New York · Nonprofit
TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC
TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $417,500 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($145,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $258k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $418k
- Net assets
- $327k
What Teaching Beyond the Square Inc does
Mission
Teaching beyond the square (tbs) is a nonprofit based in nyc which aims to improve the quality of early childhood education. Through collaborative partnerships with school communities, tbs works with students, educators, parents, and policymakers to advance developmentally appropriate best practices which are more playful, effective, engaging and equitable. Teaching beyond the square is unlocking the educational mindset, engaging families through the opportunity of play, and helping children think outside the box.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Consulting and partnerships - our partnerships and consulting work with schools and centers includes workshops and on-going collaborations with teachers and administrators in exploring and implementing pedagogical practices. Our consultants help educators understand emergent curriculum, classroom environment design, the incorporation of found and natural materials, and creative experiences for young children.
$58,941 spentof which $3,000 as grants$135,294 earned by the program33% of program spendingMaterials center - the materials center is a public community resource dedicated to promoting the creative reuse of materials that would normally be discarded. We collect a variety of "found and natural materials, and offer them to educators and families.
$119,312 spent$15,154 earned by the program67% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $178,253.
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 $265k to $504k (+90%).
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: 2021 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $16k.
5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE 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
TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% 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 TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 38% · 2020 27% · 2021 50% · 2022 58% · 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
50% of TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
62% of TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE 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 $160k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $258k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC is better cushioned than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE 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
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
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 TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE 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 TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC?
- TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $417,500 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($145,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $417,500 in grants to TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $145,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TEACHING BEYOND THE SQUARE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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