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New York · Public charity

Start Small Think Big Inc

Start Small advances economic equity by providing an ecosystem of curated resources and support for small businesses, particularly for those entrepreneurs who face systemic barriers that make business success harder to achieve.

$425k
Granted FY2023
26
Itemized grants FY2023
26
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$388k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 26
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
11
Total assets, FY2023
$3.9M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Start Small Think Big Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $388k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Community ImprovementOther
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
FY202326$388k100%
FY202219$229k100%
FY20219$104k44%
FY202014$159kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Community Improvement$464kPublic Safety & Disaster$239kRecreation & Sports$49kFood & Nutrition$38kCivil Rights$25kYouth Development$25kReligion$25kArts & Culture$15k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MI
NY
OR
NV
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
DE
NC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Women's World of Boxing$48,0002n/a
Harlem Haberdashery LLC$31,1762n/a
Rapid Rythms Rewards LLC DBA Sofia and Grace Cookie Co LLC$25,0001n/a
MJ Chocolatier LLC$25,0001n/a
Fleabags LLC$25,0001n/a
Harlem Seafood Soul$25,0001n/a
WESTxEAST Co$25,0001n/a
Onyemaechi Aharanwa PinMe 1913$25,0001n/a
Rhonesha Byng$25,0001n/a
Kids Play Zone LLC$25,0001n/a
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All grantees of Start Small Think Big Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Women's World of Boxing$48,0002n/a
Harlem Haberdashery LLC$31,1762n/a
Rapid Rythms Rewards LLC DBA Sofia and Grace Cookie Co LLC$25,0001n/a
MJ Chocolatier LLC$25,0001n/a
Fleabags LLC$25,0001n/a
Harlem Seafood Soul$25,0001n/a
WESTxEAST Co$25,0001n/a
Onyemaechi Aharanwa PinMe 1913$25,0001n/a
Rhonesha Byng$25,0001n/a
Kids Play Zone LLC$25,0001n/a
Beija-Flor Naturals LLC$25,0001n/a
Dawn Demry The Little Hot Dog Wagon LLC$25,0001n/a
Brooklyn Blooms$23,8002n/a
Pabade Bakery$19,7501n/a
Latino Business Foundation Silicon Valley$18,50013%
Wild & Grace$18,0002n/a
Domenic Ming Pink Folder Film House LLC$15,0001n/a
The Nail Belle LLC$15,0002n/a
Claudy's Kitchen$14,1001n/a
Divine Creativity Inc Coqui the Chef$12,5001n/a
Morine A Lewis Mesan Wellness$10,0001n/a
Grow for Good$10,0001n/a
Jesica Marcela Ballard Kape Catorce LLC KC14 Coffee$10,0001n/a
Bonbon Lakay Inc$10,0001n/a
Lanisha Taylor$10,0001n/a
Leah Elaine Brown KB Squared Landscaping LLC$10,0001n/a
Kellie Gillespie ZOG Undertakings$10,0001n/a
Sun Market$10,0001n/a
Glitzed 365 Beauty Suites Salon Inc$10,0001n/a
Chelsee Paige Karnes Doug's Upholstery$10,0001n/a
Upgrade My Pit Bikes LLC$10,0001n/a
Brittney Dias Looking Lens LLC$10,0001n/a
Mayghen Barmore Polka Dots and Sunshine$10,0001n/a
FLTFLY Custom Tees$10,0001n/a
7th South Designs LLC$10,0001n/a
Plantish LLC$10,0001n/a
Gwell LLC$10,0001n/a
Iron Eagle Disciples$10,0001n/a
NuBorn Skin$10,0001n/a
Curmuffins Curmuffins LLC$10,0001n/a
Meltdown Ice Cream$10,0001n/a
Bryan Swintek Lasagna LLC DBA Magic Chonk$10,0001n/a
Shani Ramirez Boutique Black Label$10,0001n/a
Julia F Canano Samrock Stables LLC$10,0001n/a
Escape Adventures$10,0001n/a
Verna Mungin$10,0001n/a
Lakesha Finley Flowers$10,0001n/a
De LXor Cakery Corporation$10,0001n/a
Reclaim Clay Collective$10,0001n/a
Brittany Rae Wolf EarthWorks ClaySpace$10,0001n/a
Krysalis Kouture$10,0001n/a
DiLena's Dolcini$10,0001n/a
Kate Greenspan Art Play$10,0001n/a
Nadia Lake$10,0001n/a
Savor Acts LLC$10,0001n/a
Mohit Mankar Lakud LLC Pirate Duck Designs$10,0001n/a
Sabor Restaurant and Bakery LLC$9,3001n/a
Friend of All LLC$9,0001n/a
Aromas Boutique Bakery$8,4451n/a
Local Color NYC$7,4501n/a
Harlem Chocolate Factory LLC$7,2001n/a
IndigoStyle Vintage$6,6001n/a
Ebaata Skincare LLC$5,1451n/a

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About Start Small Think Big Inc

How much does Start Small Think Big Inc give?
Start Small Think Big Inc reported 26 itemized grants totaling $387,500, out of $425,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Start Small Think Big Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Community Improvement (53%), Public Safety & Disaster (27%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
Who are Start Small Think Big Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Women's World of Boxing ($48k), Harlem Haberdashery LLC ($31k), Rapid Rythms Rewards LLC DBA Sofia and Grace Cookie Co LLC ($25k).
Does Start Small Think Big Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Start Small Think Big Inc based?
Start Small Think Big 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 63 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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