New York · Nonprofit
The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD
The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,450,559 to it, the largest being ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC ($560,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $151k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $123k
What The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD does
Mission
For over 30 years, fcs has worked with leading nongovernmental organizations, states, government representatives, communities and individuals to engage societies around the world with the united states through diplomatic and cultural exchange.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ncac - to promote cultural diplomacy in the caribbean with three programs: 1) support major american artists to visit and celebrate their culture. 2) send us art professionals to disseminate information, lecture, teach with visual material and practical experience especially in the area of photography. 3) supporting art professionals from abroad to visit/intern and pursue general professional developement in the us with major institutions.
$115,104 spentof which $27,958 as grants$25,000 earned by the program57% of program spendingIran - the iran project publishes numerous reports, briefings, articles and op-eds on the diplomatic track as the best alternative to halting and rolling back iran's nuclear program. Because this is a vital national security interest of the united states and that of our allies. The iran project engages a broad range of foreign policy and national security experts in various aspects of our work. The iran project is non-partisan in nature, and meets with various decision makers in the white house, treasury and congress, to share information on the complex multilateral negotiations with iran and provide expert analysis.
$88,136 spent$60,000 earned by the program43% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $203,240.
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 2018 to 2019, from $487k to $238k (−51%).
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.
100% of The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Carolyn Seely Wiener
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $126k → $185k.
4 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 Foundation for a Civil Society LTD’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
The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 86% · 2019 32% · 2020 64% · 2021 39% · 2022 41% · 2023 54% — 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
77% of The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD'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. $55k 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
The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD is better cushioned than half of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD: 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 Foundation for a Civil Society LTD?
- The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,450,559 to it, the largest being ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC ($560,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,450,559 in grants to The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD?
- ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $560,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Foundation for a Civil Society LTD 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 21 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