New York · Nonprofit
New York African Chorus Ensemble Inc
New York African Chorus Ensemble Inc (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $279,583 to it, the largest being WEST HARLEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($257,057). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $189k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $280k
- Net assets
- $31k
What New York African Chorus Ensemble Inc does
Mission
The New York African Chorus Ensemble, Inc. (NYACE) strengthens New York Citys cultural life by using the arts to build bridges of understanding among diverse communities. Through performances, cultural programs, and community initiatives, NYACE provides accessible arts experiences for low-income populations, supports artists and small cultural vendors, and uses culture as a tool to reduce stereotypes that can lead to hate crimes and social division.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
NYC Multicultural Festival and Preview Concerts - The NYC Multicultural Festival and its preview concerts served as NYACEs flagship cultural engagement program, providing free and accessible arts programming that brought together thousands of residents from diverse cultural backgrounds across Harlem and New York City. The program featured live music, dance, and cultural presentations representing African, Caribbean, Latin American, and global traditions, creating a shared space for dialogue, cultural exchange, and community connection. In addition to cultural impact, the festival created economic opportunities by providing paid performance opportunities for artists and a marketplace platform for small cultural vendors. By fostering cross-cultural understanding and shared experiences, the program directly supports NYACEs mission to reduce stereotypes, strengthen community cohesion, and contribute to safer, more connected neighborhoods. The program prioritizes accessibility by offering free or low-cost participation, ensuring that financial barriers do not limit community engagement.
$160,351 spentof which $153,868 as grants$5,140 earned by the program86% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$12,579 spent7% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$12,702 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $185,632.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $22k to $37k (+70%).
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.
96% of New York African Chorus Ensemble 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. 4 of the last 7 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
Prof Bode Omojola
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $35k → $33k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 York African Chorus Ensemble 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
New York African Chorus Ensemble Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 York African Chorus Ensemble Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 83% · 2022 100% · 2023 69% — 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 New York African Chorus Ensemble 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. $26 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
New York African Chorus Ensemble Inc's revenue grew 21% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like New York African Chorus Ensemble 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
95% 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 New York African Chorus Ensemble 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 New York African Chorus Ensemble Inc?
- New York African Chorus Ensemble Inc (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $279,583 to it, the largest being WEST HARLEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($257,057). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does New York African Chorus Ensemble Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $279,583 in grants to New York African Chorus Ensemble Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of New York African Chorus Ensemble Inc?
- WEST HARLEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $257,057 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like New York African Chorus Ensemble 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 4 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