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6 ON THE SQUARE INC

6 ON THE SQUARE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,335 to it, the largest being THE R C SMITH FOUNDATION INC ($49,835). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$74k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$65k
Net assets
$14k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What 6 on the Square Inc does

Mission

Enriching the arts through presenting live acoustic music

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Live in person performances with 785 people in total attending

    $24,808 spentof which $15,000 as grants
    64% of program spending
  2. Four Free outdoor concerts in Lafayette Park on Sunday afternoons in July with 545 people attending in person

    $12,161 spentof which $10,000 as grants
    31% of program spending
  3. Live broadcast of performances to people unable to attend the performance in person with a total of 140 attending performances via the Live Broadcast

    $1,656 spent
    4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $38,625.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($57k) Expenses 100 ($49k) Net assets 100 ($11k)2026 Revenue 129 ($74k) Expenses 120 ($60k) Net assets 126 ($14k)
20232026
Revenue (129)Expenses (120)Net assets (126)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars.

$11k
$14k
20232026
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2023
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

69% of 6 ON THE SQUARE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’23
$14k
’26

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Nancy Morey

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $8k.

From the IRS filings of 6 ON THE SQUARE 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

6 ON THE SQUARE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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

76%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 56% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

100% of 6 ON THE SQUARE INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

6 ON THE SQUARE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 435 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin19% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 435 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2026

Organizations like 6 ON THE SQUARE 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds 6 ON THE SQUARE INC?
6 ON THE SQUARE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,335 to it, the largest being THE R C SMITH FOUNDATION INC ($49,835). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does 6 ON THE SQUARE INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $65,335 in grants to 6 ON THE SQUARE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of 6 ON THE SQUARE INC?
THE R C SMITH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $49,835 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like 6 ON THE SQUARE 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 FY2026 (financials across 2023–2026), 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