New York · Nonprofit
BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC
BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,001,047 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($265,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Inc does
Mission
Building a foundation for life-long learning, appreciation of the arts, care for the community and environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Barrow street nursery school (bsns) was founded in 1986 to serve families in greenwich village by providing an independent, progressive early childhood program. In 2006, greenwich house assumed ownership of the school. Through high-quality programming and active community engagement, bsns builds a foundation for lifelong learning, appreciation of the arts, and care for community and the environment. Recent innovations include new full-day classrooms for 3s and 4s, a brand new fire alarm system in the building, upgraded safety functions, expanded extended-day options, and the creation of a materials atelier where children collaborate using loose parts and recycled materials to inspire imaginative construction and creativity.bsns serves approximately 185 children ages 19 months to 5 years. The school's progressive approach centers on collaboratively designed learning experiences and an emergent curriculum that supports children's developing identity, agency, and sense of belonging. Teachers engage in ongoing observation and reflection to deepen learning, and family partnerships are fostered through meaningful dialogue and mutual support. The school community is strengthened by the…
$6,603,657 spentof which $334,603 as grants$6,756,322 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,603,657.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2022 to 2023, from $7.2M to $9.3M (+30%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Darren Bloch
CEO/executive director
Board chair
Jan-Willem Van Den Dorpel
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $25k → $128k.
11 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE 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
BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 67% · 2019 46% · 2020 37% · 2021 28% · 2022 42% · 2023 43% — 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
83% of BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
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
95% of BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE 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 $52k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $949k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Greenwich House Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC?
- BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,001,047 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($265,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,001,047 in grants to BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE INC?
- JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $265,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BARROW STREET NURSERY SCHOOL AT GREENWICH HOUSE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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