New York · Nonprofit
SoHarlem Inc
SoHarlem Inc (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,914,113 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($625,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $496k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $82k
What SoHarlem Inc does
Mission
Our mission as a place-based social enterprise connects people living in poverty with cultural industry opportunities that help them achieve economic self-sufficiency. To do this, we incubate creative entrepreneurs, and we train the workforce needed to sustain them. Vision: A thriving Harlem powered by creative entrepreneurs at the intersection of arts and commercebuilding on our legacy of equitable economic development since 2011.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Incubating Creative Entrepreneurs - Strengthening local artisans through visibility, mentorship, and retail opportunities.ReCouture Workshops: Hosted successful workshops for Met Members, where SoHarlem designers taught participants how to upcycle old garments into bespoke pieces.Cultural Tourism: Creative Entrepreneurs Doris Prester and Debbie Quinones led sold-out walking tours of East and West Harlem, highlighting the "Innovation Triangle," the Factory District, and the rich labor and civil rights history of El Barrio.Innovation Triangle Activation: Partnered with the West Harlem Arts Alliance (WHAA) for a month-long showcase at the Taystee Lab Building.o Noah Ortiz led "no-sew" design demos.o Kenny Allen (Hollywood-Babylon) screened his award-winning film, Dapper Dan: Dont Hate the Players, Change the Game.o Gladys Perez provided live sewing instruction to the public.Met-Inspired Window Displays: * "A Nod to Superfine": Featured Noah Ortiz (Art in Heaven), who showcased an upcycled contemporary Dandyism jacket using materials donated by Dapper Dan, and Walter Joe Dixon (ATASHI), who presented designs featuring exquisite brocade textiles.The Beauty of Home Decor": A…
$382,402 spent$28,951 earned by the program85% of program spendingCreative Economy Training Institute - Cultivating the next generation of cultural workersDapper Dans Dream-Connection: Piloted a 12-week intensive apprenticeship for young entrepreneurs.Participants received technical training in garment construction and business mentorship.Success Stories: Nelvin De La Rosa (accepted to college; working part-time at SoHarlem), Zaire Benjamin (promoted to Design & Studio Apprentice), Ashley Best (now at FIT), and Dean Delfante (hired by Banana Republic).Recruitment Partners: Collaborated with Rambler Studios, Shoot for the Stars Foundation (founded by Audrey Jackson), and Avenues for Justice to identify at-risk youth with a passion for design.The Future of Fashion (3D Tech): Under the leadership of Noah Ortiz, SoHarlem is developing a 3D-enabled workforce program to bridge traditional artisan craft with digital fashion technology.Expanded footprint through cultural and environmental cultural collaboration Climate Week & Gotham Foundry: Partnered with neighbors Gotham Foundry to showcase upcycled creations by young designers, highlighting the intersection of biofabrication and sustainable fashion in West Harlem.Urban Tech & Green Spaces: Amsterdam…
$67,482 spent$5,109 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $449,884.
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 2020 to 2021, from $133k to $372k (+179%).
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: 2019 34% · 2020 4% · 2021 6% · 2022 10% · 2023 16% · 2024 39% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of SoHarlem Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% 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
Janet Rodriguez
CEO
Board chair
Jessica Tomb
Chairwoman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $16k → $564k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 SoHarlem 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
SoHarlem Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% 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
30% 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 SoHarlem Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 100% · 2019 55% · 2020 73% · 2021 53% · 2022 31% · 2023 35% — 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
71% of SoHarlem Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% 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
63% of SoHarlem 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. $90k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SoHarlem Inc has grown faster than half of the 13,917 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding SoHarlem Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $95k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$95k
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 SoHarlem 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
80% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SoHarlem 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 SoHarlem Inc?
- SoHarlem Inc (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,914,113 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($625,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SoHarlem Inc have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,914,113 in grants to SoHarlem Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SoHarlem Inc?
- THE KRESGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $625,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SoHarlem 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 15 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