New York · Nonprofit
STREET LAB INC
STREET LAB INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $337,766 to it, the largest being SHIPPY FOUNDATION ($105,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $891k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $338k
- Net assets
- $520k
What Street Lab Inc does
Mission
Street Lab transforms the street-level environment of New York City to improve lives strengthen neighborhoods and bring New Yorkers together. We use a pop-up approach to do this partnering with community groups and city government to bring immediate benefits to residents while laying the groundwork for long-term change. We also fabricate and ship programming kits to nonprofit groups and government entities in other cities that want to copy our model.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
We offer a growing portfolio of youth education and internship programs that involve young people in all aspects of our work.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
We activated 104 public spaces across NYC a total of 556 times with our signature pop-ups including 308 times at new School Streets and Play Streets that Street Lab helped community groups to develop see below each time lasting an average of three hours at a time 97% in low- to moderate- income areas always free to the public. All were in response to requests from local groups and city agencies. 41 out of 556 pop-ups in locations such as Washington Square Park earned us a fee. Programming consisted of Street Labs custom-designed pop-ups for public space e.g. READ NYC a pop-up reading room; BUILD NYC interactive building stations; PLAY NYC a colorful obstacle course; and more. Pop-ups were provided complete with Street Lab staffing a total of 219 times and in the form of kits lent out to community-based organizations to run themselves through our Equipment Library for Public Space 337 times. To help new public spaces succeed Street Lab also contracted with three different teaching artists to paint a mural in one location and lead arts activities in others. Approximately 33,000 people in 57 neighborhoods of the city benefited by participating in Street Labs programming. Many…
$250,044 spent$39,653 earned by the program46% of program spendingWe worked with 46 local groups to develop new School Streets Play Streets and other types of public spaces across New York providing groups with planning technical and other assistance to build their capacity to launch and operate these new kinds of public spaces and put them on a path to sustainability and success. Of these 16 are operating as open streets today and 18 hit these and other milestones such as a mural permanent upgrades and or funding from the City. Two are operating today as permanent new pedestrian plazas. All were in areas where public safety and a lack of open space have been longstanding challenges.
$82,405 spent$3,600 earned by the program15% of program spendingDesign and fabrication: We designed and fabricated two new pop-ups for the street that we quickly put into circulation-our OASIS and IMAGINE pop-ups. We also made improvements to existing pop-ups designs and fabricated additional kits to be able to loan more out for longer periods and have more in circulation. Lastly we designed and or fabricated and sold nine kits to other nonprofit organizations and government agencies to facilitate the activation of public space in NYC and around the world as follows: Center for Justice Innovation NY; Hanover NH; Lake Central School Corp IN; Santa Fe Springs CA; Marin County CA; Sonoma CA; Equity Design NY for NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene; Qatar National Library Qatar; DOMANSA Korea.
$133,351 spent$62,244 earned by the program25% of program spendingWe re-launched and expanded our youth education programs creating paid summer internships of 150 hours each for 15 NYC public high school students from the High School for Teaching and the Professions in the Bronx who worked alongside Street Labs team to run Play Streets. Teen interns were paid 16.50 hr in-kind by the Citys Dept. of Youth and Community Development through the Citys Summer Youth Employment Program value of 37,125.
$72,751 spent$17,000 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $538,551.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $316k to $497k (+57%).
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: 2020 20% · 2021 29% · 2022 63% · 2023 70% · 2024 40% · 2025 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of STREET LAB INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% 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.
Chief executive
Leslie Davol
Executive Director
Board chair
Jane Sujen Bock
President and Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $20k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 STREET LAB 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
STREET LAB 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 57% · 2019 100% · 2020 26% · 2021 45% · 2022 66% · 2023 75% — 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
50% of STREET LAB INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
92% of STREET LAB 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. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
STREET LAB INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like STREET LAB 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
95%
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 STREET LAB 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 STREET LAB INC?
- STREET LAB INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $337,766 to it, the largest being SHIPPY FOUNDATION ($105,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STREET LAB INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $337,766 in grants to STREET LAB INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STREET LAB INC?
- SHIPPY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $105,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STREET LAB 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 17 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