New York · Nonprofit
CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,957,932 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($2,000,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.3M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $10.0M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Chhaya Community Development Corporation does
Mission
Chhaya Community Development Corporation chhaya was founded in 2000 incorporated in 2001 to advocate for the housing needs of new york citys south asian origin communities. Chhayas mission is to build the power, housing stability, and economic well-being of south asian and indo-carribean communities in new york city.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing justice aims at protecting, preserving, and promoting affordable housing in new york citys low-to-moderate-income neighborhoods. Chhaya provides direct service counseling to first-time home buyers and tenants requiring support. Chhaya organizes community members to support advocacy efforts to protect, preserve and promote affordable housing in new york city.
$1,129,628 spent$145,842 earned by the program42% of program spendingCivic engagement works to educate community members about civic engagement, including helping community members to vote, encouraging voters to get out the vote, holding candidate forums to give the community the ability to ask questions to candidates for office, and advocating for regulations that make it easier for immigrants to vote.
$429,395 spent$470,381 earned by the program16% of program spendingEconomic justiceaims to provide its clients with the tools and information they need to achieve long-term economic independence through career development, financial capability, and asset building. This is achieved through financial counseling, education, free tax prep support, lending circle, and other related programs.
$495,900 spent18% of program spendingProgram service expenses 246,521, grants and allocations 0, revenue 16,223 immigrationprovide support to community members looking for immigrant legal services by connecting them to an attorney that can guide and represent the member and helping them navigate the immigration process. Program service expenses 397,185, grants and allocations 0, revenue 340,762 small business works with new york citys south asian communities to identify shared needs and issues, and also works with community members, leaders, and partner organizations on initiatives and events to address those growing needs.
$643,706 spent$356,985 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,698,629.
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 2024 to 2025, from $6.9M to $15M (+116%).
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 40% · 2019 33% · 2020 36% · 2021 29% · 2022 37% · 2023 26% · 2024 25% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Annetta Seecharran
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $295k → $1.8M.
8 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 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
CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
71% 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 CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 23% · 2019 17% · 2020 19% · 2021 29% · 2022 27% · 2023 18% — 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
32% of CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
80% of CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'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. $2.2M 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
CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 852 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 852 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.2M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.0M
- Small Business Administration$150k
- Department of the Treasury$28k
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 CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,957,932 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($2,000,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $9,957,932 in grants to CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 53 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing