New York · Nonprofit
BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC
BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $422,850 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC ($226,850). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $179k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $423k
- Net assets
- $-48644
What Bluelight Development Group Inc does
Mission
Our Mission is to provide innovative development solutions to charitable organizations corporations and individuals who serve disadvantaged communities with notable concentrations of people of color and systemic developmental shortcomings.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Significant Program Services Not Included Prior - The South End Grocery SEG: BlueLight opened SEG a community grocery store on December 27 2022. SEG operated primarily from January 2023 to August 2023. The SEG program began without services in FY21 with fundraising and logistics to purchase the property at 106 South Pearl Street Albany New York from the Albany Housing Authority for a purchase price of $900,000. The SEG program budget for FY21 was $542,491. Of this amount $422,186 was used for the property purchase. The SEG program budget for FY22 was $218,887. Of this amount $120,810 was used to renovate the purchased property. FY22 included the South End Night Market sponsored and funded by BlueLight in partnership with Forts Ferry Farm and AVillage. AVillage was provided free program space and storage from April to October including storing a portable garage from PODS at no cost and operations on the 1.55 acre property including interior bathrooms and refrigeration space. BlueLight paid $10,000 to Forts Ferry Farm to supply produce and farm-fresh products for free during the entire market season. The SENM program was discontinued in FY23 in lieu of the now fully operational grocery store interior.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
BlueLight Development Projects: BlueLight provides urban planning and development services to projects with support of general operating expenses. Services are provided to nonprofit organizations corporations private businesses municipalities planning agencies and individuals on behalf of charitable projects located in areas of strategic economic interest for equitable development. Staffing and administrative support for these services are provided by the nonprofit board of directors. BDP includes The Hudson River Sports Complex Albany Waterway and Canal The South End Economic Development Center and others.
$134,413 spentof which $90,000 as grants$192,973 earned by the program38% of program spendingThe African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region Inc AACC: AACC was a 501C3 grantee and fiscally sponsored organization supported by BlueLight from 2017 to 2024. The mission of AACC was to educate and enrich the Capital Region of New York State with the contributions and accomplishments of African Americans historically. This mission purpose manifested an advocacy function as the organizations platform and public voice called for change and equitable treatment of all disadvantaged people. BlueLight President Mr. Jackson provided volunteer service as Development and Facilities Chairman and Executive Director totaling $327,335 of lifetime in-kind contributions. As a direct result of BlueLIght support AACC consistently served 20,000+ persons annually with programming including The Capital Region Juneteenth Celebration Kwanzaa Black History Month First Friday Exhibitions artist residency programs and more.
$58,403 spentof which $58,403 as grants$59,270 earned by the program17% of program spendingThe South End Grocery SEG: SEG was a fiscally sponsored grantee and charitable project supported by BlueLight from December 2020 to 2024. The goal of the project was to provide free and low-cost groceries supplied by regional farm to neighborhood infrastructure and local distributors to the South End Neighborhood and greater Albany impact area. The project required the predevelopment design financing construction and operation of a 1.5 acre commercial parcel at 106 South Pearl Street in downtown Albany New York 12202. BlueLight as fiscal sponsor and project lead completed a successful 6-month pilot of SEG operations with partnership and collaboration from dozens of nonprofit organizations private businesses individuals and stakeholders.
$160,464 spentof which $150,038 as grants$138,967 earned by the program45% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $353,280.
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 $2k to $82k (+3457%).
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.
115% of BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $119k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP 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
BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 68% · 2022 35% · 2023 79% — 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
67% of BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP 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 $140k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $283k 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
BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,804 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,804 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC?
- BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $422,850 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC ($226,850). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $422,850 in grants to BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC is the largest funder on record, with $226,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUELIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 7 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