New York · Nonprofit
PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC
PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,010,559 to it, the largest being NEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC ($523,603). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Project Rousseau Inc does
Mission
To empower youth in communities with the greatest need to reach their full potential and pursue higher education. To mentor underprivileged, talented high school students and to give them the ability to succeed in college and beyond.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Our academic programs serve young people aged 0-26 from underserved communities, offering vital support tailored to their needs. In 2023, we enhanced our english language support and school enrollment support for newly arrived students. We also continued our college preparation and general academic assistance. And we expanded our school success program, welcoming our first pre-k and k students into private schools. These children receive comprehensive academic and pastoral support, ensuring they thrive in their educational journeys.project rousseaus student needs pillar offers comprehensive, holistic support to students and their families. This included helping families and young people navigate the shelter system, healthcare services, and various social support resources.
$404,845 spent64% of program spendingWe received recognition from the department of justice to provide free immigration legal services to low-income immigrant communities in late 2022. In 2023, we concentrated significantly on assisting individuals arriving in new york city seeking asylum and other forms of relief. Our efforts included providing free, full-scope legal representation for families and young people with the strongest claims to asylum and providing limited scope representation for those applying for temporary protected status.
$180,463 spent29% of program spendingOur broadening horizons pillar continued to provide enriching local field trips to museums, sports games, and more, with a strong emphasis on helping migrant students build confidence and improve their english skills as they navigate their new hometown. Additionally, we successfully resumed our international broadening horizons program post-covid, marking our first exchange since 2019. In spring 2023, students traveled to london, where they immersed themselves in british culture and politics, broadening their global perspective.
$35,108 spent6% of program spendingOther program services 4: we received recognition from the department of justice to provide free immigration legal services to low-income immigrant communities in late 2022. In 2023, we concentrated significantly on assisting individuals arriving in new york city seeking asylum and other forms of relief. Our efforts included providing free, full-scope legal representation for families and young people with the strongest claims to asylum and providing limited scope representation for those applying for temporary protected status.
$11,273 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $631,689.
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 $112k to $656k (+486%).
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.
100% of PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $0 → $172k.
7 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 25 funders by total. 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
PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 61% · 2022 32% · 2023 44% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 32% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
91% of PROJECT ROUSSEAU 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. $270k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like PROJECT ROUSSEAU 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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC?
- PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,010,559 to it, the largest being NEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC ($523,603). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,010,559 in grants to PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROJECT ROUSSEAU INC?
- NEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC is the largest funder on record, with $523,603 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROJECT ROUSSEAU 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 25 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