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The New York Urban League Inc

The league's mission is to enable african americans and underserved communities to secure a first-class education, economic self-reliance, and equal respect of their civil rights through programs, services, and advocacy in our highly diversified city.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
30
Itemized grants FY2024
28
Organizations funded FY2023
75%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.1M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$45,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$45,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 34
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$1.9M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 75% of the organizations The New York Urban League Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $775k 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
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEmploymentHealthOther
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 arriving28$1.1M46%
FY202328$1.1M75%
FY202234$1.2M59%
FY202121$1.0M57%
FY202031$1.4Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Community Improvement$2.2MArts & Culture$1.3MHuman Services$450kEmployment$345kCrime & Legal$280kHealth$206kEducation$200kYouth Development$193kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The New York Urban League Inc$507,000113%
Emerging Leaders in Technology and Engineering Inc$185,2421n/a
67th Precinct Clergy Council$178,84931%
Barbershop Books Inc$151,250415%
Life of Hope$134,122421%
Opus Dance Theatre & Community Services Inc$124,29524%
Community Connections for Youth Inc$116,25033%
Bronx Baptist Church$116,2503n/a
Custom Collaborative Inc$116,25035%
Girl Be Heard Institute$115,62433%
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All grantees of The New York Urban League Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The New York Urban League Inc$507,000113%
Emerging Leaders in Technology and Engineering Inc$185,2421n/a
67th Precinct Clergy Council$178,84931%
Barbershop Books Inc$151,250415%
Life of Hope$134,122421%
Opus Dance Theatre & Community Services Inc$124,29524%
Community Connections for Youth Inc$116,25033%
Bronx Baptist Church$116,2503n/a
Custom Collaborative Inc$116,25035%
Girl Be Heard Institute$115,62433%
Staten Island Urban Center Inc$112,00039%
WARM INC dba We All Really Matter$106,250315%
African Film Festivalinc$99,427316%
The Actors Theatre Workshop Inc$96,250311%
Full Circle Life Enrichment Center$96,250369%
Bedford Stuyvesant Gateway District Management Association Inc$95,65036%
Good Call NYC$90,00025%
You Gotta Believe - the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc$90,00023%
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Inc$90,000210%
HIP-HOP THEATER FESTIVAL INC DBA Hi-ARTS$90,00027%
Monitor My Health Inc$85,00025%
Griot Circle Inc$85,00029%
Young New Yorkers Inc$84,196213%
STEM From Dance Inc$80,00023%
The Harlem Chamber Players Inc$80,00027%
Kids Creative 404 Inc$80,00023%
A Better Jamaica Inc$75,000210%
The Brooklyn Steppers Inc$70,9702n/a
Not on My Watch Inc$70,00028%
Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program Inc$62,80422%
Fcbc Community Development Corporation$62,00024%
Path to Jobs Inc (Fka Peer Training Inc/Pti)$61,250223%
Mind Builders Creative Arts Inc$45,00011%
Destination Tomorrow Inc$45,00011%
United Methodist Center in Far Rockaway Inc$45,000110%
Move(Nyc) Foundation Inc$45,00017%
Cumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance Inc$45,00016%
Community Help in Park Slope Inc$45,00012%
Billie Holiday Theatre Inc$45,00013%
Boys & Girls Club of Harlem Inc$45,00012%
Children of Promise NYC$45,00011%
Drive Change Inc$45,00011%
The Noel Pointer Foundation Inc$45,00013%
Harlem Business Alliance Inc$45,00017%
Opening Act Inc$45,00014%
Narrative Nation Inc$45,000147%
Drama Club Inc$45,00015%
Harvest Home Farmer's Market Inc$45,00015%
Alex House Project Inc$45,00016%
Youth Design Center Inc$45,00015%
Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn CDC Inc$45,00012%
New York Women's Chamber of Commerce Inc$45,00016%
Community Voices Heard Inc$44,87511%
The Society for the Preservation of Weeksville & Bedford-Stuyvesant$44,85212%
Art Start Inc$42,23613%
Arts Business Collaborative$41,21012%
Buffalo Urban League Inc$40,00011%
The Reciprocity Foundation$35,0001n/a
The Wyckoff House & Association Inc$35,00019%
We Are Not Afraid Community Resource Center Inc$35,0001n/a
Strycker's Bay Neighborhood Council Inc$35,00016%
The Brothers Redefining Opportunity Experience FDN Inc$35,00016%
Wendy Hilliard Foundation$35,0001n/a
Inspiring Minds of New York City Inc$35,00017%
Network Support Services Incorporated$35,000111%
Vibe Theater Experience Inc$35,00017%
Bridge Street Development Corporation$35,00011%
Birthright Africa Incorporated$34,783119%
The Classical Theatre of Harlem Inc$34,50012%
Represented Foundation$32,548151%
Wall Street Bound Inc$32,53419%
African International Collaborative Center (Aicc) Inc$31,07517%
East New York Restoration Local Development Corp$31,00015%
Uptown Dance Academy Inc$30,500112%
Girl Vow Inc$30,26415%
The Parris Foundation Inc$30,00017%
Urban League of Long Island Inc$30,000115%
Urban League of Rochester Ny Inc$30,00011%
African Voices Communications Inc$26,250111%
Change for Kids Inc$26,25011%
Ocean Bay Community Development Corp$25,37014%
Brooklyn Perinatal Network Inc$25,12512%
Empowerment Zone Inc$24,752121%
Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project Inc$22,50017%
Elite Learners Inc$20,19210%
Haiti Cultural Exchange Inc$19,12515%
Fierce$11,2501n/a
She Cooks3$10,0001n/a
Eat My Cake Too$10,0001n/a
Swr Community LLC$10,0001n/a
For Your Birth$10,0001n/a
Harlem Film House$10,000115%

