New York · Nonprofit
SERICA INITIATIVE INC
SERICA INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $692,657 to it, the largest being DAVID & CHARLOTTE ACKERT FAMILY FDN ($193,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $719k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $693k
- Net assets
- $154k
What Serica Initiative Inc does
Mission
The Serica Initiative Inc. Amplifies the impact of the asian diaspora in america through storytelling, empowering and convening.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In may 2024, serica held its annual gala. This event was to present the achievements of women who navigated challenges with resilience and perseverance to make indelible marks in their fields and communities.
$181,267 spent$430,804 earned by the program86% of program spendingThe ceo dinner series is an ongoing program that brings together prominent leaders from various industries to engage in meaningful discussions. These dinners are designed to foster connections and share insights on critical issues, promoting mutual understanding and collaboration between different sectors and cultures.
$14,788 spent$59,960 earned by the program7% of program spendingIn september 2024 an event was held during nyc climate week called climate, comedy and cocktails. The event included an expert panel discussion, comedy from rising stars, and climate-concious food and cocktails, and an exclusive documentary series screening.
$2,438 spent$4,548 earned by the program1% of program spendingVoices rising - platform that celebrates the contributions of asian americans in various field including arts, food, and sports. A series of events that features artists, writers and community leaders.serica storytellers - an evening honoring the extraordinary contributions of janet yang. This event brings together industry leaders, creatives, and film enthusiasts to celebrate the impact of asian and aapi filmmakers.
$11,798 spent$15,634 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $210,291.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $156k to $254k (+63%).
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.
28% of SERICA INITIATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Anla Cheng
CEO & board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $34k → $65k.
10 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 SERICA INITIATIVE 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
SERICA INITIATIVE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
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 SERICA INITIATIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 44% · 2022 50% · 2023 38% — 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
20% of SERICA INITIATIVE INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 38% 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
61% of SERICA INITIATIVE 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. $228k 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
SERICA INITIATIVE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding SERICA INITIATIVE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $300k on record.
- Department of State$300k
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 SERICA INITIATIVE 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
27% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SERICA INITIATIVE 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 SERICA INITIATIVE INC?
- SERICA INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $692,657 to it, the largest being DAVID & CHARLOTTE ACKERT FAMILY FDN ($193,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SERICA INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $692,657 in grants to SERICA INITIATIVE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SERICA INITIATIVE INC?
- DAVID & CHARLOTTE ACKERT FAMILY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $193,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SERICA INITIATIVE 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 21 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