New York · Nonprofit
SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC
SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,873,408 to it, the largest being NOVO FOUNDATION ($1,965,000). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 69
- Grants received
- $9.9M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Sadie Nash Leadership Project Inc does
Mission
To strengthen, empower, and equip low-income young women and gender-expansive youth as agents for change in their lives and in the world by providing educational leadership programs in new york city and newark, nj.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
School year programming includes after school classes: (1) siblinghood academy that explores identity and leadership, (2) ella fellowship where youth design and implement community social justice projects, (3) support for seniors applying to college in nash u, (4) an exploration of educational justice and careers for juniors in leadership scholars, (5) partnership where sadie nash programming is offered at schools and community centers to be more accessible,(6)sibling circles, a series of wellness workshops, and(7) special initiatives one time programming based on youth interest and needs.
$838,927 spentof which $56,992 as grants$87,643 earned by the program61% of program spendingOur award winning 6 week summer institute where youth connect with college mentors, participate in interactive classes, meet community leaders, and explore through field trips (2) dean summer internship for college students who train, mentor, and facilitate at summer institute.
$536,423 spentof which $55,947 as grants39% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,375,350.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $899k to $2.4M (+167%).
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: 2018 6% · 2019 13% · 2020 6% · 2021 11% · 2022 16% · 2023 16% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Tene Howard
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $646k → $1.5M.
16 of 69 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 69 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
SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
52% 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 SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 15% · 2018 59% · 2019 45% · 2020 46% · 2021 32% · 2022 32% · 2023 27% — 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.
How long its funders stay
57% of SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
72% of SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT 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. $4.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT 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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT 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 SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC?
- SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,873,408 to it, the largest being NOVO FOUNDATION ($1,965,000). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 69 organizations giving $9,873,408 in grants to SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC?
- NOVO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,965,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 69 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing