New York · Nonprofit
ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC
ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,250,199 to it, the largest being THE CRICKET ISLAND FOUNDATION ($222,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $176k
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $-26124
What Rockaway Youth Task Force Inc does
Mission
The Rockaway Youth Task Force Is a member-led organization of youth of color within the Rockaway peninsula that builds power to secure, social, economic and racial justice for all. We develop politically conscious leaders who are interested in Improving themselves and their commu
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Rockaway Advocacy Project (Youth Organizing): RAP provides youth in Rockaway with a structured way to be civically involved. This program provides resources for politically conscious youth to connect with their communities, engage their local government and become dedicated leaders and organizers. In weekly political educations, youth pursue targeted leadership development and learn concrete skills like outreach, networking, and public speaking. Through RAP, organizers create and lead campaigns to fight for the issues that are important to the communities they represent.
$35,000 spent21% of program spendingOften, the stories of young women of color and their communities are ignored in mainstream media. As an extension of our organizing, the Rockaway Advocate is a citizen journalism project. Participants in the Rockaway Writers Programs publish the Rockaway Advocate which is available online and in print. It serves as both a platform for our advocacy work as well as a pathway for young women of color in Rockaway to take back their own narrative in the media while gaining concrete transferable skills. It also allows us to offer media commentary on current events while giving participants a platform to dissect and share information in our community
$30,000 spent18% of program spendingProgram service expense
$25,000 spent15% of program spendingUrban Farming Program (Rockaway Roots): The Rockaway Peninsula is a federally labelled food desert. RTF combats the lack of healthy food options for our people through our Urban Farming Program, which gives RYTF members the opportunity to grow healthy, organic produce for themselves, their families, and their community. Through volunteering on our acre Urban Farm, youth _gain firsthand knowledge of environmentally conscious and sustainable urban farming practices and healthy eating habits. Through running our weekly Farm Stand during the summer and fall, RTF youth learn entrepreneurial skills like customer service and managing inventory.
$40,000 spent24% of program spendingProgram service expense
$20,000 spent12% of program spendingProgram service expense
$17,005 spent10% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $167,005.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $382k to $-26124 (−107%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 15% · 2020 13% · 2021 13% · 2022 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $104k → $163k.
2 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE 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
ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
34% 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 ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 33% · 2019 30% · 2020 19% · 2021 26% · 2022 36% — broadly stable.
“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
27% of ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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 FY2022, 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
76% of ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE 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. $40k 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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC?
- ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,250,199 to it, the largest being THE CRICKET ISLAND FOUNDATION ($222,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $1,250,199 in grants to ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC?
- THE CRICKET ISLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $222,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 26 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