New York · Nonprofit
CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC
CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,768,754 to it, the largest being ACCOUNTABLE JUSTICE ACTION FUND ($760,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Citizen Action of New York Inc does
Mission
We envision a world where every person's basic needs are met. It's a world filled with love and respect for its people and the planet. It's a world where democracy reigns and each person is able to reach their fullest potential. It is a world where equity is the norm and oppression, in all forms, is eradicated. It is a world without war and violence. The world we want is possible, but it will only exist if we work together. Our strategic approach to our work combines grassroots organizing, leadership development and political education while strategically communicating with the people. We win campaigns that have a direct impact on people's lives, we build the infrastructure to develop more power, and we are constantly changing hearts and minds across new york state in order to spread our vision and change what's possible to win.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Citizen action of new york organized in communities across new york state to pursue social, racial, economic and environmental justice. Citizen action was a leader in the campaigns to maintain reforms to the bail system and combat racism in the justice system, increase public education funding, provide universal child care, encourage renewable energy, implement a system of publicly funded elections. Citizen action trained community members in leadership skills, developed political education programs, and worked with volunteers in communities across new york to engage their neighbors on issues that impact their lives.
$1,255,827 spentof which $274,264 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,255,827.
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 2017 to 2018, from $799k to $1.4M (+78%).
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.
98% of CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 9 funders, grant income rose $198k → $1.0M.
3 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $57k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Alliance for Quality Education Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC raised.
From the IRS filings of CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% 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
99% 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 CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 44% · 2019 66% · 2020 80% · 2021 26% · 2022 43% · 2023 45% — growing more concentrated.
“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
17% of CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $980k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK 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
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Alliance for Quality Education Inc · exempt
- Public Policy and Education Fund · exempt
- Nexus Managment Corp · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC?
- CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,768,754 to it, the largest being ACCOUNTABLE JUSTICE ACTION FUND ($760,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $4,768,754 in grants to CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC?
- ACCOUNTABLE JUSTICE ACTION FUND is the largest funder on record, with $760,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK 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 36 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