The New York Urban League Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-1671035. Reported 115 grants totalling $4,365,226 to 78 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 78 distinct organizations, with 12% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 32% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $35,000. Half of what it reported fell between $26,250 and $45,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $253,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Urban League Inc | New York, NY | $507,000 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| 67TH Precinct Clergy Council Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $178,849 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Opus Dance Theatre and Community Services Inc | New York, NY | $124,295 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Barbershop Books Inc | New York, NY | $116,250 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Community Connections for Youth Inc | Bronx, NY | $116,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Custom Collaborative | New York, NY | $116,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Staten Island Urban Center Inc | Staten Island, NY | $112,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Warm Inc | New York, NY | $106,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Life of Hope | Brooklyn, NY | $99,122 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Full Circle Life Enrichment Center Inc | Bronx, NY | $96,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Call Nyc Co | Brooklyn, NY | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hip Hop Theater Festival Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Theatre of the Oppressed Nyc | New York, NY | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Monitor My Health Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Young New Yorkers Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $84,196 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kids Creative 404 Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| STEM From Dance | Brooklyn, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Harlem Chamber Players Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bronx Baptist Church | Bronx, NY | $71,250 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Girl Be Heard Institute | Brooklyn, NY | $70,624 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Not on My Watch Inc | Bronx, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program Inc | New York, NY | $62,804 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fcbc Community Development Corporation | New York, NY | $62,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Actors Theatre Workshop Inc | New York, NY | $61,250 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| African Film Festival | New York, NY | $59,509 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bedford Stuyvesant Gateway District Management Association Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,650 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Alex House Project Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Billie Holiday Theatre Incorporated | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Help in Park Slope Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Destination Tomorrow Inc | Bronx, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Drive Change Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Griot Circle | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harlem Business Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harvest Home Farmers Market Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Move Nyc Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Narrative Nation Inc | Bayshore, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn Cdc Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Opening Act Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Methodist Center in Far Rockaway Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| You Gotta Believe the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement | New York, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth Design Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Art Start Incorporated | New York, NY | $42,236 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts Business Collaborative Inc | Elmhurst, NY | $41,210 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Better Jamaica Inc | Jamaica, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridge Street Development Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brothers Redefining Opportunities | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inspiring Minds of New York City Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reciprocity Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stryckers Bay Neighborhood Council Inc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| We Are Not Afraid | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wyckoff House & Association Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Birthright Africa Incorporated | New York, NY | $34,783 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Represented Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $32,548 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wall Street Bound | New York, NY | $32,534 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| African International Collaborative Center Inc | New York, NY | $31,075 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East New York Restoration Local Development Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | $31,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Vow Inc | New York, NY | $30,264 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parris Foundation | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| African Voices Communications Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $26,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Change for Kids Inc | New York, NY | $26,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Path to Jobs Inc | New York, NY | $26,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brooklyn Steppers | Brooklyn, NY | $25,970 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ocean Bay Community Developement Corporation | Arverne, NY | $25,370 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brooklyn Perinatal Network Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,125 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grants 5000 | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project | Brooklyn, NY | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Elite Learners Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,192 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Haiti Cultural Exchange | Brooklyn, NY | $19,125 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Headhunter Systems Ltd | Dallas, TX | $11,495 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fierce | Bronx, NY | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eat My Cake Too | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| For Your Birth | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harlem Film House | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| She COOKS3 | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soular Powered LLC - Rashidah Sales | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stapledon Arts LLC | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Swr Community LLC | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valerie Wray | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
25 of 78 (32%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Covid-19 Family Relief Fund
TO PROVIDE ANNUAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 of 78 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 23 | $1,005,054 | $26,250 |
| 2021 | 34 | $1,170,686 | $35,000 |
| 2022 | 28 | $1,069,486 | $44,167 |
| 2023 | 30 | $1,120,000 | $45,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $35,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The New York Urban League Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 26 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 3 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 204 West 136TH Street, New York, NY, 10030.
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