New York · Public charity
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc
To build power among low-income people affected by hiv/aids, the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness in order to create healthy and just communities. The organization accomplishes this through community organizing, leadership development, advocacy, direct services, participatory research and direct action.
- $837k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $343k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $798k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $533k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $175k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $286k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $129k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Voices Heard Inc | $234,409 | 4 | 4% |
| Community Service Society of New York | $201,960 | 3 | 0% |
| Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc | $183,350 | 2 | 2% |
| Hester Street Collaborative Inc | $181,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Neighbors Together Corporation | $135,000 | 4 | 3% |
| New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc | $133,350 | 2 | 4% |
| The Legal Aid Society | $116,960 | 2 | 0% |
| Vocal-Ny Action Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Appalshop Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: New York Foundation · North Star Fund Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Make the Road New York · New Venture Fund · Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc · West Harlem Environmental Action Inc · People's Action Institute · The Scherman Foundation Inc · Working Families Organization Inc · Mertz Gilmore Foundation
How this is measured
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About Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc
- How much does Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc give?
- Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc reported 16 grants totaling $837,011 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (79%), Community Improvement (9%), Crime & Legal (6%).
- Who are Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Community Voices Heard Inc ($234k), Community Service Society of New York ($202k), Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc ($183k).
- Does Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New York Foundation, North Star Fund Inc, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc based?
- Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc is based in NY.
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