New York · Nonprofit
URBAN STRATEGIES INC
URBAN STRATEGIES INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $134,756 to it, the largest being THE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP NETWORK INC ($76,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $135k
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Urban Strategies Inc does
Mission
Urban Strategies, Inc. operates various projects that address the social, educational, economic, psychological, cultural and healthcare needs of residents in the Central Brooklyn area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Department of Homeless Services: The program provided emergency shelter and supportive services to approximately 64 homeless families, helping families transition toward permanent housing through case management, housing placement, and supportive services.
$12,810,581 spent$14,908,038 earned by the program71% of program spendingNYC DOE Division of Early Childhood Education: This program pertains to daycare, headstart, and earlylearn services. The agency managed to accomodate 158 kids for headstart and 170 for daycare. The kids enrolled ranges from ages 2 to 5 years old. The program serves low income families in the communities of Brownsville and East New York in Brooklyn.
$4,426,493 spent$4,930,283 earned by the program25% of program spendingDepartment of Youth and Community Development: An After School program for students in Middle School 6-8 grades, ages 11-14. 190 students in Brownsville Community of Brooklyn
$361,890 spent$385,556 earned by the program2% of program spendingChild & Adult Care Food Program:CACFP provides aid to the Agency for the provision of nutritious foods that contribute to the wellness, healthy growth, and development of young children, and the health and wellness of older adults.
$223,888 spent$267,515 earned by the program1% of program spendingNYC Administration for Children Program (HRA)
$222,459 spent$259,765 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,045,311.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $6.5M to $7.6M (+17%).
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 97% · 2021 97% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% · 2024 91% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of URBAN STRATEGIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
Pelham Bollers
Executive Director
Board chair
Victoria Illery
Chair-person
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $0.
From the IRS filings of URBAN STRATEGIES 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
URBAN STRATEGIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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 URBAN STRATEGIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 65% · 2022 88% — 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
URBAN STRATEGIES INC draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
URBAN STRATEGIES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like URBAN STRATEGIES 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
15%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for URBAN STRATEGIES 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 URBAN STRATEGIES INC?
- URBAN STRATEGIES INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $134,756 to it, the largest being THE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP NETWORK INC ($76,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does URBAN STRATEGIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $134,756 in grants to URBAN STRATEGIES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of URBAN STRATEGIES INC?
- THE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP NETWORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $76,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like URBAN STRATEGIES 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), 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