New York · Nonprofit
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN (New York) receives grants from 105 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,972,918 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($24,950,000). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $71M
- Funders on record
- 105
- Grants received
- $108M
- Net assets
- $68M
What National Center for Civic Innovation In does
Mission
The board of the fund for the city of new york created the National Center for Civic Innovation In 1992 to facilitate the adaptation in other areas of the country and beyond of some of the initiatives the fund developed to promote the performance of government and nonprofit organizations. The fund and the national center have a shared board and staff.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Ncci conducts its charitable activities, in part, through its partner project program, under which approved charitable programs operate as projects of ncci and are subject to ncci's oversight, financial controls, human resources policies, and organizational structure and policies. Ncci's partner project programs focus on a variety of charitable activities, such as community services, education, and other charitable programs.
$50,131,911 spentof which $598,517 as grants$8,014,475 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $50,131,911.
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 2024 to 2025, from $68M to $94M (+37%).
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 9% · 2018 8% · 2019 14% · 2020 12% · 2021 33% · 2022 6% · 2023 16% · 2024 23% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Michael Arad
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $3.5M → $17M.
22 of 105 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 105 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
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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: 2017 72% · 2018 39% · 2019 58% · 2020 24% · 2021 31% · 2022 17% · 2023 19% — 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
36% of NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- MA$1.2M
- DE$40k
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 NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Fund for the City of New York · exempt
- International Institute for Community Solutions Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN: 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 NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN?
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN (New York) receives grants from 105 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,972,918 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($24,950,000). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN have?
- IRS filings report 105 organizations giving $107,972,918 in grants to NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN?
- CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK is the largest funder on record, with $24,950,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN 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.
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 105 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