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Business Outreach Center Network Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Brooklyn, NY EIN: 11-3306111 Website

Business Outreach Center Network's mission is to improve the economic prospects of traditionally underserved groups, with a focus on low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs and their communities, and thereby create genuinely brighter futures.

Business Outreach Center Network Inc at a glance

In short: Business Outreach Center Network Inc gave $358K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $179K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$357,979
-19.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
-60.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$178,990
+100.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$178,990
Total assets
$5,758,278
+28.1% vs 2024
Primary geography
New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Business Outreach Center Network Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Columbia University: $308KColumbia University$308KBOC Capital Corp: $50KBOC Capital Corp$50K

The largest 2025 recipient was Columbia University ($308K). Together the top 2 received $358K.

Grant Size Distribution

24 grants across all recorded years

11<$50K9$50–100K2$100–250K2$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 11 grants of 24 (46%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

New YorkBrooklynBronxStaten Island

How Business Outreach Center Network Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−16%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K0 grants2019 3 grants2020 5 grants2021 8 grants2022 4 grants2023 5 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $109K (2020) to $446K (2024). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $358K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Columbia University New York, NYAscend NY and MBDA CRP subawards$307,979
BOC Capital Corp Brooklyn, NYAscend NY subaward$50,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$5,758,278$6,757,451$5,363,365$357,9792—
2024$4,495,997$4,820,833$4,382,652$446,3515$12,437
2023$4,156,439$3,858,980$3,856,012$274,6604—
2022$4,372,318$5,405,936$4,887,952$426,3158—
2021$3,388,823$4,621,595$4,397,276$195,6655$118
2020$3,336,420$4,214,176$3,627,754$109,0903$110
2019$2,209,302$2,939,414$3,048,406———

About Business Outreach Center Network Inc

Based on IRS filings

Business Outreach Center Network Inc is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Brooklyn, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $358K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Business Outreach Center Network Inc is led by Nancy Carin, Executive Director since 2020 (on filings since 2019); 9 of 22 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Nancy Carin

    Executive Director

    Board Member & Executive Director → Executive Director, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    28 hrs/week

    $153K (2019) → $250K (2025)

  • Gregory J Libertiny

    Chairman

    Co-Chair & Treasurer → Co-Chair, 2021

    Co-Chair → Chairman, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Quincy Ely-Cate

    Program Director

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $73K (2020) → $99K (2025)

  • Roxanne Neilson

    Program Director

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $77K (2020) → $125K (2025)

  • Bijal N. Vira

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel Liu

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Acevedo

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eileen V Thornton

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Walter Sweet

    Director

    Secretary → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Victor Salama

    Director

    Member Director → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erika Wesley

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Rooney

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Yiye Charles Zhou

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elena Zikuss

    CFO

    Chief Financial Officer → CFO, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    31 hrs/week

    $114K (2019) → $168K (2025)

  • Rodney Santiago

    Cpo

    Chief Program Officer → Cpo, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    23 hrs/week

    $102K (2019) → $186K (2025)

  • Alexandr Mesonzhnik

    Senior Account Manager

    On filings since 2021

    33 hrs/week

    $102K (2021) → $118K (2025)

  • John Frias

    Senior Program Manager

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $87K (2022) → $85K (2025)

  • Lauren Evans

    Senior Program Manager

    On filings since 2022

    6 hrs/week

    $103K (2022) → $107K (2025)

  • Ryan Widenhouse

    Manager of Lending

    New on the 2025 filing

    21 hrs/week

    $106K (2025)

  • Kunal Verma

    Treasurer

    Board Member → Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leslie Winter

    Board Emeritus

    President → Co-Chair, 2020

    Co-Chair → Board Emeritus, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Mueller

    Secretary

    Board Member → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (8)
  • Former: Delia A. Awusi (2020–2024) — Program Director
  • Former: Nicole Roco (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Nkonye Okoh (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Kwok C. Chu (2022) — Program Manager
  • Former: Katherine Parks (2020) — Program Manager
  • Former: Dennis Reeder (2019) — Member Director
  • Former: Kevin Brady (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Steven Gomez (2019) — Member Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Nancy Carin — Exec. Director: $250KNancy CarinExec. Director$250KRodney Santiago — CPO: $186KRodney SantiagoCPO$186KElena Zikuss — CFO: $168KElena ZikussCFO$168KRoxanne Neilson — Program director: $125KRoxanne NeilsonProgram director$125KAlexandr Mesonzhnik — Sr Account Manager: $118KAlexandr MesonzhnikSr Account Manager$118KLauren Evans — Sr program manager: $107KLauren EvansSr program manager$107KRyan Widenhouse — Manager of Lending: $106KRyan WidenhouseManager of Lending$106KQuincy ELY-Cate — Program Director: $99KQuincy ELY-CateProgram Director$99KJohn Frias — Sr program manager: $85KJohn FriasSr program manager$85K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $250K, to Nancy Carin (Exec. Director). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Business Outreach Center Network Inc

How much does Business Outreach Center Network Inc give each year?

Business Outreach Center Network Inc gave $358K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $446K across 5 grants.

How large is Business Outreach Center Network Inc?

Business Outreach Center Network Inc reported $5.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $6.8M.

What is Business Outreach Center Network Inc?

Business Outreach Center Network Inc is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Brooklyn, NY. It holds $5.8M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Business Outreach Center Network Inc operate?

Business Outreach Center Network Inc has awarded grants in New York.

What is Business Outreach Center Network Inc's EIN?

Business Outreach Center Network Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 11-3306111. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 10, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 5, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 18, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 8, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 5, 2020)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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