New York · Nonprofit
Mercy Center Inc
Mercy Center Inc (New York) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,579,925 to it, the largest being WILLIAM J AND DOROTHY K O'NEILL FOUNDATION INC ($1,000,000). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $6.6M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Mercy Center Inc does
Mission
Mercy center creates opportunities for women, men and families in the south bronx to grow and thrive through education, family, civic, social and economic programs. We build community with a spirit of hospitality, respect and equity in the tradition of the sisters of mercy. For 33 years, mercy center has been a trusted resource for residents of the south bronx, especially immigrants. Our integrated and holistic services fall into six overall program areas: 1. Adult education and workforce development provides participants with an integrated approach to language acquisition, basic adult education, skills building and job readiness. Services include classes in english for speakers of other languages, online learning, work readiness workshops, and one-on-one job coaching, including help with resumes, job searches, applications, and interview preparation; 2. Immigration and asylum seeker services offers immigrants help with immigration applications including citizenship, green card, deferr
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Adult education and workforce development/immigrant services - these programs achieved strong results in fiscal year 2025. We enrolled 1,580 students in our english for speakers of other languages (esol) classes, 1,316 completed one, two or three cycles, and 99% were promoted to the next level. Also, we continued to offer two contextualized learning esol classes for hospitality workers and one for healthcare workers. We continued to integrate an online learning component into every esol class. 392 participants received individualized job coaching. In fy25, our immigrant services program submitted a total of 116 citizenship applications, 32 daca renewal applications, 52 green card renewal applications 359 asylum applications, and 959 employment authorization applicatons. Staff provided removal related advocacy for 36 individuals. Overall, staff provided 2,126 legal consultations about a variety of immigration legal issues. 74 students completed citizenship exam preparation classes. The unit also provided case management for 962 recently-arrived migrants.
$2,798,146 spent68% of program spendingFamilia adelante (family forward)/ family skills/ social services is a group of programs that aims to strengthen family functioning and help participants to navigate systems and resolve problems. In fy25, 184 participants enrolled and 118 completed one or more of our parenting skills classes/activities: parenting (english), parenting (spanish), abriendo puertas (for latino parents of young children), anger management (spanish) and mom's support group. In fy25, we completed the eighth full year of our collaborative 'wholefamily approach' program, familia adelante (family forward), in partnership with fiver children's foundation, qualitas of life foundation, and mindfulness practitioner maritza puello. During fy25, 105 families participated in active case management. 38 families graduated from the program, and 24 new families enrolled. Our social services unit provided case management, advocacy, and referrals for participants seeking help navigating systems and accessing resources. The unit provided a total of 1,322 case management sessions for 608 individuals. The top three issues (by number of visits) addressed in fy25 were public benefits, cash assistance & one_shot deals, and…
$904,938 spent22% of program spendingThe youth programs unit offers enrichment programming for young people in a safe, supportive environment. In fy25, mercy center provided 139 young people with 17,933 off the street activity hours in our after school, dance, summer camp and babysitting programs. We continued our highly successful stem/robotics project and introducd a reading enrichment project as part of our after school and summer camp programs. 100% of the children in our after school were promoted to the next grade in june 2025.
$401,649 spent10% of program spendingDuring fy25, we operate our community education workshops primarily online, which offered greater scheduling flexibility and resulted in higher attendance. The most popular workshop was prepare to work security guard training, which was attended by 90 participants. We also continued our personal development and community building activities, with the thanksgiving food pantry (340 families) and holiday gift giving (487 children) having the highest participation. Our art workshops were also popular, with 68 adults and children participating.
$14,776 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,119,509.
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 $6.1M to $5.2M (−15%).
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 34% · 2018 40% · 2019 44% · 2020 41% · 2021 46% · 2022 55% · 2023 57% · 2024 54% · 2025 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of Mercy Center Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $243k → $957k.
11 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 Mercy Center Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 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
Mercy Center Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
44% 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 Mercy Center Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 38% · 2019 24% · 2020 34% · 2021 31% · 2022 28% · 2023 42% — 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
46% of Mercy Center Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
Mercy Center Inc draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
Mercy Center Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Mercy Center 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Sisters of Mercy of the Americas · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Mercy Center Inc?
- Mercy Center Inc (New York) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,579,925 to it, the largest being WILLIAM J AND DOROTHY K O'NEILL FOUNDATION INC ($1,000,000). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Mercy Center Inc have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $6,579,925 in grants to Mercy Center Inc, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Mercy Center Inc?
- WILLIAM J AND DOROTHY K O'NEILL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Mercy Center 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 71 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