New York · Public charity
West Harlem Development Corporation
WEST HARLEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION's mission includes implementing the community benefits agreement by providing and supporting programs that promote economic development, education, environmental protection, transportation, employment, affordable housing, arts & culture, community facilities, historical preservation and the overall…
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 101
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 108
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $281,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 108
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $57M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations West Harlem Development Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 97 | $2.1M | 2% |
| FY2024 | 108 | $2.5M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 107 | $2.4M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 99 | $2.2M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 79 | $1.5M | 18% |
| FY2020 | 71 | $1.4M | 34% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $686k | 34% |
| FY2018 | 53 | $1.4M | 19% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of Harlem Inc | $982,150 | 8 | 9% |
| West Harlem Arts Alliance Inc | $544,817 | 3 | 32% |
| Harlem Arts Alliance | $521,750 | 4 | 86% |
| New York African Chorus Ensemble Inc | $257,057 | 8 | 29% |
| Dances for a Variable Population Inc | $238,600 | 9 | 11% |
| West Harlem Environmental Action Inc | $220,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Creative Arts Workshops for Kids Inc | $220,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Mama Foundation for the Arts Inc | $219,405 | 9 | 4% |
| The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc | $215,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Broadway Community Inc | $211,929 | 8 | 10% |
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Where it is load-bearing
West Harlem Development Corporation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 17 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 137 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation · Pinkerton Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The New York Urban League Inc · The New York and Presbyterian Hospital · The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation
How this is measured
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About West Harlem Development Corporation
- How much does West Harlem Development Corporation give?
- West Harlem Development Corporation reported 101 itemized grants totaling $2,151,555, out of $2,196,376 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 108 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does West Harlem Development Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Education (16%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are West Harlem Development Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Club of Harlem Inc ($982k), West Harlem Arts Alliance Inc ($545k), Harlem Arts Alliance ($522k).
- Does West Harlem Development Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as West Harlem Development Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc.
- Where is West Harlem Development Corporation based?
- West Harlem Development Corporation is based in NY.
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