New York · Nonprofit
SPACEWORKS NYC INC
SPACEWORKS NYC INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,941,055 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($1,575,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $149
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $-2286
What Spaceworks NYC Inc does
Mission
The organization ceased programmatic operations as of 6/30/20 and voted to dissolve in march 2021.spaceworks nyc, inc. Is a not-for-profit real-estate development organization dedicated to expanding the supply of long-term, affordable rehearsal and studio space for artists in new york city.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The organization ceased programmatic operations as of 6/30/20 and voted to dissolve in march 2021.spaceworks nyc, inc. Is a not-for-profit real-estate development organization dedicated to expanding the supply of long-term, affordable rehearsal and studio space for artists in new york city.
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
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 2017 to 2018, from $709k to $2.8M (+292%).
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 16% · 2019 13% · 2020 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of SPACEWORKS NYC INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
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.
Chief executive
Anisha Steephen
Interim executive director
Board chair
David Koren
Chair
As listed on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $380k → $425k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 SPACEWORKS NYC 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
SPACEWORKS NYC INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 73% · 2019 77% · 2020 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SPACEWORKS NYC 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. $355k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SPACEWORKS NYC INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,184 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
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 SPACEWORKS NYC 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 SPACEWORKS NYC INC?
- SPACEWORKS NYC INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,941,055 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($1,575,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPACEWORKS NYC INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,941,055 in grants to SPACEWORKS NYC INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPACEWORKS NYC INC?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,575,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPACEWORKS NYC 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 6 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