New York · Nonprofit
FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC
FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 423 organizations whose IRS filings report $151,255,970 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($15,102,172). 219 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $77M
- Funders on record
- 423
- Grants received
- $151M
- Net assets
- $99M
What Fund for the City of New York Inc does
Mission
The fund for the city of new york was created in 1968 to be responsive to opportunities to improve the quality of life for all new yorkers, and for people and communities beyond new york, by working to improve the performance of government and nonprofit organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Core program created to respond to nonprofit challenges and opportunities facing nonprofit and public agencies that do not have immediate solutions; cash flow loan which annually provides loans to nonprofit organizations; sloan public service awards program which annually honors six unsung heros of new york city government and sloan awards program for excellence in teaching service and mathematics which honors seven teachers each year from nyc high schools. Center for youth and the future of work. In partnership with new york university (nyu), the fund's center for youth and the future of work serves as an "action tank" that provides research, evaluation, leadership training and development, as well as technical support.
$21,011,031 spent$514,727 earned by the program32% of program spendingThe fund conducts its charitable activities, in part, through its partner project program, under which approved charitable programs operate as projects of the fund and are subject to the fund's oversight, financial controls, human resources policies, and organizational structure and policies. The fund's partner project programs focus on a variety of charitable activities, such as community services, supporting parks, education, and other charitable programs.
$44,699,544 spentof which $3,951,031 as grants$20,763,645 earned by the program68% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $65,710,575.
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 2024 to 2025, from $172M to $208M (+21%).
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 40% · 2018 54% · 2019 58% · 2020 56% · 2021 61% · 2022 58% · 2023 21% · 2024 15% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Michael Arad
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 58 funders to 150 funders, grant income rose $9.5M → $23M.
54 of 423 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $755k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Justice Innovation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC raised.
From the IRS filings of FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 423 funders by total. 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
FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 16 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 16 funders to its left
51% 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 FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 21% · 2019 14% · 2020 14% · 2021 16% · 2022 12% · 2023 8% — 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
41% of FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
66% of FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK 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. $35M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 490 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 490 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $51.3M on record — $51.3M federal, $58k state.
- Department of Justice$44.5M
- Department of Education$3.3M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.6M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.5M
- Environmental Protection Agency$247k
- National Science Foundation$99k
- VT$42k
- DE$15k
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 FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK 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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 5 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- International Centre for Civic Innovation Inc · disregarded
- National Center for Civic Innovation · exempt
- International Institute for Community Solutions Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK 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 FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC?
- FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 423 organizations whose IRS filings report $151,255,970 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($15,102,172). 219 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 423 organizations giving $151,255,970 in grants to FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC, 219 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC?
- ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,102,172 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK 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.
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 423 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing