New York · Nonprofit
The Laundromat Project Inc
The Laundromat Project Inc (New York) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,684,510 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($3,303,000). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 69
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $9.1M
What The Laundromat Project Inc does
Mission
The Laundromat Project advances artists and neighbors as change agents in their own communities. and community engagement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community Engagement - The Organization operates a thriving community hub with workshops, public programs, and other arts programming for artists, neighbors, and community partners in the heart of Central Brooklyn.
$898,990 spent46% of program spendingCreate Change Artist Development - Includes an artist residency that commissions 3-5 artists a year to create public art projects in local community spaces across New York City. It also includes a professional development program that supports up to 15 artists a year in deepening their socially-engaged creative practive.
$990,177 spent50% of program spendingSpecial Projects: These expenses related to the general programming expenses that help supplement the Organizations key programs, in service of the organizational goals and Strategic Plan.
$75,840 spent$10,550 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,965,007.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.6M to $6.7M (+88%).
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: 2017 6% · 2020 4% · 2021 4% · 2022 6% · 2023 5% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of The Laundromat Project Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Ayesha Williams
Executive Director
Board chair
Ashima Aggarwal
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $271k → $2.8M.
8 of 69 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 Laundromat Project Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 69 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 Laundromat Project Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
26% 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 Laundromat Project Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 36% · 2019 37% · 2020 56% · 2021 58% · 2022 19% · 2023 34% — 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
43% of The Laundromat 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
81% of The Laundromat 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. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 Laundromat Project Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding The Laundromat Project Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $200k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$200k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like The Laundromat 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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
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 Laundromat 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 Laundromat Project Inc?
- The Laundromat Project Inc (New York) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,684,510 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($3,303,000). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Laundromat Project Inc have?
- IRS filings report 69 organizations giving $13,684,510 in grants to The Laundromat Project Inc, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Laundromat Project Inc?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,303,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Laundromat 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.
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 69 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