Fund for the City of New York Inc
Fund for the City of New York Inc. is a public charity based in New York, New York. Founded by the Ford Foundation in 1968, it works with government agencies and nonprofit organizations on approaches to improving public and nonprofit services and quality of life for underserved communities.
Fund for the City of New York Inc at a glance
In short: Fund for the City of New York Inc gave $3.7M across 35 grants in 2025 (avg $107K), mostly in New York. 68% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $3,736,169
- +105.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 35
- +6.1% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $106,748
- +93.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $25,000
- Total assets
- $207,648,900
- +20.6% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 68% first-time grantees (21 of 31, 2025)
- Primary geography
- New York (87% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Fund for the City of New York Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: 121 Sixth Avenue 6Th Floor, New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 925-6675
Website: https://fcny.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Fund for the City of New York Inc
Who Fund for the City of New York Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Columbia University Medical Center ($1.7M across 2 grants). Together the top 10 received $3.4M.
Grant Size Distribution
175 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 112 grants of 175 (64%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The organization’s mission encompasses New York and communities beyond it. Its website describes work with New York City government and organizations, as well as national and international initiatives. In 2025, 87% of reported grant dollars went to recipients in New York; the filing also lists shares for Ohio (4%), Oregon (4%), Texas (3%), and California (1%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 35 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Fund for the City of New York Inc open to new grantees?
68%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 21 of 31 grantees (68%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $73K; repeat grants $220K. How we count
Medians: $25K first-time, $37K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.8M (2024) to $3.8M (2023). In 2025 it made 35 grants totaling $3.7M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY | Promise Project Grant | $1,425,000 |
| New York Presbyterian Fund Inc New York, NY | Promise Project Grant | $850,000 |
| Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY | Promise Project Grant | $275,000 |
| Flatbush Development Corporation Brooklyn, NY | RTC NYC Grant | $170,000 |
| New Settlement Apartments Bronx, NY | RTCNYC Grant | $170,000 |
| Ohio State University Foundation Columbus, OH | Promise Project Grant | $150,000 |
| Resource Media Beaverton, OR | IDP Grant | $140,000 |
| Central American Refugee Center Hempstead, NY | Terra Firma Grant | $50,228 |
| Coro New York Leadership Center New York, NY | General Operating | $50,000 |
| The Research Found for the SUNY Sponsored Prog Stony Brook, NY | Power of 2 Grant | $40,000 |
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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 | $207,648,900 | $77,331,393 | $67,351,637 | $3,736,169 | 35 | $3,870,355 |
| 2024 | $172,127,459 | $66,957,202 | $62,122,980 | $1,822,936 | 33 | $3,414,435 |
| 2023 | $166,124,152 | $67,312,664 | $63,925,527 | $3,781,522 | 32 | $2,095,123 |
| 2022 | $170,389,317 | $114,215,839 | $128,254,981 | $3,107,273 | 31 | $128,215 |
| 2021 | $176,700,276 | $126,437,231 | $118,892,430 | $2,906,429 | 44 | $269,019 |
| 2020 | $148,444,966 | $114,461,201 | $100,443,920 | $3,046,359 | 33 | $471,275 |
| 2019 | $150,667,930 | $97,537,375 | $91,896,272 | $2,717,360 | 24 | $679,159 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s website states that its mission is to improve the quality of life for underserved communities everywhere. Its vision is a world where civic innovation, community solutions, and excellence in the public service and nonprofit sectors are cultivated and celebrated. Its 2024 filing describes a mission of improving quality of life for New Yorkers and communities beyond New York by improving government and nonprofit performance.
The Partner Project Program provides financial and administrative management, human resources support, insurance coverage, and access to operational experts for nonprofit projects. The filing says partner projects work in areas including community services, parks, education, and other charitable activities. The organization also provides bridge loans to nonprofits awaiting committed funding, and runs public-service and teaching awards programs. Its 2024 filing describes the Center for Youth and the Future of Work, developed with New York University, as providing research, evaluation, leadership training and development, and technical support.
Examples among its 2025 grantees include Flatbush Development Corporation, which describes its work as addressing community needs through partnerships and initiatives in areas including economic development, housing, youth, and immigration; Central American Refugee Center, which describes its mission as safeguarding the rights of people seeking safe haven; and Coro New York Leadership Center, which describes itself as a leadership-training program. These are the grantees’ descriptions of their own work.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the organization reported 35 grants totaling $3,736,169. Grant amounts ranged from $5,110 to $1,425,000, with a median of $25,000. Among the largest reported grants were $1,425,000 and $275,000 to Columbia University Medical Center for the Promise Project; $850,000 to New York Presbyterian Fund Inc. for the Promise Project; $170,000 each to Flatbush Development Corporation for an RTC NYC grant and New Settlement Apartments for an RTCNYC grant; and $150,000 to Ohio State University Foundation for the Promise Project.
