New York · Nonprofit
Higher Heights for America
Higher Heights for America (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $907,101 to it, the largest being OUR AMERICAN FUTURE ACTION ($500,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $907k
- Net assets
- $31k
What Higher Heights for America does
Mission
Our mission is to increase Black womens political power to improve the lives of Black people and strengthen American democracy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Convenings & Events Host events, townhalls, and conversations that gather Black women in communities to discuss issues concerning Black women and their families. Events and convenings create spaces for Black women to be informed, and engaged and to take action that will expand Black womens civic engagement beyond the voting booth to increase the number of Black women pursuing elected leadership.
$1,391,765 spent40% of program spendingStrategic Communications & Digital Campaigns/Research Develop on and offline communications to help elevate Black womens voices and help shape the national narrative about Black women in American politics. Accomplish this through the development of website content, production of the Sunday Brunch Series, Facebook Live, and Twitter chat events, and seeking to expand earned media media opportunities. Compile, conduct and release research on Black womens political and civic leadership.
$863,881 spent25% of program spendingNetwork Developing a network of Black women and allies and providing members with training and tools to harness their political power. Create on and offline activities and networking opportunities to help Black women lead from the voting booth to elected office.
$998,429 spent29% of program spendingLeadership Development Train the next generation of leaders by expanding our #BlackWomenLeadPolitical Leadership efforts to meet Black women where they are and move them up the ladder of engagement. Host leadership webinars that will focus on preparing Black women to take their political leadership to the next level and provide skill-building opportunities from fundraising and messaging to volunteer and staff engagement.
$36,747 spent1% of program spendingStrategic Planning Conducted strategic planning process and tactical plans to accelerate the growth, impact and sustainability of Black womens political power and leadership.
$109,709 spent3% of program spendingOutreach and Partnerships Expand relationships with national and local partners to expand Higher Heights reach to support programming and attend convenings and meetings.
$101,978 spent3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,502,509.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $179k (−87%).
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.
100% of Higher Heights for America’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Glynda Carr
President and CEO
Board chair
Denora Getachew
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $100k.
From the IRS filings of Higher Heights for America’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 9 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
Higher Heights for America leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Higher Heights for America.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of Higher Heights for America's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 22% 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
Higher Heights for America draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 7 states in all.
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
Higher Heights for America has grown faster than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Higher Heights for America
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Higher Heights Leadership Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Higher Heights for America: 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 Higher Heights for America?
- Higher Heights for America (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $907,101 to it, the largest being OUR AMERICAN FUTURE ACTION ($500,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Higher Heights for America have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $907,101 in grants to Higher Heights for America, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Higher Heights for America?
- OUR AMERICAN FUTURE ACTION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Higher Heights for America 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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