New York · Nonprofit
The Stories of Us Inc
The Stories of Us Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,346,968 to it, the largest being POLICYLINK ($1,044,218). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $445k
What The Stories of Us Inc does
Mission
Inspire a culture of storytelling that sparks our shared civic imagination to: (i) foster a sense of belonging in public space for the multiplicity of experiences that are essential to the narrative of the United States of America; (ii) invite the public to contribute their story to our understanding and the future of the US; (iii) create digital platforms and public space for reflection, connection and imagination; and (iv) build connections and community through art, dialogue, and civic participation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Stories of Us, Inc. was formally incorporated in February 2024 after a year of incubation and planning. The organization's mission is to inspire a culture of storytelling as civic acts that foster belonging and connection in physical and digital public spaces throughout the United States of America. During 2024, TSOU established its first major public-art initiative, the "Talking Drum" series, a multi-city sculptural storytelling installation. The organization conducted an open request-for-proposals (RFP) process to identify artistic collaborators and commissioned renowned designer Jomo Tariku to create the Talking Drum sculpture form. TSOU then sourced and contracted a fabrication partner to produce molds and prototypes for the sculpture form. Throughout the year, TSOU convened workshops with artists, historians, and community partners to define its ten Narrative Themes-the guiding framework for the organization exploring identity, belonging, and connection. The organization commissioned 11 artists to create 10 large-scale sculptures for its debut installation in Detroit, Michigan, which took place from June to August 2024 in Capitol Park, Valade Park and Afro Nation Detroit…
$736,879 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $736,879.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of The Stories of Us Inc’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 Stories of Us Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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
93% 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 Stories of Us Inc.
“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
The Stories of Us Inc draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 Stories of Us Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like The Stories of Us 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Stories of Us 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 Stories of Us Inc?
- The Stories of Us Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,346,968 to it, the largest being POLICYLINK ($1,044,218). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Stories of Us Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,346,968 in grants to The Stories of Us Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of The Stories of Us Inc?
- POLICYLINK is the largest funder on record, with $1,044,218 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Stories of Us 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 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