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FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC

FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,931 to it, the largest being ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($15,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$48k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$52k
Net assets
$102k
4/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01What it does

What Friends of Ps 163 Inc does

Mission

To raise funds for programs supplies and equipment offered to the children attending PS163M and to assist the Parent Association of the school.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Dance Arts Enrichment - partnership with National Dance Institute NDI providing in-school instruction on dance and music to students PS163M. Students are able to get movement and exercise learn about dance as an art form and gain an outlet for self expression.

    $27,187 spent
    73% of program spending
  2. Chess - partnership with NY Chess Kids to provide chess instruction in the classroom for students at PS163M. Students gain practice in problem solving decision making and the analytical skills of chess.

    $9,600 spent
    26% of program spending
  3. Expenses for student chorus at PS163M.

    $330 spent
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $37,117.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($63k) Expenses 100 ($22k) Net assets 100 ($144k)2022 Revenue 103 ($64k) Expenses 474 ($102k) Net assets 74 ($106k)2023 Revenue 113 ($71k) Expenses 324 ($70k) Net assets 74 ($107k)2024 Revenue 77 ($48k) Expenses 248 ($53k) Net assets 71 ($102k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (77)Expenses (248)Net assets (71)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $144k to $106k (−26%).

$144k
$106k
$107k
$102k
2021202220232024
Total assets

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$41k
’21
−$38k
’22
$1k
’23
−$5k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $16k → $20k.

3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 FRIENDS OF PS 163 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

FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

60% 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 FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC.

30%
largest funder
76%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 39% · 2022 54% · 2023 69% — 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

50% of FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

60% of FRIENDS OF PS 163 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 $21k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from New York funders.

NY
IA
MD

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC's revenue fell 23% between 2021 and 2024.

Operating margin−11% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC?
FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,931 to it, the largest being ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($15,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $51,931 in grants to FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF PS 163 INC?
ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF PS 163 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 11 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