New York · Nonprofit
PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND
PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,500,000 to it, the largest being THE DILLER FOUNDATION DBA THE DILLER- VON FURSTENBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION ($13,400,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $37M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $242M
What Pier55 Inc D/B/A Little Island does
Program
Little island is a space where people of all ages and backgrounds are invited to explore and imagine, find respite and get inspired. Our programs and partnerships are designed to engage, educate and employ local new yorkers in service to providing the public with art, nature and community. We also partner with neighborhood schools and organizations, provide job opportunities for young people, and provide access to performances and events. We are inclusive to visitors of all abilities in our park and programming.
$17,707,414 spent
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-PF.
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 2017 to 2018, from $131M to $192M (+47%).
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
Barry Diller
Chair/president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100k → $18M.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND’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
PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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: 2019 100% · 2021 73% — 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 PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100k 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
PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND is better cushioned than half of the 303 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 303 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND?
- PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,500,000 to it, the largest being THE DILLER FOUNDATION DBA THE DILLER- VON FURSTENBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION ($13,400,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $18,500,000 in grants to PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND.
- Who is the largest funder of PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND?
- THE DILLER FOUNDATION DBA THE DILLER- VON FURSTENBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $13,400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PIER55 INC D/B/A LITTLE ISLAND 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 3 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