Serve Your City
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
The most common grant size was under $50K: 10 grants of 10 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
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
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
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Other Organizations | Program Support | $10,925 |
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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 | $747,494 | $575,764 | $530,088 | — | — | $13,108 |
| 2024 | $531,458 | $532,189 | $536,996 | $10,925 | 1 | — |
| 2023 | $536,265 | $591,091 | $551,956 | $29,661 | 2 | — |
| 2022 | $497,130 | $598,389 | $727,131 | $63,820 | 4 | — |
| 2021 | $625,872 | $900,893 | $740,036 | $44,320 | 3 | — |
| 2020 | $287,203 | $607,407 | $331,250 | $12,985 | 2 | — |
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.
Focus Areas
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
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
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 12, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 22, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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