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LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY INC

LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,250 to it, the largest being SIDNEY AND PEARL KALIKOW FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$7k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$0
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Let All the Children Play Inc does

Mission

Help communities create extraordinary playgrounds where all children, with and without disabilities, can develop essential skills for life as they learn together through play.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.

Program

N/a

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($31k) Expenses 100 ($25k) Net assets 100 ($11k)2018 Revenue 62 ($19k) Expenses 238 ($60k) Net assets -260 ($-29041)2019 Revenue 109 ($34k) Expenses 86 ($22k) Net assets -149 ($-16620)2020 Revenue 23 ($7k) Expenses 39 ($10k) Net assets 0 ($0)
2017201820192020
Revenue (23)Expenses (39)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $24k to $0 (−100%).

$17k
$12k
$24k
$0
2017201820192020
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

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

$6k
’17
−$40k
’18
$12k
’19
−$3k
’20
6.3
months of
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.

2017201820192020
Listed8755
Joined·+0+0+0
No longer listed·120
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $250.

From the IRS filings of LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY 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

LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

80%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 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.

Where its funders are

100% of LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

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

’17
’20
New York out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

0% of spending goes to programs.

Program 0%Management 100%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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 LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY INC?
LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,250 to it, the largest being SIDNEY AND PEARL KALIKOW FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,250 in grants to LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY INC.
Who is the largest funder of LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY INC?
SIDNEY AND PEARL KALIKOW FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LET ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY 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 FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), and the filings of 2 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