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YELLOW FINCH PROJECT INC

YELLOW FINCH PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $944 to it, the largest being PECKHAM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$5k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$944
Net assets
$11k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Yellow Finch Project Inc does

Mission

To enhance the lives of children with autism spectrum disorders and other social-communication issues through dramatic arts. To provide opportunities to use imagination and explore emotions within a fun, supportive group.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Live, interactive children's theater - which exists exclusively to serve children with special needs. Our live theatrical productions are customized to the needs and abilities of children with socialcommunication issues. Many of these children struggle with finding community activities that are appropriate for their needs. They can become overwhelmed with crowds, sounds, or their parent may feel apprehensive that their child will make loud sounds, become upset, or not be able to sit still. The yellow finch project utilizes theater and special education professionals to design our programs in order to create a safe, welcoming, and interactive environment.we will provide a pre-show questionnaire to insure an enjoyable experience for every child. Materials and a social story will be provided in advance to prepare children for the theatrical adventure. The audience size will be limited to 12 to ensure a secure and engaging experience for the children. A parent, caregiver must accompany the child to the performance, but will be encouraged to sit back, relax and allow the child to enjoy and become part of the show while our yellow finch education professionals ensure a safe and…

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  2. Classroom/after-school programs - has a variety of classes that can run in a classroom during the school day, or as an after-school or weekend program, year-round. Our classes run 45-60 minutes and run in 8, 10 or 12 week sessions.a sample of our current offerings: theater games: experienced professionals take the children through warm-up exercises and unique activities that will encourage eye contact, social skills and using their imagination!shakespeare for teens: a new shakespeare class is available for teenaged thespians.we spend the first few weeks playing theater games using themes from shakespeare's plays. Then, every student is given a short shakespeare line to understand, develop and discuss and develop empathy with the character.

    $948 spent
    100% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $948.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($7k) Expenses 100 ($13k) Net assets 100 ($815)2018 Revenue 100 ($7k) Expenses 45 ($6k) Net assets 266 ($2k)2019 Revenue 71 ($5k) Expenses 40 ($5k) Net assets 254 ($2k)2020 Revenue 28 ($2k) Expenses 12 ($2k) Net assets 316 ($3k)2021 Revenue 32 ($2k) Expenses 4 ($568) Net assets 534 ($4k)2022 Revenue 54 ($4k) Expenses 6 ($743) Net assets 927 ($8k)2023 Revenue 10 ($714) Expenses 5 ($655) Net assets 934 ($8k)2024 Revenue 61 ($5k) Expenses 10 ($1k) Net assets 1325 ($11k)
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Revenue (61)Expenses (10)Net assets (1325)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $4k to $8k (+74%).

$815
$2k
$2k
$3k
$4k
$8k
$8k
$11k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of YELLOW FINCH PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,233 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$6k
’17
$1k
’18
−$98
’19
$505
’20
$2k
’21
$3k
’22
$59
’23
$3k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $77 → $36.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'25*
total
funders
1
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1
1
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 YELLOW FINCH PROJECT 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

YELLOW FINCH PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

79%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

100% of YELLOW FINCH PROJECT INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $194 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

YELLOW FINCH PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,247 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin71% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,247 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds YELLOW FINCH PROJECT INC?
YELLOW FINCH PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $944 to it, the largest being PECKHAM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does YELLOW FINCH PROJECT INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $944 in grants to YELLOW FINCH PROJECT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of YELLOW FINCH PROJECT INC?
PECKHAM FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like YELLOW FINCH PROJECT 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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