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The New York Urban League Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe New York Urban League Inc: $507,000 over 1y, 13% of budget67th Precinct Clergy Council: $178,849 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBarbershop Books Inc: $151,250 over 4y, 15% of budgetLife of Hope: $134,122 over 4y, 21% of budgetOpus Dance Theatre & Community Services Inc: $124,295 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetCommunity Connections for Youth Inc: $116,250 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetCustom Collaborative Inc: $116,250 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetGirl Be Heard Institute: $115,624 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetStaten Island Urban Center Inc: $112,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetWARM INC dba We All Really Matter: $106,250 over 3y, 15% of budgetAfrican Film Festivalinc: $99,427 over 3y, 16% of budgetThe Actors Theatre Workshop Inc: $96,250 over 3y, 11% of budgetFull Circle Life Enrichment Center: $96,250 over 3y, 69% of budgetBedford Stuyvesant Gateway District Management Association Inc: $95,650 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetGood Call NYC: $90,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetYou Gotta Believe - the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTheatre of the Oppressed NYC Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetHIP-HOP THEATER FESTIVAL INC DBA Hi-ARTS: $90,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetMonitor My Health Inc: $85,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetGriot Circle Inc: $85,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetYoung New Yorkers Inc: $84,196 over 2y, 13% of budgetSTEM From Dance Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetThe Harlem Chamber Players Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetKids Creative 404 Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetA Better Jamaica Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetNot on My Watch Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetHarlem Junior Tennis and Education Program Inc: $62,804 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFcbc Community Development Corporation: $62,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetPath to Jobs Inc (Fka Peer Training Inc/Pti): $61,250 over 2y, 23% of budgetMind Builders Creative Arts Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDestination Tomorrow Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUnited Methodist Center in Far Rockaway Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetMove(Nyc) Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetCumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetCommunity Help in Park Slope Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBillie Holiday Theatre Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Harlem Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetChildren of Promise NYC: $45,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDrive Change Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Noel Pointer Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHarlem Business Alliance Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetOpening Act Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetNarrative Nation Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetDrama Club Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetHarvest Home Farmer's Market Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetAlex House Project Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetYouth Design Center Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetNeighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn CDC Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 1.7% 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 81.

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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.

Brooklyn Community FoundationNY66.6× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Brooklyn Community Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · New York Women's Foundation Inc · West Harlem Development Corporation · Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children · The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · The Ford 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.

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About The New York Urban League Inc

How much does The New York Urban League Inc give?
The New York Urban League Inc reported 30 itemized grants totaling $1,120,000, out of $1,206,250 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 34 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The New York Urban League Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (39%), Arts & Culture (22%), Human Services (8%).
Who are The New York Urban League Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The New York Urban League Inc ($507k), Emerging Leaders in Technology and Engineering Inc ($185k), 67th Precinct Clergy Council ($179k).
Does The New York Urban League Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The New York Urban League Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Brooklyn Community Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
Where is The New York Urban League Inc based?
The New York Urban League 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 97 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.1M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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