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BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC

BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,400 to it, the largest being Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$25M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$178k
Net assets
$35M
1/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center Inc does

Mission

The bedford stuyvesant family health center, inc. Operates a healthcare center located in brooklyn, new york. The center provides a broad range of health services to a largely medically underserved population. The center was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of the state of new york and is exempt from income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Health center: bedford stuyvesant family health center (bsfhc) is a network of federally qualified community health centers based in bedford stuyvesant brooklyn, ny. Our mission is to provide the most professional, courteous and highest quality health care, with dignity, to those we serve, especially the underserved population, without regard for their ability to pay. In 2024, bsfhc had 72,541 patient visits. As a federally qualified health center, bsfhc plays a vital role in providing health services to poor and medically underserved populations who often have difficulty accessing quality health care.

    $19,939,710 spent$17,826,155 earned by the program
    93% of program spending
  2. Wic program:the bedford stuyvesant family health center wic program is a federally and state funded program which provides appropriate healthy supplemental foods and nutrition and breastfeeding education and support for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children under age eive. Wic has a proven track record of positive health outcomes and befers a large number of participants for health care and other relevant services which benefit them.our wic program aims to improve the health outcome of low-income women, infants and children up to 5 years who are at nutrition risk. We make this possible by providing culturally sensitive participant-centered.we promote a healthy lifestyle with interactive encounters such as webinar and poster display. We also promote and support breastfeeding through our award-winning breastfeeding team (2017 loving support awards of excellence, gold, and 2022 breastfeeding awards of excellence, gold, usda). Our monthly average participation for federal fiscal year 2024 was approximately 2690 participants.

    $1,235,487 spent
    6% of program spending
  3. Msa wellness program:the wellness center program was conceived to provide support services to the patients of bedford-stuyvesant family health center (bsfhc) and the wider community. The wellness center is bsfhc response to hiv/aids in the community. Our work is centered on prevention, increased awareness to preventive services with the result to increase access to all populations who are underserved. Through our work, we have obtained funding for hiv prevention, hepatitis c navigation, case management, and community education that promotes increased access to medical, health insurance and health education services in the community.the 2024 fiscal year was defined by meaningful accomplishments and continued growth in both the reach and impact of the wellness program. Our team remained committed to expanding services, strengthening community outreach, and ensuring that individuals most impacted by hiv and related disparities had direct access to prevention and treatment resources. This year, 128 patients were prescribed prep, meeting and exceeding our year 3 target. Among them were 7 women, including 6 who began using injectable prep, marking nearly a threefold increase from our…

    $310,989 spent
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,486,186.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($25M) Expenses 100 ($23M) Net assets 100 ($27M)2018 Revenue 98 ($25M) Expenses 104 ($23M) Net assets 106 ($29M)2019 Revenue 90 ($23M) Expenses 102 ($23M) Net assets 106 ($29M)2020 Revenue 101 ($26M) Expenses 104 ($24M) Net assets 113 ($31M)2021 Revenue 101 ($26M) Expenses 108 ($24M) Net assets 118 ($32M)2022 Revenue 115 ($29M) Expenses 113 ($25M) Net assets 132 ($36M)2023 Revenue 102 ($26M) Expenses 114 ($26M) Net assets 133 ($36M)2024 Revenue 99 ($25M) Expenses 116 ($26M) Net assets 129 ($35M)
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Revenue (99)Expenses (116)Net assets (129)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 2021 to 2022, from $43M to $48M (+11%).

$37M
$39M
$39M
$41M
$43M
$48M
$48M
$46M
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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.

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2018
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2020
2021
2022
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2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 27% · 2018 27% · 2019 28% · 2020 37% · 2021 27% · 2022 34% · 2023 23% · 2024 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

26% of BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,743 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$2.9M
’17
$1.7M
’18
−$29k
’19
$2.0M
’20
$1.3M
’21
$3.8M
’22
$235k
’23
−$1.1M
’24
7.5
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

Nigel Fernandez

President/CEO

Board chair

Jean C Black

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2122202017181920
Joined·+3+0+5+2+2+4+3
No longer listed·2255132
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $28k → $0.

Funder
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total
Direct Reliefunclassified
$50k
Ideoorgunclassified
$15k
funders
1
1
2
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER 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

BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

100% 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 BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC.

31%
largest funder
76%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 63% — 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.

Where its funders are

BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.

NY
MA
CA

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

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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

BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,580 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve7.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Government funding BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40.8M on record.

Federal$40.8M
grants $40.8Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$40.8M

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

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

95%

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

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC?
BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,400 to it, the largest being Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $178,400 in grants to BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC?
Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BEDFORD STUYVESANT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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