New York · Nonprofit
The Thinkubator
The Thinkubator (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,218,986 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($600,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $663k
What The Thinkubator does
Mission
The Thinkubator is a Bronx-based innovation and workforce development organization. We bring power to youth voices through internships, consultancy, work-based learning experiences, jobs, academic advising, mental health and wellness and career counseling.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $262k → $957k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 Thinkubator’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 Thinkubator leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 Thinkubator.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 63% — 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.
Where its funders are
98% of The Thinkubator'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. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 Thinkubator runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,396 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,396 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2021
Organizations like The Thinkubator
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
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Thinkubator: 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 Thinkubator?
- The Thinkubator (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,218,986 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($600,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Thinkubator have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,218,986 in grants to The Thinkubator, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Thinkubator?
- ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Thinkubator 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 FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), 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