The organization’s Partner Project Program welcomes inquiries from nonprofit leaders starting a project or seeking relief from administrative demands and expertise in fiscal, administrative, or human-resources functions. Applicants submit an inquiry form; the website says a team member will respond within two weeks. New projects enter the program at the start of each quarter. The inquiry page says the Fund cannot sponsor schools, organizations with athletic programs, for-profit affiliates, or organizations with 501(c)(4) affiliates.
The Community Planning Fellowship places urban-planning graduate students with New York City community boards to provide research support. Its listed application deadline, June 9, 2026, was a past deadline as of October 2, 2026. The Sloan Public Service Award and Sloan STEM Teaching Award recognize public servants and high-school science and mathematics teachers, respectively.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Lisette Nieves as board member/president and Aldrin Bonilla as executive vice president. Other listed officers and directors are Michael Arad, chair; Ester Fuchs, vice chair; Georgia Boothe, treasurer; Linda Lausell Bryant, secretary; Jomysha Delgado Stephen and Robert Tierney, board members; Jill E. Borrero, chief operating officer; and Juana Rosario, comptroller.
Fund for the City of New York Inc is led by John Konarski, Chief Executive Officer on filings since 2020; 28 of 33 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
John Konarski
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$164K (2020) → $178K (2025)
Gregory Morris
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$185K (2024) → $185K (2025)
Lola Simpson
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$220K (2024) → $169K (2025)
Lisette Nieves
Board Member & President
Chair → Board Member & Chief Executive, 2020
Board Member & Chief Executive → Board Member & President, 2022
On filings since 2019
30 hrs/week
$114K (2021) → $393K (2025)
Blake Dm Ratner
Executive Director
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$185K (2020) → $222K (2025)
Miriam Feldblum
Executive Director
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$176K (2020) → $214K (2025)
James Ryan
Executive Director
On filings since 2021
35 hrs/week
$185K (2021) → $217K (2025)
Benjamin Garcia
Executive Director
On filings since 2023
35 hrs/week
$228K (2023) → $249K (2025)
Coleen Stevens Porcher
Executive Director
On filings since 2023
35 hrs/week
$165K (2023) → $247K (2025)
Grace Rauh
Executive Director
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$205K (2024) → $225K (2025)
Mizue Aizeki
Executive Director
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$157K (2024) → $171K (2025)
Teresa Carta
Executive Director
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$200K (2024) → $200K (2025)
Katie Napolitano
Executive Director
New on the 2025 filing
35 hrs/week
$260K (2025)
Tracy Jenkins
Executive Director
New on the 2025 filing
35 hrs/week
$260K (2025)
Michael Arad
Chair
Board Member → Chair, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elina Alayeva
Director
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$180K (2020) → $220K (2025)
Jeffrey Sudmyer
Director
On filings since 2021
35 hrs/week
$195K (2021) → $208K (2025)
Patricia Kerry Moles
Program Director
On filings since 2023
35 hrs/week
$180K (2023) → $204K (2025)
April McKoy
Senior Director
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$194K (2024) → $200K (2025)
Jenin Sabbah
Director of Ecosystem Development
Executive Director → Director of Ecosystem Development, 2025
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$173K (2024) → $184K (2025)
Stefanie Blouin
Senior Director
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$205K (2024) → $207K (2025)
Fred Dejohn
Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$266K (2019) → $330K (2025)
Jill E. Borrero
Chief Operating Officer
Vice President → Vice President of Finance & Operations, 2022
Vice President of Finance & Operations → Chief Operating Officer, 2024
On filings since 2019
30 hrs/week
$204K (2019) → $246K (2025)
Juana Rosario
Comptroller
Comptroller & Director → Comptroller, 2024
On filings since 2019
30 hrs/week
$161K (2019) → $182K (2025)
Aldrin Bonilla
Executive Vice President
Vice President → Executive Vice President, 2022
On filings since 2021
30 hrs/week
$70K (2021) → $288K (2025)
Andrew Walrond
Vice President of Loan Program
On filings since 2022
35 hrs/week
$152K (2022) → $174K (2025)
Kai Feder
Chief Operating Officer
Chief of Staff → Chief Operating Officer, 2024
On filings since 2023
35 hrs/week
$173K (2023) → $195K (2025)
David Cole
Chief Operating Officer
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$168K (2024) → $207K (2025)
Elizabeth Berman
Vice President Housing
New on the 2025 filing
35 hrs/week
$200K (2025)
Linda Lausell Bryant
Secretary
Board Member → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ester Fuchs
Vice Chair
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Georgia Boothe
Treasurer
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jomysha Delgado Stephen
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (33)
