New York · Nonprofit
TOOLS & TIARAS INC
TOOLS & TIARAS INC (New York) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,104,781 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($650,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $352k
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $605k
What Tools & Tiaras Inc does
Mission
Tools & tiaras exposes, inspires and mentors girls about becoming future skilled tradeswomen
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The organization started a program working with nyc department of education. Refer to part iii - line 4c
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Summer camps - in 2024, tools & tiaras hosted two week-long summer camps serving girls ages 614. The camps provided hands-on instruction in plumbing, electrical work, carpentry, and other trade and stem-related fields, delivered by women professionals currently working in the industry. In addition to technical skill-building, campers participated in mentorship circles, leadership activities, and career exploration sessions. The camps not only introduced girls to industries where women remain underrepresented, but also gave them the confidence and knowledge to envision future careers in the trades.
$108,171 spent59% of program spendingMonthly hands-on workshops - we held monthly workshops throughout the year, providing consistent opportunities for girls and women to learn trade skills in plumbing, electrical, carpentry, welding, and more. Each session paired hands-on training with mentorship from tradeswomen professionals, creating an environment that emphasized both technical growth and community support. These workshops offered ongoing exposure to trade careers, built transferable skills, and helped participants develop lasting relationships that encourage persistence in male-populated industries.
$46,179 spent25% of program spendingNyc doe - through our partnership with the new york city department of education, tools & tiaras delivered in-school workshops introducing students to trade careers. These sessions provided hands-on activities, demonstrations from tradeswomen, and information on pathways to apprenticeships and union careers. This program expanded access for underrepresented students and supported early career exploration in industries where women remain vastly underrepresented.
$15,522 spent9% of program spendingTradeswomen build nations (twbn)- tools & tiaras leads an annual program where we bring tradeswomen to the tradeswomen build nations conference, the largest gathering of tradeswomen in north america. Through this experience, participants connect with thousands of peers in the construction industry, attend specialized workshops, and gain exposure to strategies that support career advancement within the union construction trades. The program strengthens leadership, builds professional networks, and equips tradeswomen with tools to improve and sustain their careers while reinforcing our mission that "jobs don't have genders."
$12,378 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $182,250.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $255k to $466k (+83%).
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: 2020 2% · 2021 64% · 2022 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of TOOLS & TIARAS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (55% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $131k → $193k.
7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 TOOLS & TIARAS 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
TOOLS & TIARAS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 TOOLS & TIARAS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 99% · 2019 93% · 2020 47% · 2021 74% · 2022 56% · 2023 65% — 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
20% of TOOLS & TIARAS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
78% of TOOLS & TIARAS INC'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 $248k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $857k 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
TOOLS & TIARAS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,278 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,278 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TOOLS & TIARAS 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
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TOOLS & TIARAS INC?
- TOOLS & TIARAS INC (New York) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,104,781 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($650,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TOOLS & TIARAS INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,104,781 in grants to TOOLS & TIARAS INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TOOLS & TIARAS INC?
- TIDES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TOOLS & TIARAS 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 23 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