New York · Nonprofit
THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC
THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,335,207 to it, the largest being FORWARD VISION ($419,444). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What The Acceleration Project Inc does
Mission
To unlock pathways to wealth creation and economic mobility by accelerating under-resourced small businesses through high impact, customized support in strategy, operations, finance and marketing.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scalable small business coaching tap's scalable programming delivers targeted expertise across the small business ecosystem to broad audiences through varying formats - webinars, workshops, small-group coaching, and one-on-one advisory sessions - all at no cost to small business owners. Proprietary small business coaching content is developed by tap and delivered by experienced, pro-bono business consultants, covering topics including finance, marketing, operations, and strategy. Since 2012, tap has reached over 100,000 individuals through online resources and has grown its volunteer consultant network to over 200 professionals, who collectively speak over 20 languages, and have donated over 70,500 consulting hours since tap's inception.
$1,262,658 spent$204,532 earned by the program83% of program spendingStrategic & customized advisory services tap's strategic & customized advisory services are designed to address acute small business challenges and fill ecosystem-level technical assistance gaps. Often deployed in partnership with community partners or funders, these engagements range from focused workshops, to a series of one-on-one advisory sessions, to a multi-week deep dive program, or a combination therein. The deep dive is tap's flagship program that pairs small business owners with a team of advisors over a 12-week period. The program includes tailored action plans, business tools, and structured follow-up. The deep dive is tap's highest-impact intervention - participating businesses have yielded a 94% business survival rate, 86% grown or sustained revenues, and 91% grown or sustained employee bases, within 12-months post-program.
$251,171 spent$17,000 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,513,829.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.5M to $2.3M (+49%).
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 1% · 2020 8% · 2021 3% · 2022 5% · 2023 2% · 2024 0% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Peter D Greene
Chair of boa
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $23k → $841k.
16 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 funders by total. 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
THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
52% 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 THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 72% · 2019 67% · 2020 38% · 2021 32% · 2022 20% · 2023 30% — 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
44% of THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
68% of THE ACCELERATION PROJECT 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. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,299 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,299 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ACCELERATION PROJECT 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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ACCELERATION PROJECT 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 THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC?
- THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,335,207 to it, the largest being FORWARD VISION ($419,444). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $3,335,207 in grants to THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC?
- FORWARD VISION is the largest funder on record, with $419,444 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ACCELERATION PROJECT 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 53 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