New York · Nonprofit
CAFFE LENA INC
CAFFE LENA INC (New York) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,190,215 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($281,800). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Caffe Lena Inc does
Mission
See schedule oto provide a forum for the presentation of performances of traditional and contemporary folk music, jazz, comedy and drama, and the display of visual art. To serve as a center for public amateur participation in these activites. To serve as a center for educational activities in the areas listed above.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
See schedule ocaffe lena works according to the principle that music is an antidote to division and a path to health. To that end more than 500 headline concerts & community events were held in 2023 including two free-to-the-public festival events (sing in the streets in may & caffe lena at spac in october). In 2023, caffe lena continued expanding what a small music venue can mean to our community through innovative programming that reflects folk music values and goes beyond presenting concerts. Caffe lena on the road, truesongs, folk club kids & the little folks series, the creative community health clinic, the school of music and our nine monthly open stage events ensure that our artistic programming is entwined with the real life of our community. Our hope is that people will feel heard, included, understood, honored, and empowered to participate in civic life. A brief overview of these programs is found below.caffe lena on the road: healing music for those who need it most. Our free "on the road" program delivers live music by nationally touring headline artists direct to people who would otherwise not have access. These concerts happen in nursing homes, addiction treatment…
$1,335,265 spent$855,186 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,335,265.
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 $2.4M to $2.6M (+8%).
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 4% · 2018 0% · 2021 24% · 2022 10% · 2023 3% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of CAFFE LENA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Sarah Craig
Executive director-non vot
Board chair
Kira Karbocus
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $170k → $192k.
9 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 CAFFE LENA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. 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
CAFFE LENA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
72% 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 CAFFE LENA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 31% · 2019 45% · 2020 30% · 2021 21% · 2022 32% · 2023 21% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of CAFFE LENA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
66% of CAFFE LENA 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 $401k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $789k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
CAFFE LENA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding CAFFE LENA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CAFFE LENA 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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
- 47 Phila Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAFFE LENA INC?
- CAFFE LENA INC (New York) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,190,215 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($281,800). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CAFFE LENA INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $1,190,215 in grants to CAFFE LENA INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAFFE LENA INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $281,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAFFE LENA 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 35 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