New York · Nonprofit
COEXISTENCE STORY INC
COEXISTENCE STORY INC (New York) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $858,524 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($275,400). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $859k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Coexistence Story Inc does
Mission
We harness the power of creativity and storytelling to inspire the human race to share space. Through creative initiatives and cultural collaborations, we promote coexistence with wildlife, restore habitats, and fund programs that deepen relationships between people, elephants, and other wild species. In 2024, coexistence story advanced this mission through a partnership with the indigenous art enterprise, the real elephant collective, a high-profile us public environmental art exhibition and grants to conservation partners globally.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Promoting coexistence the great elephant migration: coexistence story's flagship creative initiative, the great elephant migration, was designed as a comprehensive communications and public awareness building campaign, sharing indigenous perspectives on elephants as sentient beings and fostering deeper understanding of human-wildlife coexistence. In partnership with art & newport, the campaign combined a high-visibility environmental art exhibition with strategic education and outreach to engage millions of people who may not otherwise engage with human-wildlife conservation stories.the great elephant migration was a year-long 5,000-mile journey that brought an indigenous-led cultural and environmental story into some of the most visible public spaces in the united states. The exhibition launched in newport (rhode island), before moving to new york city and miami beach, with additional stops planned in houston, browning (montana), jackson (wyoming), and los angeles in 2025.stop 1: newport, rhode island, july 4 - september 1. Stop 2: meatpacking district, new york city, september 6 -october 20. Stop 3: miami beach, art week, november 25 - december 9.local presence and storytelling:…
$953,284 spent65% of program spendingPowering coexistence - the grants: coexistence story supported human-wildlife coexistence efforts across africa, asia, and europe through partnerships with dedicated conservation organizations. Lion guardians: $150,000empowering communities in the amboseli to coexist peacefully with lions, blending traditional knowledge and science-based solutions. Their efforts have reduced lion killings by more than 90% in the amboseli-tsavo ecosystem. Funds supported a community awareness campaign against wildlife poisoning, the creation of a mobile veterinary unit for lions, elephants, and livestock, and the development of new conflict-mitigation technology to enhance coexistence.wild bird fund: $10,000the wild bird fund is new york city's only rehabilitation center for birds, caring for thousands of injured birds each year. Together we expanded public education on coexistence, from bird-proofing buildings to preventing vehicle collisions, creating a safer city for millions of migrating birds which pass through each year. Blue lab preservation society: $85,000the reefline is restoring miami's coastal ecosystems through art, science, and community action. Funds supported their flagship project…
$521,300 spentof which $521,300 as grants35% of program spendingPerpetuating coexistence - indigenous art enterprise: we are the primary partner to the real elephant collective, an indigenous art enterprise based in the nilgiri biosphere reserve. Powered by the soliga, bettakurumba, kattunayakan, and paniya communities, who live alongside the wild elephants in the great elephant migration herd, the collective brought their story of coexistence to life. In partnership with trec, coexistence story developed the idea of a herd of 100 life-sized elephant sculptures, crafted from the invasive weed lantana camara, to migrate across cities in the united states - transforming an environmental challenge into a platform for cultural storytelling and conservation messaging. Our role was to conceptualize the public art model, provide seed funding, deliver the exhibit and connect markets. The artisans' empathy, respect, and understanding of these giants enabled them to replicate the elephants with remarkable accuracy, generating approximately $680,000 in revenue for the collective in 2024. In 2024, the number of elephant-making units across the nilgiri hills grew significantly, increasing the number of artisans from 200 to 300, making it india's largest…
$0 spent$250,295 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,474,584.
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 2023 to 2024, from $126k to $2.7M (+2040%).
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 COEXISTENCE STORY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% 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.
Board chair
Feh Tarty
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $92k → $1k.
12 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 COEXISTENCE STORY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
COEXISTENCE STORY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
67% 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 COEXISTENCE STORY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 33% · 2019 72% · 2020 37% · 2021 60% · 2022 95% · 2023 100% — 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
7% of COEXISTENCE STORY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 18% 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
67% of COEXISTENCE STORY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $283k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 14 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $575k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
COEXISTENCE STORY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like COEXISTENCE STORY 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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COEXISTENCE STORY INC?
- COEXISTENCE STORY INC (New York) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $858,524 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($275,400). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COEXISTENCE STORY INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $858,524 in grants to COEXISTENCE STORY INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COEXISTENCE STORY INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $275,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COEXISTENCE STORY 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 33 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