New York · Nonprofit
Empowerment Zone
Empowerment Zone (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,752 to it, the largest being THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC ($24,752). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $48k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $929
What Empowerment Zone does
Mission
Community services education cultural events resources and referral services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Staten Island Black Heritage delivers vital annual cultural educational and anti-violence initiatives to empower and enrich the Staten Island community. Through engaging events educational workshops and violence prevention programs we foster unity celebrate diversity and promote safety. Our commitment to enhancing cultural awareness and education underscores our dedication to building a stronger more inclusive community on Staten Island.
$41,739 spent58% of program spendingOur program offers vital technology resources to underserved communities by providing access to high-speed internet and technology devices. We specifically target low-income individuals including youth adults and seniors who reside in subsidized housing. By bridging the digital divide we empower these individuals to access educational opportunities employment resources and essential services online contributing to their overall well-being and success in todays interconnected world.
$19,231 spent27% of program spendingOur program My Neighborhood is Not the Hood, offers culturally sensitive walk-in mental health intake services to low-income residents in subsidized housing. We provide a welcoming environment where individuals can access immediate support and referrals to mental health resources. Our goal is to break down barriers to mental health care for underserved communities by offering convenient and culturally aware services.
$11,308 spent16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $72,278.
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 $46k to $95k (+107%).
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 6% · 2018 32% · 2019 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Empowerment Zone’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Marina Dorsey
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $8k.
From the IRS filings of Empowerment Zone’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
Empowerment Zone leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
76% 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 Empowerment Zone.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of Empowerment Zone'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. 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
Empowerment Zone's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Empowerment Zone
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.
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Empowerment Zone: 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 Empowerment Zone?
- Empowerment Zone (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,752 to it, the largest being THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC ($24,752). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Empowerment Zone have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $32,752 in grants to Empowerment Zone.
- Who is the largest funder of Empowerment Zone?
- THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC is the largest funder on record, with $24,752 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Empowerment Zone 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 3 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