New York · Nonprofit
SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC
SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,951 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($40,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $129k
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What Search for Change Inc does
Mission
Dedicated to improving the quality of life and increasing the self sufficiency of individuals with emotional, social and economic barriers. This is accomplished by providing direct support and assistance needed to enable individuals to reach their full potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community residence and apartment treatment programa group-living designed residential program that focuses on rehabilitation of seriously mentally ill adults. The progam is designed to teach the clients the skills necessary to live in a more independent setting. This program served an average of 128 clients in 2025.
$5,782,645 spent$6,796,008 earned by the program47% of program spendingSupported housing apartmentsthe objective of the program is to assist individuals in locating and securing housing of their choice and in accessing the supports necessary to live successfully in the community. The supported housing program assisted an average of 198 clients in 2025.
$5,806,046 spent47% of program spendingVocational programthe objective of this program is to assist adults with disabilities to prepare for, choose, and maintain competitive employment. In 2025, the vocational program served a total of 192 individuals in new york. The program had a placement rate of 57% of the clients served all over three counties. 91% of the clients served maintained their job for greater than three months.
$675,731 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,264,422.
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 2023 to 2024, from $15M to $21M (+38%).
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 39% · 2018 40% · 2019 42% · 2020 42% · 2021 45% · 2022 41% · 2023 42% · 2024 42% · 2025 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Ashley Brody
CEO
Board chair
Kenneth Kruger
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $20k → $43k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 SEARCH FOR CHANGE 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
SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
62% 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 SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 94% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 96% · 2022 94% · 2023 47% — 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
33% of SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
62% of SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $49k that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2k on record.
- Client Services-General$2k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SEARCH FOR CHANGE 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Search for Change Community Residence Co I Inc · exempt
- Search for Change Community Residence Co II Inc · exempt
- Search for Change Community Residence Co III Inc · exempt
- Harbor Side Apartments Housing Development Fund Corporation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SEARCH FOR CHANGE 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 SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC?
- SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,951 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($40,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $128,951 in grants to SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEARCH FOR CHANGE INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEARCH FOR CHANGE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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