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Sparkyouth NYC Inc

Sparkyouth nyc, inc.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
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.

Youth Development$3.7MEducation$1.6MArts & Culture$1.1MEnvironment$554kRecreation & Sports$514kHuman Services$246kFood & Nutrition$241kPhilanthropy$231kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$70,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UPTOWN STORIES$75,000
CITY LIVING NY$75,000
INSPIRING MINDS OF NEW YORK CITY INC$72,975
AMERICA ON TECH$72,300
CITY GROWERS$70,000
BRONX LACROSSE$70,000
BROOKLYN BOATWORKS$70,000
SOCIAL GOOD FUND (YVOTE)$70,000
TECH KINDS UNLIMITED$70,000
HARLEM GROWN INC$70,000
DRAMA CLUB$70,000
STEM FROM DANCE$70,000
SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC$70,000
FUTURES IGNITE$70,000
HAROLD HUNTER FOUNDATION$70,000
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 (FY21–24, $488k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CITY LIVING NY: $91k → 17%CITY LIVING NY: $75k → 17%FUTURES IGNITE: $87k → 17%FUTURE IGNITES: $75k → 17%CITY LIVING NY: $70k → 20%FUTURES IGNITE: $70k → 17%CITY LIVING NY: $10k → 20%FRIENDS OF WHEELS: $10k → 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.
$7.7M · 29 repeat orgs$496k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +130% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
8

Total granted

$7.7M
$496k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+130%
+33%

Still filing today

90%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • HG
    HARLEM GROWN INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $554k · revenue +222%
  • AO
    AMERICA ON TECH INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $538k · revenue +824%
  • BB
    BROOKLYN BOATWORKS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $517k · revenue +282%

Funded once

  • CHILDREN OF PROMISE NYCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $73k · revenue +75%
  • BN
    BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $62k · revenue +37%
  • IC
    I CHALLENGE MYSELF INC
    one grant, 2017 · $61k · revenue +21%
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
Stem Kids Nyc

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.

Education
2
King Hoops United

Empower the youth of new york city through basketball, providing them with academic enrichment, career development, and a strong sense of community to unlock their full potential

Youth Development
3
New York Scores

To empower youth to lead healthy lives, be engaged students, and have the confidence and character to make a difference in the world.

Youth Development
4
Digital Girl Incorporated

Digital Girl, Inc. (DGI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering the underserved youth of New York City, especially young girls, to pursue studies and careers in STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines.

Education
5
Futures and Options Inc

Futures and options expands opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds and historically underrepresented communities, collaborating with employers to empower students to gain the skills and confidence needed to succeed in future…

Education
6
Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc

Reel works mentors, inspires and empowers underserved nyc youth to share their stories through filmmaking, creating a springboard to successful careers in media and beyond.

Youth Development
7
Studio in a School Association Inc

From classrooms to careers, studio in a school expands access to visual arts education and professions in the arts by partnering with practicing artists, schools, and cultural institutions.

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8
Apex for Youth Inc

Apex for youth delivers possibilities to underserved asian and immigrant youth from low-income families in nyc. apex recruits working professionals to volunteer and become positive role models who inspire youth to expand their horizons and…

Community Improvement
9
New York State Youth Leadership Council Inc

New York State Youth Leadership Council, Inc. (NYSYLC or the Organization) works to empower immigrant youth through leadership development, grassroots organizing, educational advancement, and self-expression. NYSYLCs goal is to give…

Human Services
10
The Possibility Project Inc

The possibility project, inc. operates year long programs that bring together vastly diverse groups of youth from various backrounds and experiences. these youth undergo an intense year long creative process through which they write an…

Crime & Legal
11
Youth Represent Inc

Youth represent uses legal services, policy advocacy, peer education, and other tools to build power and opportunity for black, latine, and other youth of color who the criminal legal system and other systems of oppression harm the most.…

Crime & Legal
12
The Dreamyard Project Inc

The dreamyard project, inc. (dreamyard) is an arts and social justice organization dedicated to working with bronx youth, families, and schools to build pathways toward equity and opportunity.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Drama Club Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Animation Project 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

