New York · Nonprofit
Closely Crafted Inc
Closely Crafted Inc (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,546 to it, the largest being PLEDGELING FOUNDATION ($21,518). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $38k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $47k
- Net assets
- $84k
What Closely Crafted Inc does
Mission
Closely Crafted is dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the legacy of quality Made-in-America goods through the commitment to nurturing artisan equity and the critical awareness of the craft. We will cultivate economic wellbeing within the industry contributing to jobs advancing sustainability & supporting local communities. By empowering the next generation of creators we will preserve the tradition of American Craft.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Community Activations: hosted event in NYC garment center in October to advocate for district. Main goal was wanting people to understand what was being rezoned in the district.
$2,933 spent100% of program spendingFunded an apprenticeship for 1 person through Project Threadsway a 5013c training program to learn hand sewing.
$0 spentof which $6,300 as grants0% of program spendingCommunity Activations: debuted documentary about sixth generation pleating factory and hosted informational screening to generate workflow for the factory. Also supported by providing apprenticeship funds for one apprentice.
$0 spentof which $1,728 as grants0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $2,933.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $76k to $84k (+11%).
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.
100% of Closely Crafted Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% 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.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Gigi Burris OHara
Executive Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $16k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 Closely Crafted 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
Closely Crafted Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% 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 Closely Crafted Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 63% — 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
80% of Closely Crafted Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k 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
Closely Crafted Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Closely Crafted 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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Closely Crafted 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 Closely Crafted Inc?
- Closely Crafted Inc (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,546 to it, the largest being PLEDGELING FOUNDATION ($21,518). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Closely Crafted Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $46,546 in grants to Closely Crafted Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Closely Crafted Inc?
- PLEDGELING FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $21,518 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Closely Crafted 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 4 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