New York · Nonprofit
THE PRODIGAL CENTER
THE PRODIGAL CENTER (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,079 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $20k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $25k
What The Prodigal Center does
Mission
Pantry and clothes distribution center
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Pantry and clothes distribution center and program referral
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $10k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 PRODIGAL CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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 PRODIGAL CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 PRODIGAL CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
75% of THE PRODIGAL CENTER'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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 PRODIGAL CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,741 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,741 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
Organizations like THE PRODIGAL CENTER
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PRODIGAL CENTER: 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 PRODIGAL CENTER?
- THE PRODIGAL CENTER (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,079 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE PRODIGAL CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $40,079 in grants to THE PRODIGAL CENTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PRODIGAL CENTER?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PRODIGAL CENTER 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 5 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