38 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/38
Grantees still filing
28/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICA ON TECH INC: $537,725 · EducationAMERICA ON TECH INCBROOKLYN BOATWORKS INC: $517,288 · EducationBROOKLYN BOATWORKS INCNEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE INC: $403,000 · EducationNEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LE…UPTOWN STORIES INC: $235,000 · EducationUPTOWN STORIES INCSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $231,120 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC+4 more: $241,500 · Education+4 moreSTEM FROM DANCE INC: $490,425 · Arts & CultureSTEM FROM DANCE INCPEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC: $329,000 · Arts & CulturePEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT …THE TIME IN CHILDRENS ARTS INITIATIVE INC: $294,500 · Arts & CultureTHE TIME IN CHILDRENS ART…UPBEAT NYC INC: $260,000 · Arts & CultureUPBEAT NYC INCDRAMA CLUB INC: $231,275 · Arts & CultureDRAMA CLUB INCYoung New Yorkers Chorus Inc: $160,000 · Arts & CultureYoung New Yorkers Chorus …+2 more: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+2 moreLATINAS ON THE VERGE OF EXCELLENCE- LOVE INC: $263,250 · Youth DevelopmentLATINAS ON THE VERGE OF…Extreme Kids and Crew Inc: $260,000 · Youth DevelopmentExtreme Kids and Crew I…The Harold Hunter Foundation: $235,950 · Youth DevelopmentThe Harold Hunter Found…SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC: $235,000 · Youth DevelopmentSEEDS OF FORTUNE INCInspiring Minds of New York City Inc: $232,975 · Youth DevelopmentInspiring Minds of New …TECH KIDS UNLIMITED INC: $231,300 · Youth DevelopmentTECH KIDS UNLIMITED INCKings Against Violence Initiative Inc: $225,000 · Youth DevelopmentKings Against Violence …EXALT YOUTH: $60,500 · Youth DevelopmentSouth Bronx United Inc: $343,000 · Recreation & SportsSouth Bron…BRONX LACROSSE INC CO OTA: $230,050 · Recreation & SportsBRONX LACR…BROOKLYN YOUTH SPORTS CLUB INC: $110,000 · Recreation & SportsBROOKLYN Y…I CHALLENGE MYSELF INC: $61,000 · Recreation & SportsI CHALLENG…HARLEM GROWN INC: $553,850 · EnvironmentCITY LIVING NY INC: $246,490 · Human ServicesFUTURES IGNITE INC: $241,825 · Human ServicesATLAS DIY CORPORATION: $174,150 · OtherATLAS DIY C…ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC: $165,000 · OtherROCKAWAY YO…CHANGE FOR KIDS INC: $80,000 · OtherCHANGE FOR …CITY GROWERS INC: $241,065 · OtherCITY GROWER…BROOKLYN DEFENDER SERVICES: $100,000 · OtherBROOKLYN DE…CHILDREN OF PROMISE NYC: $72,500 · OtherCHILDREN OF…
Education$2,165,633Arts & Culture$1,865,200Youth Development$1,743,975Recreation & Sports$744,050Environment$553,850Human Services$488,315Other$832,715

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHARLEM GROWN INC: $553,850 over 7y, 8.2% of budgetAMERICA ON TECH INC: $537,725 over 7y, 12% of budgetBROOKLYN BOATWORKS INC: $517,288 over 8y, 21% of budgetSTEM FROM DANCE INC: $490,425 over 7y, 24% of budgetNEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE INC: $403,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetSouth Bronx United Inc: $343,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetPEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC: $329,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetTHE TIME IN CHILDRENS ARTS INITIATIVE INC: $294,500 over 3y, 46% of budgetLATINAS ON THE VERGE OF EXCELLENCE- LOVE INC: $263,250 over 5y, 35% of budgetUPBEAT NYC INC: $260,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetExtreme Kids and Crew Inc: $260,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetCITY LIVING NY INC: $246,490 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetFUTURES IGNITE INC: $241,825 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetCITY GROWERS INC: $241,065 over 4y, 17% of budgetThe Harold Hunter Foundation: $235,950 over 4y, 30% of budgetUPTOWN STORIES INC: $235,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetSEEDS OF FORTUNE INC: $235,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetInspiring Minds of New York City Inc: $232,975 over 4y, 14% of budgetTECH KIDS UNLIMITED INC: $231,300 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetDRAMA CLUB INC: $231,275 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $231,120 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBRONX LACROSSE INC CO OTA: $230,050 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetKings Against Violence Initiative Inc: $225,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetATLAS DIY CORPORATION: $174,150 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC: $165,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetYoung New Yorkers Chorus Inc: $160,000 over 2y, 85% of budgetBROOKLYN YOUTH SPORTS CLUB INC: $110,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetBROOKLYN DEFENDER SERVICES: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHANGE FOR KIDS INC: $80,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC: $61,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetI CHALLENGE MYSELF INC: $61,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetEXALT YOUTH: $60,500 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetTHE ANIMATION PROJECT INC: $60,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetART CREATES US INC: $60,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetSCRIPTED INC DBA CODE NATION: $60,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSTOKED MENTORING INC: $60,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetOpening Act Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 1.3% 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 FoundationBrooklyn Community Fo…The Hyde and Watson F…The New York Communit…Youth Improving Non-P…Lily Auchincloss Foun…Valentine Perry Snyde…Robin Hood FoundationPwc Foundation IncHispanic Federation I…American Express Foun…The Meringoff Family …
Pinkerton FoundationNY56.5× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pinkerton Foundation · Brooklyn Community Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Valentine Perry Snyder Fund Xxxxx9001 · Robin Hood Foundation · Pwc Foundation Inc · Hispanic Federation Inc · American Express Foundation · The Meringoff Family 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 Sparkyouth NYC Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sparkyouth NYC Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 38 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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