New York · Nonprofit
CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY
CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,680 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $59k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $51k
What Children Literacy Society does
Mission
CLSs mission is to provide for those who could not provide for themselves in the communities of Staten Island Brooklyn The Bronx Queens and Manhattan. CLSs objective is to provide funds and resources for all those historically underserved students and young adults.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
CLSs objective is to provide funds and resources for all those historically underserved students and young adults. CLS sponsored programs to heighten skills in Academic education tech support art education learning instruction and programing visible and tangible arts financial education and nutritional education. CLS prioritizes its community by investing into our childrens and young adults futures. By partnering with local schools and organizations we continue to "Give a Child a Chance".
$14,010 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $14,010.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY’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
CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 85% — 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
CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
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
CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,386 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,386 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
35%
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 CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY?
- CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,680 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,680 in grants to CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY?
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN LITERACY SOCIETY 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 2 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