Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,879,655

Total expenses

$2,926,097

Contributions and grants received

$1,745,058

Grants paid

$532,800

Program service revenue

$382,500

Investment income

$752,097

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$8,471,794

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,836,880

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$6,634,914

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,776,859

Management and general expenses

$503,893

Fundraising expenses

$645,345

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,776,859

Program services were 60.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• CITIZENSNYC IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT INVESTS IN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES, BRINGS NEW YORKERS TOGETHER, AND GIVES THEM THE RESOURCES AND POWER TO CREATE LASTING CHANGE ACROSS ALL FIVE BOROUGHS.FOR 50 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE NEW YORK CITY. OUR ORIGIN STORY IS ROOTED IN THE SPIRIT OF BUILDING UNITY ACROSS RACIAL, CLASS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD DIVIDES. WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1975 DURING THE FISCAL CRISIS, WHICH WAS A TIME WHEN MANY CITY SERVICES WERE SHUT DOWN. OUR CO-FOUNDERS PUT OUT CALLS FOR NEW YORKERS TO SIGN UP TO HELP PATROL THE STREETS AND CLEAN UP THE BLOCKS. WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORTING COMMUNITY LEADERS STEPPING UP AND STANDING ON THE FRONT LINES OF CHANGE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF GRANT PROGRAMS, CONVENINGS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT, TO BRING ABOUT POSITIVE IMPACT. TODAY, OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND CITY-WIDE IMPACT CONTINUES WITH THE INITIATIVES WE SUPPORT LED BY AND BENEFITING DIVERSE NEW YORK CITY COMMUNITY LEADERS EFFECTING CHANGE IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES.COMMUNITY LEADERS IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES OFTEN FACE BARRIERS IN GETTING THE FUNDING, RESOURCES, AND VISIBILITY THEY NEED TO BRING TANGIBLE CHANGE TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PUT THEIR INNOVATIVE IDEAS INTO ACTION. CITIZENSNYC ADDRESSES THIS CHALLENGE BY CONNECTING GRASSROOTS LEADERS WITH THE PEOPLE, RESOURCES, AND PLATFORMS THEY NEED TO CREATE THE IMPACT THEY ENVISION FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS PROGRAM AND SUPPORT, THESE LEADERS ARE ABLE TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND SUSTAIN COMMUNITY-CENTERED INITIATIVES THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. OUR WORK IS INTENTIONALLY GRANTEE-LED, INITIATED, IMPLEMENTED, AND SUSTAINED. AMONG 2024 GRANTEE PARTNERS, 66% IDENTIFY AS WOMEN, 77% IDENTIFY AS BLACK, INDIGENOUS, OR PERSONS OF COLOR, 24% IDENTIFY AS BEING LATINX, HISPANIC, OR SPANISH, AND 52% ARE FIRST- OR SECOND-GENERATION IMMIGRANTS. WE MAKE INVISIBLE LEADERS VISIBLE. WE CONNECT GRASSROOTS LEADERS WITH THE PEOPLE, RESOURCES, AND PLATFORM THEY NEED TO CREATE THE CHANGE THEY ENVISION FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH CITIZENSNYC SUPPORT, THESE LEADERS DESIGN, DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND SUSTAIN COMMUNITY-CENTERED INITIATIVES THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. CITIZENSNYC RECOGNIZES THE VALUE IN SMALL-SCALE PROJECTS, BOTH FOR WHAT THEY BRING TO THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE, AND IN THE WAY THEY INTRODUCE NEW YORKERS MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY, PERSONALLY, CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. CITIZENSNYC DRIVES COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACROSS NYC THROUGH A HOLISTIC MODEL OF SUPPORT THAT INCLUDES: - FUNDING: EACH YEAR WE MAKE MORE THAN 300 MICROGRANTS TO NEW YORKERS WHO ARE IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH TWO PROGRAMS - OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS GRANTS PROGRAM SUPPORT GRASSROOTS PROJECTS WITH GRANTS OF UP TO $3,000, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANTS PROGRAM SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH GRANTS OF UP TO $5,000, AND FIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANTS FOR $10,000 EACH.- CONVENING: WE BRING TOGETHER OUR GRANTEE PARTNERS TO FOSTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPPORT, AND BUILD COLLABORATIONS THAT EXPAND IMPACT. PROGRAMMING INCLUDES A QUARTERLY SERIES OF NETWORK CONVENINGS HELD IN PERSON IN EACH OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS. - CONNECTING: WE RAISE VISIBILITY OF COMMUNITY VOICES AND CONNECT OUR GRANTEE PARTNERS WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, CORPORATE PARTNERS, AND NONPROFIT PEERS WHO CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO ADVANCE THE GOALS OF OUR NETWORK OF LEADERS.OUR PROGRAMS IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN NYC COMMUNITIES THROUGH SUPPORT FOR BOTH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS: - COMMUNITY LEADERS GRANT PROGRAM:CITIZENSNYC AWARDS MICRO-GRANTS OF UP TO $3,000 TO COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS CARRIED OUT BY RESIDENT-LED GROUPS TO IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD LIFE, STRENGTHEN LOCAL LEADERSHIP, AND SCALE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. GRASSROOTS LEADERS KNOW AND HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND MAKE CHANGE TO BOOST CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD WEALTH, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. IN 2024, WE SUPPORTED 256 UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE PROJECTS ACROSS 100 NYC NEIGHBORHOODS.- NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM:WE SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE "DOING WELL BY DOING GOOD" IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BY MAKING ANNUAL GRANT AWARDS OF UP TO $5,000. THESE AWARDS PROVIDE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVES THAT BUSINESSES UNDERTAKE TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITY. IN 2024, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTED 108 SMALL BUSINESSES WITH COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN ALL FIVE BOROUGHS.- COLLABORATIVE IMPACT GRANT:FOR LEADERS READY TO EXPAND THEIR REACH, THIS GRANT, PILOTED IN 2024, PROVIDED $50,000 SPREAD THROUGH FIVE GRANTS - ONE IN EACH BOROUGH - TO COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS INVOLVING MULTIPLE GRANTEE PARTNERS BY ENCOURAGING CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPSSUCH AS ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY THROUGH COMBINED EFFORTS OF SMALL BUSINESSES, GRASSROOTS GROUPS, AND NONPROFITSTHIS GRANT HELPS TACKLE COMPLEX ISSUES HOLISTICALLY AND PROMOTES SUSTAINABLE, COLLECTIVE SOLUTIONS. THIS PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL AND WILL BE EXPANDED IN 2025.ACCOMPLISHMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS:- IN 2024, OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTED 256 UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE PROJECTS ACROSS 100 NYC NEIGHBORHOODS IN ALL FIVE BOROUGHS.- IN 2024, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTED 108 SMALL BUSINESSES WITH COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN ALL FIVE BOROUGHS.

  Expenses $1,776,859 · Grants $532,800 · Revenue $382,500

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• TAM & CHENG INC

  $9,000

  NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM

• ARTBEAN ART & COFFEE COMPANY LLC

  $9,000

  NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM

• CONBODY INC

  $9,000

  NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM

• EVERYMAN ESPRESSO LLC

  $8,000

  NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM

• AMARANTH PEDIATRIC HEALTH PC

  $8,000

  NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM

• THE BRONX COLLAB

  $8,000

  NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM

• BLACK ACCESSORY DESIGNERS ALLIANCE INC

  $7,000

  NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM

• SARITA'S MACARONI & CHEESE EV LLC

  $7,000

  NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM

• OFFICE HO JONOT LLC

  $6,000

  NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

23 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202531139349301423

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