New York · Nonprofit
Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc
Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $325,000 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION ($215,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $627k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $325k
- Net assets
- $474k
What Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc does
Mission
Our organization has developed a formation program for those seeking to commit to a new monastic life. This three-year formation program helps prepare participants to devote themselves to a life of prayer and service. We interpret the Christian contemplative tradition for people who are living in the world. This activity is conducted by the cofounders listed as officers in this document. Most of the formation happens online with weekly hour long sessions for three different cohorts. We also have a monthly Saturday intensive and two in-person retreats which take place at spiritual retreat centers around the country. We also offer a companion formation program that is less rigorous for those who are interested in engaging with our teaching but cannot commit to the full formation program. This involves a monthly online gathering and individual mentoring.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Through engagement in contemplative practices rooted in Blackness we foster a deeper understanding of the Black diasporic contemplative tradition. By delving into rich texts honoring the African Diaspora and fostering a shared practice we empower personal growth and collective healing.
$93,911 spent$990 earned by the program28% of program spendingWe provided formation for 25 people on the path to becoming new monastics as well as 10 people on the path to becoming companion members. Our rigorous formation program is offered by donation only so that all may participate regardless of financial status.
$12,019 spent$26,397 earned by the program4% of program spendingHundreds of people attended our public events classes and meditations featuring contemplative authors practitioners and academics. Offered to the public by donation only.
$5,312 spent$19,383 earned by the program2% of program spendingGeneral operations and administration of our programs including salaries and supplies for overall support.
$218,355 spent66% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $329,597.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $311k to $475k (+53%).
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.
85% of Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Board chair
Michael Sniffen
Chair of the Board
As listed on its FY2025 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 Center for Spiritual Imagination 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
Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
69% 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 Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc.
“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
Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
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
Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Center for Spiritual Imagination 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
72% 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 Center for Spiritual Imagination 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 Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc?
- Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $325,000 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION ($215,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $325,000 in grants to Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Center for Spiritual Imagination Inc?
- CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION is the largest funder on record, with $215,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Center for Spiritual Imagination 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 3 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