New York · Nonprofit
THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL
THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,075 to it, the largest being SUNSHINE FOUNDATION ($35,420). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $48k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What The New Interdisciplinary School does
Mission
Nis is a not-for profit school that was established in 1976 by a coalition of parents, community people and staff. The school was granted an absolute charter by the new york state regents to provide education and therapeutic services to children from birth to five years of age. Nis believes in the rights of all children to grow and learn in a supportive environment, and the rights of parents to have a real voice in their children's education. Nis is willing to try new approaches that are compatible with our child-centered philosophy. We strongly believe each child, regardless of disability, ethnic background or socioeconomic status has the right to develop to his/her fullest potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Nis offers a range of therapeutic and educational programs for both typically developing and developmentally delayed children from birth to five years old. Nis operates both a nursery school for preschool children from birth to three years of age and a childcare center. Universal pre-k participating school districts offer eligible 4-year olds the opportunity to attend our pre-k program utilizing the creative curriculum, which follows developmentally appropriate practices and is aligned with nys learning standards. Classes focus on meeting kindergarten readiness goals in an environment promoting exploration, social skill development and confidence building through positive learning experiences. Children are placed in both integrated and non-integrated classes with nys certified teachers. Sessions are monday thru friday and follow the school calendar. Nursery/preschool a stimulating early childhood program for children ages 3 and 4 following the creative curriculum. Children are offered small group exploration time in learning centers as well as whole group instruction led by nys certified teachers. Classes follow an integrated model allowing both typically developing and diverse…
$13,214,903 spent$14,282,055 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $13,214,903.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $8.0M to $10M (+31%).
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 5% · 2018 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 3% · 2022 5% · 2023 14% · 2024 6% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Honorable Paul Pontieri
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $543.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $368k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Independent Group Home Living Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL raised.
From the IRS filings of THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL’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 NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
25% 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 NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 95% · 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 95% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL'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. $12k 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.
Organizations like THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 22 related entities
- Independent Group Home Living Progam Inc · exempt
- Independent Group Home Living Foundation · exempt
- Kjr Holding Inc · exempt
- Association for Technology Dependent Children Inc · exempt
- Angela's House Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL?
- THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,075 to it, the largest being SUNSHINE FOUNDATION ($35,420). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $48,075 in grants to THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL?
- SUNSHINE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,420 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL 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 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