc. (WJCNY) pusues juistice for those denied hian rights, with a focus on agricultural and other low-wage workers, through legal representation, community empowerment and advocacy for institutional…

Crime & Legal
8
New Economy Project Inc

New economy project's mission is to work with community groups to build a just economy that works for all, by fostering cooperative and community-led development and challenging systems that fuel inequality and poverty.

Community Improvement
9
Legal Services Nyc

Legal services nyc is a non-profit organization that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in new york city. a community-based organization serving more than 100,000 people annually, lsnyc is the nation's largest…

Crime & Legal
10
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Action Inc

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action (JFREJ Action or JFREJ) is the home for Jewish New Yorkers organizing with our neighbors and allies to transform New York from a playground for the wealthy few into a real democracy for all of us.…

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11
Community Voices Heard Power Inc

CVH Power is working to make New York a model of democratic participation and progressive policies and programs to improve the lives of poor and working class families across New York

Human Services
12
New York Focus Inc

New york focus is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom covering state and local politics in the empire state.(continued on scheduleo)launched in october of 2020, new york focus aims to help make government more transparent by publishing…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Long Island Progressive Coalition 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

39 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. 39 of the 41 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
31/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc: $851,000 · Community ImprovementNew York Communitie…+4 more: $88,500 · Community Improvement+4 moreMake the Road New York: $772,000 · Crime & LegalMake the Road Ne…LONG ISLAND PROGRESSIVE COALITION INC: $492,800 · OtherLONG ISLAND PROGRESSIVE COALITIO…NEW YORK PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP FUND INC: $80,000 · OtherTIDES FOUNDATION: $320,000 · OtherTIDES FOUNDATIONOpen Buffalo Inc: $80,000 · OtherTIDES CENTER: $55,000 · OtherNEW YORK STATE LABOR-RELIGION COALITION INC: $95,000 · OtherNEW YORK STATE LABOR-RELIGION CO…PEOPLE UNITED FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING INC: $57,500 · Other+15 more: $336,500 · Other+15 moreNEO Philanthropy Inc: $216,906 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthro…PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE INC: $195,000 · Public BenefitPUBLIC ACCOUNT…PUBLIC POLICY AND EDUCATION FUND OF NEW YORK INC: $84,500 · Public BenefitPUBLIC POLICY …CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $80,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR POP…FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 · Public BenefitFISCAL POLICY …SCHUYLER CENTER FOR ANALYSIS AND ADVOCACY INC: $25,000 · Public BenefitCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $25,000 · Public BenefitCommunity Voices Heard Inc: $584,000 · EmploymentCommunity Vo…ALIGN THE ALLIANCE FOR A GREATER NEW YORK INC: $21,000 · EmploymentVOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS (VOCAL-NY) INC: $450,000 · HealthVOICES OF …NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR RURAL HEALTH INC: $25,000 · HealthUnited for Respect Education Fund: $350,000 · EducationGrassroots Power Project: $15,000 · Education
Community Improvement$939,500Crime & Legal$772,000Other$1,516,800Public Benefit$676,406Employment$605,000Health$475,000Education$365,000

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

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 budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $320,000 over 3y, 0.1% 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 budgetTIDES CENTER: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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
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.

Tides FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…The Ford FoundationThe Scherman Foundati…New York FoundationSolutions Project IncWindward FundNew Venture FundTides CenterMake the Road New YorkMertz Gilmore Foundat…New York Women's Foun…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%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
    1get no government money at all
    9report 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 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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