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PROMISE SOCIETY INC

PROMISE SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,112 to it, the largest being THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC ($550). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$16k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$6k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Promise Society Inc does

Mission

The organization's purpose is to engage young professionals in charitable acts. During the pandemic, this was fundraising for personal protective equipment for healthcare workers, and distributing purchased items to healthcare workers.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Purchased and distributed PPE for healthcare workers during the pandemic

    $15,503 spentof which $15,575 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $15,503.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Elaine Lin

Treasurer/ Event chair

As listed on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $522 → $22.

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 PROMISE SOCIETY 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

PROMISE SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

49%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 96% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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

100% of PROMISE SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $62 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PROMISE SOCIETY INC receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1k to it.

Operating margin−0% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,096 unclassified nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

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In New York

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05Profile & governance

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.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PROMISE SOCIETY 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 PROMISE SOCIETY INC?
PROMISE SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,112 to it, the largest being THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC ($550). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PROMISE SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,112 in grants to PROMISE SOCIETY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PROMISE SOCIETY INC?
THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PROMISE SOCIETY 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 FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), 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