Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc
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Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $1,107,004
- +25.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,997,949
- +111.5% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $16,720
- +128.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,893,198
- +16.7% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $747 (2021) to $14K (2022). In 2023 it reported $4K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| NYC Department of Education New York, NY | Educational Grants | $14,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,107,004 | $1,997,949 | $1,893,198 | — | — | $16,720 |
| 2024 | $884,087 | $944,682 | $1,622,263 | — | — | $7,330 |
| 2023 | $1,535,685 | $1,537,213 | $418,618 | $4,200 | Total only | — |
| 2022 | $390,210 | $446,924 | $245,768 | $14,000 | 1 | — |
| 2021 | $195,249 | $243,729 | $249,701 | $747 | Total only | — |
| 2020 | $186,518 | $136,138 | $53,653 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | $113,144 | $114,415 | $77,077 | — | — | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc
Based on IRS filings
Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.1M in total assets. Net investment income was $17K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc is led by Pamela A. Harris, President since 2025 (on filings since 2024); 1 of 11 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Pamela A. Harris
President
Secretary → President, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$178K (2024) → $239K (2025)
Caryl Englander
Chair
Director → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robin Nagle
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca McGregor
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ushma Pandya Mehta
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Singer Lauren
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wendell Vaughn Winton
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julie Raskin
Executive Di
Executive Director → Executive Di, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alex Costas
Vice Chairman
Director → Vice Chairman, 2023
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey A. Tannenbaum
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Spencer Rice
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2023
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (18)
- Former: Dennis Diggins (2019–2025) — Director · Filing note: Until 924
- Former: Bob Jeffrey (2023–2025) — Director · Filing note: Until 625
- Former: Daisy Helman (2023–2025) — Director · Filing note: Until 625
- Former: Russell Hernandez (2023–2025) — Director · Filing note: Until 625
- Former: Tommy Mottola (2023–2025) — Director · Filing note: Until 625
- Former: Michael Brown (2024–2025) — Director · Filing note: Until 625
- Former: Inga Rubenstein (2025) — Director · Filing note: Until 924
- Former: Vaughn Winton Wendall (2024) — Director
- Former: Gregory Anderson (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Robin Brooks (2019–2023) — President & Chair
- Former: Charlie Eisenbach (2023) — Director
- Former: Pam Harris (2023) — Secretary
- Former: Charles Eisenbach (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Sarah Currie-Halpern (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Ellen Cooper (2019–2020) — Secretary
- Former: Ignazio Azzara (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Javier Lojan (2019) — Director
- Former: Vito Turso (2019) — 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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $239K, to Pamela Harris (President).
Frequently asked questions about Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc
How large is Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc?
Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc reported $1.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.0M.
What is Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc?
Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in New York, NY. It holds $1.1M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc operate?
Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc has awarded grants in New York.
What is Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc's EIN?
Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 81-3523248. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 15, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 18, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
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