New York · Nonprofit
NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC
NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,500 to it, the largest being JOSEPH HANDLEMAN I BELIEVE IN YOU TRUST F/K/A JOSEPH HANDLEMAN TRUST FOUNDATION ($90,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $78k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $117k
- Net assets
- $40k
What New York Kurdish Cultural Center Inc does
Mission
To create a safe space for kurds to enjoy their right to enjoy their culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Our 9th annual kurdish film festival in 2025 was a full week with approximately 1300 participants. We showed 31 films. There was a book talk and signing, in addition to music and a dance on the opening night. We also had a special screening with roughly 100 attendie.s we also had a kurdish heritage month celebration throughout march with roughly 30 attendies.
$52,796 spent97% of program spendingThe organization provides weekly kurdish language lessons for children and adults, and monthly book club meetings. We had 10 children and 5adults have attended language lessions. We have 50 members of the monthly book club. We also have monthly cinema talk.
$764 spent1% of program spendingFunded two panels in separate parts of the country to discuss kurdish culture, resistance and heritage, with a combined 70 people in attendance for these events.
$600 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $54,160.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $16k to $40k (+144%).
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.
47% of NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $58k → $21k.
From the IRS filings of NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER 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 KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 69% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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
NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC?
- NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,500 to it, the largest being JOSEPH HANDLEMAN I BELIEVE IN YOU TRUST F/K/A JOSEPH HANDLEMAN TRUST FOUNDATION ($90,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $116,500 in grants to NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL CENTER INC?
- JOSEPH HANDLEMAN I BELIEVE IN YOU TRUST F/K/A JOSEPH HANDLEMAN TRUST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW YORK KURDISH CULTURAL 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 2022–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing