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826NYC Inc

826NYC Inc (New York) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,770,817 to it, the largest being 826 National Inc ($389,202). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$993k
Funders on record
54
Grants received
$2.8M
Net assets
$422k
31/54 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 55%
01What it does

What 826NYC Inc does

Mission

826NYC, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. 826NYC, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that encourages the exploration of endless possibilities through the power of writing. Undefined by circumstance, our students build the skills to boldly write their own paths forward. We support new and exciting approaches to writing and inspire student engagement. And we foster generations of creative writers and thinkers, who together will define a better future. 826NYC provides after-school literacy and writing programs that are focused on building practical academic and professional skills, fostering creativity, and developing strong socio-emotional outcomes. We also collaborate with schools and other organizations on student publishing projects that transform NYC students into published authors. challenging and enjoyable, and ultimately strengthen each students power to express ideas effectively, creatively, confidently, and in his or her individual voice.

    $657,076 spent$153,509 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $657,076.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($753k) Expenses 100 ($731k) Net assets 100 ($154k)2022 Revenue 149 ($1.1M) Expenses 123 ($897k) Net assets 246 ($379k)2023 Revenue 141 ($1.1M) Expenses 132 ($968k) Net assets 306 ($472k)2024 Revenue 141 ($1.1M) Expenses 139 ($1.0M) Net assets 334 ($514k)2025 Revenue 132 ($993k) Expenses 148 ($1.1M) Net assets 274 ($422k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (132)Expenses (148)Net assets (274)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $471k to $1.1M (+133%).

$321k
$471k
$1.1M
$1.0M
$856k
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 21% · 2022 15% · 2023 8% · 2024 12% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

82% of 826NYC Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’21
$225k
’22
$93k
’23
$43k
’24
−$92k
’25
3.2
months of
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.

Chief executive

Rebecca Lynn Darugar

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed1618172314
Joined·+5+2+6+0
No longer listed·3309
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $156k → $373k.

11 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 826NYC Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 funders by total. 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

826NYC Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left

53% 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 826NYC Inc.

14%
largest funder
32%
top three
~16
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 32% · 2019 27% · 2020 23% · 2021 13% · 2022 12% · 2023 13% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

55% of 826NYC Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

826NYC Inc draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 13 states in all.

WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
DE
NC
FL

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $841k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

826NYC Inc's funding base is broadening — from 12 funders to 23 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding 826NYC Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $130k on record.

Federal$130k
grants $130kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$130k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

61% of spending goes to programs.

Program 61%Management 17%Fundraising 22%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

86%

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

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • 826 National Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds 826NYC Inc?
826NYC Inc (New York) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,770,817 to it, the largest being 826 National Inc ($389,202). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does 826NYC Inc have?
IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $2,770,817 in grants to 826NYC Inc, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of 826NYC Inc?
826 National Inc is the largest funder on record, with $389,202 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like 826NYC 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 54 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