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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.

$837k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$1.6MCommunity Improvement$181kCrime & Legal$124kHuman Services$55kPublic Benefit$50k
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $189k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $644k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VOCAL-NY ACTION FUND INC$100,000
NY COMMUNITIES FOR CHANGE$95,000
NEW YORK COMMUNITIES ORGANIZING FUND INC$88,350
PUBLIC POLICY AND EDUCATION FUND OF NEW YORK$88,350
COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD$88,350
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY$66,960
COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NY$66,960
APPALSHOP INC$50,000
NEIGHBORS TOGETHER CORPORATION$35,000
TIDES CENTER$35,000
ST JOSEPH'S HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY$35,000
KENTUCKY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY$25,000
KENTUCKY HARM REDUCTION COALITION$25,000
NEW YORKERS DEFENDING DEMOCRACY$14,000
MAKE THE ROAD NY$10,041
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 (FY22–24, $340k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%TIDES CENTER: $20k → 10%COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NY: $95k → 17%COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NY: $67k → 17%COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NY: $40k → 17%METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $18k → 17%VOCAL-NY ACTION FUND INC: $100k → 20%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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 13 repeat orgs$462k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
5

Total granted

$1.5M
$243k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+6%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $219k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalPublic BenefitEducationOther
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

  • CS
    COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
    3× · 2022–2024 · $202k · revenue +53%
  • TL
    THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $117k · revenue +17%
  • AI
    APPALSHOP INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • HS
    Hester Street Collaborative Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $181k · revenue -39%
  • WO
    WOODSIDE ON THE MOVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +59%
  • MN
    METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY
    one grant, 2023 · $18k · revenue +6%
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
Legal Services Nyc

Legal services nyc is a non-profit organization that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in new york city. a community-based organization serving more than 100,000 people annually, lsnyc is the nation's largest…

Crime & Legal
2
The Center for New York City Neighborhoods Inc

Our mission is to promote and protect affordable homeownership in new york so that middle- and working-class families are able to build strong, thriving communities.

Housing & Shelter
3
National Council of Jewish Women New York Section

Ncjw ny turns progressive ideals into action, impacting 8,000 new yorkers annually: we provide direct services to support and empower our neighbors in need today - people from all walks of life and all racial and religious backgrounds.…

Community Improvement
4
Housing Partnership Development Corporation

Housing partnership development corporation functions to provide available low and moderate cost housing in the new york metro area through new housing production, preservation, rehabilitation, as well as the revitalization and…

Housing & Shelter
5
Cnyc Inc (Council of New York Cooperatives & Condominiums)

Support housing cooperatives and condominiums

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6
Nyc Nowc Inc

The NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives is dedicated to sharing and cultivating the educational, financial, and technical resources of its members and supporting the growth of worker cooperatives for social and economic justice. We offer…

Community Improvement
7
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp

To manage the brooklyn navy yard for the city of new york, specifically to expand job opportunities for new yorkers by fostering the development of small businesses.

Community Improvement
8
New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation

Nyceec's mission is to deliver financing solutions and advance markets for energy efficiency and clean energy in communities.

Environment
9
Hudson Yards Development Corporation

See schedule oto coordinate and facilitate the economic development of the hudson yards area of manhattan. this includes construction of an extension to the no. subway line, the coordination of the design and construction of certain public…

Community Improvement
10
Neighborhood Housing Services of Rochester Inc

NeighborWorks Rochester collaborates with people and partners to strengthen, sustain and promote city neighborhoods. Our services are available to a wide spectrum of the community, including existing and potential homeowners, tenants and…

Housing & Shelter
11
Lsny-Bronx Corporation

Legal services nyc-bronx is a not-for-profit corporation organized for the purposes of providing legal assistance to indigent persons in the new york city area in noncriminal proceedings or matters.

Education
12
Worker Justice Center of New York Inc

Worker Justice Center of New York, Inc. (WJCNY) pusues juistice for those denied hian rights, with a focus on agricultural and other low-wage workers, through legal representation, community empowerment and advocacy for institutional…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Metro Louisville Harm Reduction Task Force. 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

22 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. 22 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
9/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Hester Street Collaborative Inc: $181,000 · Community ImprovementHester Street Collabora…New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc: $133,350 · Community ImprovementNew York Communities Or…Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Inc: $100,000 · Community ImprovementNorthwest Bronx Communi…COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $201,960 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERVICE SOC…VOCAL-NY ACTION FUND INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesVOCAL-NY ACTION FUND …TIDES CENTER: $55,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTERMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $18,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORS TOGETHER CORPORATION: $135,000 · OtherNEIGHBORS TOGETHER CORPORA…St Joseph's House of Hospitality: $70,000 · OtherSt Joseph's House of Hospi…WOODSIDE ON THE MOVE INC: $30,000 · OtherWOODSIDE ON THE MOVE INCNew York Communities For Change Inc: $95,000 · OtherNew York Communities For C…METRO LOUISVILLE HARM REDUCTION TASK FORCE: $50,000 · OtherMETRO LOUISVILLE HARM REDU…PEOPLE UNITED FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING INC: $44,000 · OtherPEOPLE UNITED FOR SUSTAINA…+4 more: $38,074 · Other+4 moreCommunity Voices Heard Inc: $234,409 · EmploymentCommunity Voi…PUBLIC POLICY AND EDUCATION FUND OF NEW YORK INC: $183,350 · Public BenefitPUBLIC POLICY…KENTUCKY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY INC: $50,000 · Public BenefitKENTUCKY CENT…THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $116,960 · Crime & LegalTHE LEGAL…Make the Road New York: $40,041 · Crime & LegalMake the …APPALSHOP INC: $100,000 · Arts & Culture
Community Improvement$414,350Human Services$374,960Other$462,074Employment$234,409Public Benefit$233,350Crime & Legal$157,001Arts & Culture$100,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Voices Heard Inc: $234,409 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $201,960 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPUBLIC POLICY AND EDUCATION FUND OF NEW YORK INC: $183,350 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHester Street Collaborative Inc: $181,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetNEIGHBORS TOGETHER CORPORATION: $135,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetNew York Communities Organizing Fund Inc: $133,350 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $116,960 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOCAL-NY ACTION FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetAPPALSHOP INC: $100,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetNorthwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNew York Communities For Change Inc: $95,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSt Joseph's House of Hospitality: $70,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKENTUCKY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMETRO LOUISVILLE HARM REDUCTION TASK FORCE: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPEOPLE UNITED FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING INC: $44,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMake the Road New York: $40,041 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOODSIDE ON THE MOVE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMet Council Research & Education Fund Inc: $7,074 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

New York FoundationNorth Star Fund IncAmalgamated Charitabl…The Ford FoundationMake the Road New YorkNew Venture FundPublic Policy and Edu…West Harlem Environme…People's Action Insti…The Scherman Foundati…Working Families Orga…Mertz Gilmore Foundat…
New York FoundationNY24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 23 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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