New York · Nonprofit
Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc
Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,270,889 to it, the largest being JUSTICE INNOVATION INC ($595,889). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $992k
What Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc does
Mission
Provides community services, empowers youth, creates and implements programs and projects to build communities by maximizing resources, empowering residents and enhancing public safety
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Continued to implement public speaking for the Social Justice course, the non violence project for schools and sports for the peace youth curricula. Career training and job placement services for adults 18 years old and over. Hosted community forums and training regarding anger management.
$2,108,865 spent$2,778,016 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,108,865.
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 $778k to $1.5M (+94%).
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: 2019 100% · 2020 42% · 2021 77% · 2022 89% · 2023 95% · 2024 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Albert Mathieu
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100k → $696k.
From the IRS filings of Brownsville Think Tank Matters 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
Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 67% · 2021 50% · 2022 86% — 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
76% of Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Brownsville Think Tank Matters 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
84% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Brownsville Think Tank Matters 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 Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc?
- Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,270,889 to it, the largest being JUSTICE INNOVATION INC ($595,889). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,270,889 in grants to Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc?
- JUSTICE INNOVATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $595,889 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Brownsville Think Tank Matters 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 6 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