Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being PHILADELPHIA ACTIVITIES FUND INC ($6,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $437k
What Fishtown Kensington Area Business Improvement District does
Mission
The Fishtown Kensington Area Business Improvement District (bid) plans and funds services to improve and preserve our neighborhood. The bid works to improve the quality of life of our residents as well as the success and growth of our businesses.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cleaning, greening, and maintenance: fkabid is responsible for cleaning and beautifying the district and working to improve the green elements of the district by implementing programs such as sidewalk sweeping, adding trash & recycling receptacles, street cleaning, sidewalk safety enforcement, and adding and maintaining green elements.
$203,224 spent26% of program spendingEconomic development and public safety: fkabid offers support to existing businesses to increase stability and growth, improve the economic climate of the district and employment opportunities, and work to find new businesses. Fkabid works to keep the district safe for residents, businesses, and visitors.
$184,805 spent24% of program spendingCapital improvements and parking: fkabid addresses repairs and improvements needed in public areas including facades and sidewalks, works to create streetscape improvements and greening, and works to find long-term solutions for additional parking for vehicles and bicycles and safety enhancements for crosswalks.
$131,982 spent17% of program spendingMarketing & communications; personnel and administration beautification
$260,602 spent33% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $780,613.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $353k to $471k (+34%).
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: 2020 12% · 2021 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Marc D Collazzo
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT’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.
Where its funders are
100% of FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
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
FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: 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 FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT?
- FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being PHILADELPHIA ACTIVITIES FUND INC ($6,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,500 in grants to FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
- Who is the largest funder of FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT?
- PHILADELPHIA ACTIVITIES FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FISHTOWN KENSINGTON AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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