New York · Nonprofit
BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED
BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $713,197 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $713k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Big Initiatives Incorporated does
Mission
To protect the environment, to reduce the impact of climate change and conserve natural resources and energy. The organization achieves its mission by diverting materials from landfill, conserving energy and promoting and installing renewable energy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Reuse center program - the reuse center diverts reusable materials from the waste stream to provide new york city with a sustainable materials management and reuse option.
$1,557,094 spent35% of program spendingCompost program - - our compost program works in partnership with the city of new york to collect food scraps and yard waste, compost the collected material and give the compost away to community greening groups and parks. The program reduces waste sent to landfills and incinerators, cuts climate change gas emissions and helps improve the soils of nyc to green the city.
$1,807,937 spent41% of program spendingOrganics outreach program - outreach program promotes city of new york composting, zero waste and environmental programs. We do this by going door to door to speak to residents, tabling at events, and hosting outreach events throughout the city.
$840,797 spent19% of program spendingThe compost application program provides compost application, tree care events, and environmental educational initiatives. The program activates the community, distributes compost, improves street tree beds, and collaborates with the new york city council to engage schools, community groups, business improvement districts and libraries in these environmental efforts.
$205,300 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,411,128.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.9M to $8.2M (+343%).
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: 2017 53% · 2018 62% · 2019 62% · 2020 45% · 2021 60% · 2022 68% · 2023 65% · 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Justin Green
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $255k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED’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
BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“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
BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $348k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED: 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 BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED?
- BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $713,197 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $713,197 in grants to BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED 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 10 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