New York · Nonprofit
Bee U inc
Bee U inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being THE STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION ($35,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $67k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $55k
- Net assets
- $2k
What Bee U inc does
Mission
Educational - Bee University NYC is a 501c3 non-profit organization that engages urban communities through hands-on training in beekeeping leadership and environmental advocacy. Our vision is for urban communities to activate greenspaces through the practice of beekeeping and environmental stewardship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Safe in the City - Opening day: Mid-April public program and celebration of the first hive inspection of the season. Activities entertainment refreshments and enrollment op portunities for Bee-U programming. family Day is an opportunity for people to come and participate in Bee U programming which will be adapted to large crowds. There will be a native bee-hive making station a Bee-inspired waggle dance and local vendors who share core values with our organization such as building community and environmental stewardship.
$1,700 spent5% of program spendingUrban Beekeeping Fellowship is a program that hosts a group of 16-24 year-olds in paid hands-on training in beekeeping leadership and environmental advocacy. Urban Beekeeper Fellows will learn the basic skills of beekeeping be responsible for maintaining beehives explore contemporary environmental issues engage with Staten Islands natural environments and help with facilitation of Bee U community programs. Bee University NYC will celebrate the completion of the Urban Beekeeping Fellowship by hosting a graduation ceremony for all of their students. In 2023 Bee U hosted 27 fellows who were awarded stipends for their participation.
$15,301 spent49% of program spendingUrban Beekeeping Fellowship is a program that hosts a group of 16-24 year-olds in paid hands-on training in beekeeping leadership and environmental advocacy. Urban Beekeeper Fellows will learn the basic skills of beekeeping be responsible for maintaining beehives explore contemporary environmental issues engage with Staten Islands natural environments and help with facilitation of Bee U community programs. Bee University NYC will celebrate the completion of the Urban Beekeeping Fellowship by hosting a graduation ceremony for all of their students. In 2023 Bee U hosted 27 fellows who were awarded stipends for their participation.
$14,254 spent46% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $31,255.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars.
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.
88% of Bee U inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Ateea Kazi
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Bee U 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
Bee U inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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
“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
73% of Bee U inc's grant income comes from New York funders.
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.
Against its field
Bee U inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Bee U 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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Bee U 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 Bee U inc?
- Bee U inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being THE STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION ($35,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Bee U inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $55,000 in grants to Bee U inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Bee U inc?
- THE STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Bee U 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), 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