New York · Nonprofit
500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC
500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,991 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($10,375). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $203k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $14k
What 500 Men Making a Difference Inc does
Mission
To provide meaningful service to the community in the form of mentoring afterschool programming work force development civic engagement renovations green space work and food insecurity work.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Workforce development classes in Brooklyn New York which included OSHA training SST training electrical courses and plumbing courses.
$39,000 spentof which $28,000 as grants26% of program spendingAfter school programming at PS 5 and PS 273
$50,000 spent$68,000 earned by the program34% of program spendingChristmas Tree Lighting and Toy giveaway at Herbert Von King Park in Brooklyn NY
$10,000 spentof which $12,000 as grants7% of program spendingFree OSHA classes for the Central Brooklyn Community to provide the 30 hour OSHA Credential and the Site Safety Credential needed to work on any construction site in NY
$12,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants8% of program spendingMLK Project to renovate church in Bed Stuy Brooklyn
$8,000 spentof which $8,000 as grants5% of program spendingSummer concert series for the community
$6,000 spentof which $6,000 as grants4% of program spendingInternational Service project to Paris France with Young Ladies working in a warehouse
$24,000 spentof which $24,000 as grants16% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $149,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $9k to $75k (+733%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
67% of 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Wayne Devonish
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $9k → $10k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
55% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
55% of 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $9k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
43%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC?
- 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,991 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($10,375). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $18,991 in grants to 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $10,375 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 500 MEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing