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CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL INC
CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $325,564 to it, the largest being THE TOW FOUNDATION INC ($270,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.6M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $326k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Congregations Linked in Urban Strategy to Effect Renewal Inc does
Mission
Cluster community services assists residents in westchester and rockland counties to build a better future for themselves and their communities through services such as: mental health housing, eviction and homelessness prevention, mediation, lemon law arbitration, restorative justice and programs for children and teens that include after-school, summer camp and adolescent life skills development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cluster's mental health residential services program are licensed through nys office of mental health. Those programs provide housing and support services for individuals with chronic mental illness. Many of the individuals we serve have been homeless, incarcerated or have experienced long term hospitalization. Using a person-centered trauma informed approach; we provide opportunities to individuals to achieve their life goals. Our clients benefit from this with stable housing, decreased hospitalizations and reduced recidivism. Our 5th program is unlicensed and 91% of those supported housing program residents have maintained independent housing in the community for over 2 years. We partner with the community to provide therapeutic workshops with local artists, recreational activities and substance abuse groups. To promote wellness and recovery, we provide clients with an onsite psychiatrist, nurse practitioner and graduate level interns.
$5,127,741 spentof which $1,698,970 as grants$2,855,823 earned by the program71% of program spendingThe westchester and rockland mediation center provides mediation, arbitration and training services to the larger westchester and rockland communities. Through a contract awarded to the center from the new york state unified court, mediation is offered as an option to individuals and families facing a current legal dispute in partnered small claims and family courts. Mediation is also offered to individuals, families, businesses, and school districts on a sliding scale basis when disputes are self-referred. The center offers mediation services for family, civil, landlord-tenant, trust and estate, commercial and matrimonial matters. Through a contract with the new york state dispute resolution association (nysdra), the westchester rockland mediation center provides lemon law arbitration services for cases referred in westchester and rockland county from the attorney general's office. Special education mediation is also offered and provided through a nysdra contract with the new york state department of education (nysed). In 2024, the mediation center provided over 721 mediations in civil, family, supreme, surrogates courts, and school-generated cases.
$926,437 spentof which $22,846 as grants13% of program spendingCluster's eviction prevention services provide assistance to single individuals and families facing eviction due to non-payment of rent as well as intra and inter-personal disputes. Potential evictions have been exacerbated by the covid-19 pandemic, which has been the focal point of our direct service since 2020. Cluster case managers provide on-site assistance to clients in department of social services (dss) district offices in yonkers and mt. Vernon, and in our main office located in yonkers, ny. As part of our overall assessment, case managers provide detailed budget reviews, financial counseling and negotiate agreements between landlords and tenants to prevent clients from becoming homeless. In 2023, cluster provided funds to halt evictions for more than 150 single individuals and families.
$595,832 spentof which $319,031 as grants8% of program spendingCluster's homelessness prevention services assist individuals and families who face losing their housing due to illegal evictions, code enforcement issues and emergency displacements caused by natural disasters. Cluster also provides clients with benefits advocacy, budget counseling, rental assistance and tenant rights education. Cluster also provides re-housing services for single individuals and families currently living in shelters. Cluster has also provided financial assistance to prevent homelessness for households impacted by the covid-19 pandemic ending in 2023/2024. Cluster assisted more than 1,300 families/individuals with direct services such as budgeting and counseling.
$542,725 spentof which $273,095 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,192,735.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.3M to $4.7M (+42%).
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 53% · 2018 54% · 2019 54% · 2020 60% · 2021 65% · 2022 67% · 2023 60% · 2024 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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.
Chief executive
Freda Macon
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $25k → $75k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL 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
CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 85% · 2022 87% · 2023 67% — 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
CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k 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
CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL 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
Public support
100%
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 CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL INC?
- CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $325,564 to it, the largest being THE TOW FOUNDATION INC ($270,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $325,564 in grants to CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL INC?
- THE TOW FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $270,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONGREGATIONS LINKED IN URBAN STRATEGY TO EFFECT RENEWAL 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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