New York · Nonprofit
DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $722,450 to it, the largest being Research Foundation of the City University of New York ($194,211). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.9M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $722k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Diaspora Community Services Inc does
Mission
diaspora community services is a social support service agency that empowers low income families and individuals to maximize their abilities to overcome obstacles to their well-being and self-sufficiency.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Family shelter services - diaspora operates 2 comprehensive family shelter program in brooklyn, ny, providing safe, transitional housing and supportive services for clients experiencing homelessness. The program is designed to stabilize families in crisis, address immediate safety and housing needs, and create clear, achievable pathways to permanent housing.
$4,707,369 spent59% of program spendingResidential services - dcs operates 2 transitional independent living (til) programs (comprehsensive shelter programs for youth who are unhoused): mothers gaining hope house (mgh) and the connect house. Residents receive case management services and counseling to assist with education and career goals, financial literacy, health education, healthy relationship development, and healthy parenting skills (for mgh participants). The primary goal of our til programs is to move the youth towards independent living by providing them with the resources and skills to live in the community as self-sufficient adults.
$999,951 spent12% of program spendingHiv services - this program is primarily focused on community outreach and engagement, public health education related to hiv prevention, health insurance access and enrollment and nutritional assistance as priority areas. The goal is to reduce hiv transmission, provide hiv testing, increase the use of pep/prep (connect/samsha), and ensure individuals have access to appropriate health insurance (mbap) and snap benefits.
$989,501 spent12% of program spendingYouth services - dcs' safe teens acting responsibility (star) material group home (mgh) and transitional living programs (tlp) provide services in a comprehensive youth development model. Accross the various programs, we address adolescent pregnancy prevention, residential services to pregnant and parenting teens and also lgbt identified youth to decrease youth homelessness in new york city. All youth programs work collectively to address mental health services, academic and vocational training.
$817,462 spent10% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAMS - Through our maternal health, care coordination, sexual assault and programs focusing on health insurance access, DCS uses a culturally competent approach to addressing social determinants of health.
$290,126 spent$60,284 earned by the program4% of program spendingHealth Care Access-Health care access is provided through the Health Homes Program, which is made up of health care service providers working together to ensure you receive the coordinated care you need to stay healthy. Once enrolled, you will be assigned your own care manager, who will help you create a care plan, schedule appointments, and connect you with the services that support your path to better health.
$217,040 spent$288,976 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,021,449.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.1M to $3.1M (+52%).
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 57% · 2019 75% · 2020 76% · 2021 86% · 2022 91% · 2023 90% · 2024 95% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Carine Jocelyn
CEO
Board chair
Kenrick Ross
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $71k → $208k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES 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
DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
85% 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 DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 81% · 2019 100% · 2020 38% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 48% — 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.
How long its funders stay
14% of DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
89% of DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k 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.
Government funding DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$4.1M
- Department of Justice$586k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES 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
82% 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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES 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 DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC?
- DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $722,450 to it, the largest being Research Foundation of the City University of New York ($194,211). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $722,450 in grants to DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC?
- Research Foundation of the City University of New York is the largest funder on record, with $194,211 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DIASPORA COMMUNITY SERVICES 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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