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NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,226 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($21,600). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $37k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What New England Society in the City of New York does
Mission
The society's mission is to promote friendship, charity and mutual assistant among and on behalf of new englanders living in new york. The society is one of the oldest charitable organization's in the united states and was founded in 1805. Today, the society celebrates the new england spirit and heritage through its charitable works, social activities for members and guests. Its philanthropic focus is a scholarship program for new york city students attending new england colleges and universities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships for new york students attending new england colleges and universities. In 2023, the new england society supported the education of numerous students.
$115,948 spentof which $89,500 as grants37% of program spendingTo promote its purpose, the society holds various events and social activities for members and guests. These social functions and dinners throughout the year add to the funds available for the scholarship program.
$197,903 spent$68,450 earned by the program63% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $313,851.
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.
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 $2.2M to $3.1M (+43%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Katherine Johnson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $8k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK’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
NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
58% 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 NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 89% · 2020 100% · 2021 61% · 2022 84% · 2023 85% — 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
58% of NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $16k that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
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 NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: 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 NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK?
- NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,226 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($21,600). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $37,226 in grants to NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $21,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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