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Serve Your City

Public charity · Grantmaker Washington, DC EIN: 80-0753615 Website

For more than a decade, syc has provided life-changing experiences and opportunities for at-risk dc students, giving black and brown children access to rowing, swimming, yoga, tennis, tutoring, and inspiring experiences often not readily available to children from under-resourced families.

Serve Your City at a glance

Total assets
$747,494
+40.6% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$575,764
+8.2% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$13,108
Expenses (2025)
$530,088
-1.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Serve Your City funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

10 grants across all recorded years

10<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 10 grants of 10 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Cities

WashingtonWashington DCCamp SpringsSilver Springs

How Serve Your City gives

  • Giving fell 75% from 2021 to 2024. 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$20K$40K$60K$80K2 grants2020 3 grants2021 4 grants2022 2 grants2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $11K (2024) to $64K (2022). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $11K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Other Organizations Program Support$10,925
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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$747,494$575,764$530,088——$13,108
2024$531,458$532,189$536,996$10,9251—
2023$536,265$591,091$551,956$29,6612—
2022$497,130$598,389$727,131$63,8204—
2021$625,872$900,893$740,036$44,3203—
2020$287,203$607,407$331,250$12,9852—

About Serve Your City

Based on IRS filings

Serve Your City is a public charity, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $747K in total assets. Net investment income was $13K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Serve Your City is led by Naa Sackeyfio, Board Chair since 2023 (on filings since 2020); 1 of 5 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Naa Sackeyfio

    Board Chair

    Board Member → Board Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maurice Cook

    Executive Di

    Executive Director → Executive Di, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    55 hrs/week

    $36K (2020) → $162K (2025)

  • Billy Mayfield

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maddy Gitomer

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Coburn

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (8)
  • Former: Melissa Wiley (2021–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Moriam Animashaun (2021–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Chris London (2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Naa Sackefiyo (2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Alistair Thompson (2020–2021) — Board Chair
  • Former: Mike Coburn (2020–2021) — Board Secretary
  • Former: Tonya Porter Woods (2020–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Terry Washington (2020) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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

Maurice Cook — Executive Di: $162KMaurice CookExecutive Di$162K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $162K, to Maurice Cook (Executive Di).

Frequently asked questions about Serve Your City

How large is Serve Your City?

Serve Your City reported $747K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $576K.

Where does Serve Your City operate?

Serve Your City has awarded grants in District of Columbia, Maryland.

What is Serve Your City's EIN?

Serve Your City's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 80-0753615. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 12, 2024)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 22, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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