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SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC

SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($36,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$4k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$75k
Net assets
$1k
0/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 44%
01What it does

What Syc Development Initiative Inc does

Mission

Syc Development Initiative Inc. Is dedicated to transforming our community through the power of live theater. Our mission is to enrich, educate, and entertain with engaging productions and educational programs, promote accessibility by making theater available to all, celebrate diversity by showcasing a wide range of voices and stories, foster community through building connections, and pursue excellence by committing to high standards in every production and program we offer.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. To cultivate creativity and ensure theater is accessible to all, regardless of economic or social barriers, through affordable ticketing, outreach, and educational programs. And to foster a nurturing environment that encourages artistic expression and innovation in all aspects of play production, from playwriting and direction to acting and set design.

    $1,271 spent$3,550 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,271.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($163k) Expenses 100 ($147k) Net assets 100 ($17k)2024 Revenue 0 ($500) Expenses 12 ($18k) Net assets -4 ($-590)2025 Revenue 2 ($4k) Expenses 2 ($3k) Net assets 7 ($1k)
202320242025
Revenue (2)Expenses (2)Net assets (7)Peer revenue range

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 $18k to $459 (−97%).

$18k
$459
$1k
202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$17k
’23
−$17k
’24
$737
’25
5.1
months of
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.

202320242025
Listed222
Joined···
No longer listed···
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 SYC DEVELOPMENT 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

SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

95% 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 SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC.

49%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

95% of SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE 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 $4k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from New York funders.

NY
FL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $72k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin21% · above the median
Months of reserve5.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−85% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

45% of spending goes to programs.

Program 45%Management 55%Fundraising 0%

Governance

2
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SYC DEVELOPMENT 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 SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC?
SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($36,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $75,000 in grants to SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC.
Who is the largest funder of SYC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $36,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SYC DEVELOPMENT 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 4 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