New York · Nonprofit
TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC
TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC (New York) receives grants from 96 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,189,697 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,955,473). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 96
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Trickle Up Program Inc does
Mission
Trickle up helps people in extreme poverty and vulnerability advance their economic and social well-being. We drive large-scale change by partnering with governments, global institutions, and local organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Trickle Up joined forces with four municipal partners to institutionalize economic and social support policies to address extreme poverty in Guatemala, Mexico and Colombia. Our Latin America projects connected participants to existing but yet untapped public social programs. Trickle Up works with local partners (9) and local governments (5) in the Guatemala and Colombia and in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Yucatan providing more than 6,000 participants with services, support a total of 30,000 individuals when you consider an average family size.
$2,107,060 spentof which $32,312 as grants72% of program spendingTrickle Up's programs in India connect markets to allow women to access greater potential for growth and higher sustained incomes from their livelihoods ultimately helping them move from low-risk, low-return activities into higher-return enterprises, and build resilience to economic shocks. Trickle Up works with local partners (3) and regional governments in the states of Orrisa, Jharkand and West Bengal providing more than 3500 participants with services, support a total of 15,000 when you consider an average family size.
$813,176 spentof which $241,789 as grants28% of program spendingTrickle Up provided technical assistance to populations affected by displacement, working in partnership with international NGOs (13) in Uganda, to lead populations these organizations work on their pathways toward self-reliance and resilience. Our team provides technical assistant to programs in the best practices for moving affect population out of extreme poverty, providing services over the life of the project to 7,999 participants supporting 35,995 individuals if you consider average family size.
$13,522 spentof which $8,957 as grants0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,933,758.
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. 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 2018 to 2019, from $11M to $8.1M (−29%).
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 0% · 2018 31% · 2019 41% · 2020 11% · 2021 20% · 2022 19% · 2023 11% · 2024 10% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Lauren Hendricks
President & CEO
Board chair
Benjamin Segal
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 53 funders, grant income rose $1.5M → $2.4M.
26 of 96 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 96 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
TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
46% 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 TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 39% · 2019 25% · 2020 38% · 2021 29% · 2022 20% · 2023 22% — 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
63% of TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.5M on record.
- Department of State$2.5M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like TRICKLE UP PROGRAM 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
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 43 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRICKLE UP PROGRAM 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 TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC?
- TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC (New York) receives grants from 96 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,189,697 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,955,473). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 96 organizations giving $17,189,697 in grants to TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC, 72 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,955,473 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRICKLE UP PROGRAM 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 96 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