New York · Nonprofit
NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE INC
NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,642 to it, the largest being CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($8,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $-907984
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Near West Side Initiative Inc does
Mission
To function as a community development organization for the purpose of creating & implementing a comprehensive redevelopment plan for the near west side neighborhood of the city of syracuse
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The near west side initiative, inc maintained and rented properties designated for renovation as part of their redevelopment plan for the near west side neighborhood within the city of syracuse.
$995,215 spent$743,406 earned by the program97% of program spendingMulti-use performing arts center (saltspace) dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in the community through an accessible artistic hub for creative collaboration and opportunity.
$27,544 spent$34,367 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,022,759.
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 2023 to 2024, from $10M to $3.2M (−69%).
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 69% · 2019 9% · 2020 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Keith Tyson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $3k → $11k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE 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
NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE 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
48% 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 NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 71% · 2022 40% — 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
90% of NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE 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. $8k 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
NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,376 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE 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
90% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE INC: 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 NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE INC?
- NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,642 to it, the largest being CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($8,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $33,642 in grants to NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE INC?
- CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $8,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEAR WEST SIDE INITIATIVE 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.
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 5 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