- Former: Robert Tierney (2019–2025) — Board Member · Filing note: Term ended 52021
- Former: Dana Buchman (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Sara Nadel (2023–2024) — Chief Executive Officer
- Former: Zachary Katznelson (2024) — Executive Director
- Former: Zenaida Rodriguez (2024) — Executive Director
- Former: Luke Bauer (2023) — Director
- Former: Alex Zablocki (2019–2022) — Executive Director
- Former: David Steinberger (2019–2022) — Board Member · Filing note: Term ended 52022
- Former: Jethro Antoine (2019–2022) — Deputy Director
- Former: Shoshanah Brown (2019–2022) — Chief Executive Officer
- Former: Aaron F. Arnold (2020–2022) — Director · Filing note: Term ended 12/10/2021
- Former: James Brodick (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Courtney A. Bryan (2021–2022) — Chief Executive Officer
- Former: Erasma Beras-Monticciolo (2021–2022) — Executive Director
- Former: Steven Toledo (2021–2022) — Chief Operating Officer
- Former: Dipal Shah (2022) — Chief of Staff
- Former: Jomysha Delgado Stephen Start (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Jose Ortiz (2022) — Executive Director
- Former: Amy Kotler (2019–2021) — General & Operations Manager · Filing note: Term ended 3312021
- Former: Julian Adler (2019–2021) — Program Director · Filing note: Term ended 9302021
- Former: Liberty Aldrich (2019–2021) — Managing Director · Filing note: Term ended 6102021
- Former: Maggie Boepple (2019–2021) — Chair · Filing note: Term ended 112020
- Former: Mary McCormick (2019–2021) — Chief Executive Officer · Filing note: Term ended 8312020
- Former: Robert Abrams (2019–2021) — Board Member · Filing note: Term ended 112020
- Former: Ester Fuchs Start (2021) — Vice Chair
- Former: Georgia Boothe Start (2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Adam Mansky (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Term ended 9152020
- Former: Earle Walker (2019–2020) — Executive Director - Region · Filing note: Term ended 2282020
- Former: Gregory A. Berman (2019–2020) — Executive Director - Cci
- Former: Elizabeth Heller (2019) — Chief Executive Officer
- Former: Kathrin Frauscher (2019) — Deputy Director
- Former: Sarah Geiseneimer (2019) — Chief Operating Officer
- Former: Talia Milgrom-Elcott (2019) — Executive Director - 100ki
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 $393K, to Lisette Nieves (Board Member/President). 28 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Fund for the City of New York Inc
How much does Fund for the City of New York Inc give each year?
Fund for the City of New York Inc gave $3.7M across 35 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.8M across 33 grants.
What is Fund for the City of New York Inc's typical grant size?
Fund for the City of New York Inc's median grant in 2025 was $25,000, and its average grant was $106,748, across 35 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Fund for the City of New York Inc that year got $73K on average.
Where does Fund for the City of New York Inc give grants?
Fund for the City of New York Inc gives mostly in New York: 87% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (12 grants), Austin, TX (4 grants), Bronx, NY (2 grants) and San Francisco, CA (2 grants).
Does Fund for the City of New York Inc give general operating support?
Yes: 11% of Fund for the City of New York Inc's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (4 of 35) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990. Recurring purposes include "IDP Grant" (13 grants), "Icare Grant" (5 grants) and "Promise Project Grant" (4 grants).
Who are Fund for the City of New York Inc's largest grantees?
Fund for the City of New York Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Columbia University Medical Center ($1,700,000 across 2 grants), New York Presbyterian Fund Inc ($850,000) and Flatbush Development Corporation ($170,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 73% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Fund for the City of New York Inc?
Fund for the City of New York Inc reported $207.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $77.3M.
What does Fund for the City of New York Inc fund?
The organization’s website states that its mission is to improve the quality of life for underserved communities everywhere. Its vision is a world where civic innovation, community solutions, and excellence in the public service and nonprofit sectors are cultivated and celebrated. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Fund for the City of New York Inc?
Fund for the City of New York Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check fcny.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Fund for the City of New York Inc's EIN?
Fund for the City of New York Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-2612524. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 10, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 27, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 11, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 14, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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