New York · Nonprofit
GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK
GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,755,828 to it, the largest being WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION ($6,000,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What Global Resilient Cities Network does
Mission
The primary mission of the organization is to partner with cities around the world to help them become more resilient to the physical, social and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Program innovation - this unit designs, develops and implements all of our thematic programs which fall under 3 pillars of work: economic recovery & equity; climate resilience; and circularity. This unit is also responsible for developing new tools and services to advance our mission to support our member cities in becoming more resilient to the shocks and stresses of the 21st century.
$1,490,625 spentof which $252,671 as grants34% of program spendingStrategic partnerships for sustainability - this unit is primarily responsible for partnership development and fundraising.
$1,971,944 spentof which $1,721,663 as grants$161,265 earned by the program45% of program spendingNetwork engagement & knowledge - this team is responsible for directing the organization's engagement with our network of partners and member cities. It also is responsible for knowledge management and leads the work to develop learning opportunities (webinars, convenings, etc.) for and dissemination of best practices to our member cities.
$609,534 spent14% of program spendingCommunications, public relationships, & events.
$156,874 spent4% of program spendingRcf
$167,998 spent4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,396,975.
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 $2.7M to $8.6M (+220%).
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: 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Lauren Sorkin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $2.9M → $1.6M.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK’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
GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
28% 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 GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 65% · 2021 75% · 2022 89% · 2023 51% — 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.
Where its funders are
GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M 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.
Against its field
GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.
- Department of State$25k
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 GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK: 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 GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK?
- GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,755,828 to it, the largest being WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION ($6,000,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $13,755,828 in grants to GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK?
- WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 7 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