New York · Public charity
The United Methodist City Society
see schedule O for continuation of statement. The United Methodist City Society (UMCS) is a multifaceted program agency that is the urban social service program partner of United Methodist churches in the New York metropolitan area. The UMCS was founded in 1838 by Methodist Women in New York City for the purpose of organizing charity…
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $487,705
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 25
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $50M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations The United Methodist City Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $1.1M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $957k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $931k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $1.6M | 52% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points Mission | $1,742,796 | 5 | n/a |
| Anchor House Inc | $914,121 | 5 | 13% |
| United Methodist Center in Far Rockaway Inc | $407,689 | 5 | 25% |
| New York Justice for Our Neighbors | $390,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Immanuel First Spanish UMC | $292,238 | 5 | n/a |
| New York Annual Confernce United Methodist | $244,427 | 5 | n/a |
| Bethany United Methodist Church | $151,565 | 1 | n/a |
| Wakefield Grace | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ Church United Methodist | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Astoria Peoples United Methodist Chuch | $149,996 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 39 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points Mission | $1,742,796 | 5 | n/a |
| Anchor House Inc | $914,121 | 5 | 13% |
| United Methodist Center in Far Rockaway Inc | $407,689 | 5 | 25% |
| New York Justice for Our Neighbors | $390,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Immanuel First Spanish UMC | $292,238 | 5 | n/a |
| New York Annual Confernce United Methodist | $244,427 | 5 | n/a |
| Bethany United Methodist Church | $151,565 | 1 | n/a |
| Wakefield Grace | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ Church United Methodist | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Astoria Peoples United Methodist Chuch | $149,996 | 5 | n/a |
| Southbend United Methodist Church | $135,996 | 4 | n/a |
| Fenimore Street United Methodist Church | $132,840 | 1 | n/a |
| Brooks Memorial United Methodist Church | $127,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of St Paul & St Andrew | $102,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Butler Memorial UMC | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church in Central Islip | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Pablo United Methodist Church | $59,375 | 5 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church of Jamaica | $53,474 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese Methodist Center Corporation | $52,655 | 4 | 10% |
| Smithtown United Methodist Church | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Grace United Methodist Church | $44,450 | 4 | n/a |
| St James UMC | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Dream UMC | $21,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Ghana Wesley UMC | $19,714 | 2 | n/a |
| Epworth UMC | $19,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Newman Memorial UMC | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Massapequa Community UMC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bayside UMC | $10,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Union United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pound Ridge Community Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brooks Senior Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Hebrew Home for Aged at Riverdale | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First UMC - Mt Vernon | $9,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary UMC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phoenicia UMC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Katonah United Methodist Churches | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Judson Memorial Church Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tremont United Methodist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($409k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Food Bank for New York City · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The United Methodist City Society
- How much does The United Methodist City Society give?
- The United Methodist City Society reported 20 itemized grants totaling $1,053,762, out of $1,105,812 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 25 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The United Methodist City Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (57%), Health (16%), Public Benefit (14%).
- Who are The United Methodist City Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Five Points Mission ($1.7M), Anchor House Inc ($914k), United Methodist Center in Far Rockaway Inc ($408k).
- Does The United Methodist City Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The United Methodist City Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Food Bank for New York City, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The United Methodist City Society based?
- The United Methodist City Society is based in NY.
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