New York · Nonprofit
WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION
WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,053,228 to it, the largest being MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($1,118,114). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Watertown Urban Mission does
Mission
To serve the community, jointly and ecumenically, in such a way as to make the compassion and reconciling purpose of god felt wherever there is human need.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Operation of a thrift store offering clothing, furniture, and household goods and reasonable prices.
$129,918 spent$101,330 earned by the program11% of program spendingThe food pantry program provides a five day supply of food to households in need. The critical needs program provides emergency assistance to people for transportation, prescriptions, baby formula, diapers, school supplies and vouchers to the organization's thrift store
$348,627 spent30% of program spendingThe meals on wheels program delivers quality, nutritionally balances meals to people who are largely shut in to their homes and at risk of hunger.
$137,704 spent$91,067 earned by the program12% of program spendingThe bridge program is an alternative to incarceration program for convicted offenders, ordered by the court to serve out their sentence under guidance and supervision. The program is funded by new york state division of probation & correctional alternatives. The objective is to reduce jail population and introduce participants to law abiding life-styles. Building economic stability for tomorrow of best provides rental assistance combined with case management, goal setting and financial education to those who are working or actively seeking employment and at risk of housing instability. Getting ahead and staying ahead in the north county consists of a 16-week workshop series entitled "getting ahead in a just-gettin' by world," designed to provide those who lack resources with the tools and strategies for moving out of poverty; ongoing support is provided to graduates through "staying ahead."
$537,233 spent$3,974 earned by the program47% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,153,482.
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 2019 to 2020, from $2.8M to $3.4M (+22%).
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 24% · 2018 24% · 2019 29% · 2020 21% · 2021 32% · 2022 33% · 2023 23% · 2024 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $53k → $139k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 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
WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
37% 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 WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 42% · 2019 45% · 2020 64% · 2021 60% · 2022 78% · 2023 59% — growing more concentrated.
“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
60% of WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
99% of WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION'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. $352k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION is better cushioned than half of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: 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 WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION?
- WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,053,228 to it, the largest being MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($1,118,114). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $2,053,228 in grants to WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION?
- MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,118,114 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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