New York · Nonprofit
Building Lives Family Development Center Inc
Building Lives Family Development Center Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $28,782 to it, the largest being NEW YORK YANKEES FOUNDATION INC ($28,782). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $971k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $158
What Building Lives Family Development Center Inc does
Mission
The organization is dedicated to empowering young adults aged 18 and above by offering hands-on workforce training and job development opportunities. Through community-based fundraising initiatives and employment readiness programs participants receive support in the form of stipends training and wraparound services to alleviate financial stress. By focusing on equipping individuals with practical job skills the organization aims to foster long-term economic stability and facilitate their transition into full-time employment ensuring a brighter future for the participants.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Temporary Housing Assistant Program for homeless participants
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The organization operated a workforce development and job readiness program serving approximately 90 to 110 participants age 18 and older from the Bronx Queens Brooklyn and Manhattan. Participants engaged in hands-on job training through volunteer-based fundraising activities at major events held at Yankee Stadium where they supported concession stand operations and gained real-world experience in customer service cashier and cooking teamwork time management and workplace responsibility. Participants served as volunteers and were not classified as employees. The organization does not have paid staff or W-2 employees. In recognition of volunteer participation the organization provided stipends as gifts to help alleviate financial burdens related to transportation food clothing and other essential needs. In addition to stipends the organization provided job readiness training employment support mentoring transportation assistance meals and clothing to participants. Fundraising activities were supported through a revenue-sharing arrangement in which the organization received approximately 10% of concession sales generated at Yankee Stadium events with proceeds directly funding…
$916,171 spent98% of program spendingThe organization operated a temporary housing stabilization program to assist individuals experiencing homelessness by facilitating short-term apartment placements through an independent housing provider. During the year the program served approximately 10 to 15 individuals with lengths of stay ranging from 2-4 weeks or longer based on individual need. The organization coordinated intake placement logistics and participant support while covering housing costs on a per-unit basis through a contracted provider. This program advanced the organizations charitable mission by providing immediate safe temporary housing and reducing housing instability for vulnerable individuals.
$15,000 spent2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $931,171.
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 2023 to 2024, from $207 to $158 (−24%).
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.
0% of Building Lives Family Development Center Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
Lajuana Hill
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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 Building Lives Family Development 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Building Lives Family Development Center 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
Building Lives Family Development Center Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Building Lives Family Development Center 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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Building Lives Family Development Center 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 Building Lives Family Development Center Inc?
- Building Lives Family Development Center Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $28,782 to it, the largest being NEW YORK YANKEES FOUNDATION INC ($28,782). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Building Lives Family Development Center Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $28,782 in grants to Building Lives Family Development Center Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Building Lives Family Development Center Inc?
- NEW YORK YANKEES FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $28,782 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Building Lives Family Development 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.
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 1 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