New York · Nonprofit
MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS INC
MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $358,064 to it, the largest being William & Sheila Konar Foundation ($89,700). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $300k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $358k
- Net assets
- $56k
What Mentors Inspiring Boys & Girls Inc does
Mission
We aspire to illuminate the possibilities that reside in us as individuals, communities, and families. Through our artistic development classes, stage productions, books, and family events, we will educate, inspire, and incite change. As an organization, our objective is to surface the problems that hinder our youth, and provide solutions which will help them work through these issues.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
M.I.b&g (mentors inspiring boys & girls) has established the artistic & academic development program for youth ages 5-18 during the 8 month school year. Through our after-school enrichment program, young people receive the academic support they need to narrow the educational gap between city and suburban schools, which are affected by systemic issues such as funding disparities, concentrated poverty, and the associated stressors. This program is also aimed to provide a creative outlet and safe place for our youth to learn, grow, build community, become more academically sound, as well as develop self-esteem and self-confidence. Through the after school program, youth produce variety of shows which include, music, song, dance, skits and monologues throughout the year, showcasing their newfound skills. These performances also bring the community together and attract audiences of around 300-400 people.
$174,147 spent80% of program spendingM.I.b&g has also established a 7 week reasonably priced summer camp, to give youth who normally could not afford summer camp an opportunity to flourish in a fun and safe environment. Through the summer camp program, youth produce variety of shows which include, music, song, dance, skits and monologues throughout the camp, showcasing their newfound skills. These performances also bring the community together and attract around audiences of around 300-400 people.
$43,537 spent20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $217,684.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $90k to $43k (−52%).
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: 2026 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Robert Ricks
Executive director
Board chair
Isaiah Santiago
Board president
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $90k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS 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
MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 36% · 2022 72% · 2023 55% — 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
100% of MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS 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. $47k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 335 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 335 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS INC?
- MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $358,064 to it, the largest being William & Sheila Konar Foundation ($89,700). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $358,064 in grants to MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS INC?
- William & Sheila Konar Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $89,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS 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 FY2026 (financials across 2023–2026), 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