West Harlem Environmental Action Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-3800068. Reported 102 grants totalling $8,431,907 to 77 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For West Harlem Environmental Action Inc, by its IRS classification it is an alliance or advocacy organization in environment (NTEE C012).
- How spread out its giving is. 77 distinct organizations, with 38% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 23% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,000 and $65,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $3,174,173. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
1 of those grants was non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $1,836,935 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| We Act Environmental Justice Center Inc | New York, NY | $3,174,173 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance Inc | Newark, NJ | $325,054 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| People United for Sustainable Housing Incorporated | Buffalo, NY | $314,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Soulful Synergy LLC | Queens Village, NY | $278,720 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| People for Community Recovery | Chicago, IL | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alternatives for Community and Enviroment Inc | Roxbury, MA | $205,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heart of the City Neighborhoods Inc | Buffalo, NY | $151,166 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sowing Justice | Memphis, TN | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc | Richmond, VA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Green Door Initiative | Detroit, MI | $149,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greenlatinos | Boulder, CO | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Duwamish River Cleanupcoalition-Technical Advisory Group | Seattle, WA | $139,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Solar Uptown Now Services | New Orleans, LA | $131,166 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Public Policy and Education Fund of New York | Albany, NY | $126,166 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nopi Inc | Norfolk, MA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Usl Technology Consulting Inc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $122,009 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clean Air Now | Kansas City, KS | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Civic Studio New Orleans LLC | New Orleans, LA | $106,166 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Open Buffalo Inc | Buffalo, NY | $106,166 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Total Community Action Inc | New Orleans, LA | $106,166 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pratt Institute | Brooklyn, NY | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alaska Community Action on Toxics | Anchorage, AK | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Parents Against Lead - Upal | Richmond, VA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development Inc | New York, NY | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Ward Environmental Alliance | Newark, NJ | $62,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Global Justice | Tucson, AZ | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services | Houston, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Inc | Atlanta, GA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Community Stewardship Inc | Madison, WI | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bk Rot Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Connected Communities | Rochester, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cooper Square Community Development Committee | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Franciscans in Collaborative Ministry Inc | Rensselaer, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of Wheels | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grassroots Gardens of Western Ny | Buffalo, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Groundwork Hudson Valley Inc | Yonkers, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Guardians of Flushing Bay | Woodside, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kites Nest Inc | Hudson, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Long Beach Latino Civic Association | Long Branch, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Media Alliance Inc | Troy, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Onondaga Earth Corps Inc | Syracuse, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Soul Fire Farm Insitute | Petersburg, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sure We Can Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Campaign Against Hunger | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments Vines | Binghamton, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| We Stay Nos Quedamos | Bronx, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Green Latinos | Boulder, CO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenroots Inc | Chelsea, MA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Action in Montgomery Inc | Takoma Park, MD | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Bronx United Inc | Bronx, NY | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Public Interest Research Group Fund Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living | Crum Lynne, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Good Old Lower East Side Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Communities for Change Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Afgj South Bronx | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buffalo Neighborhood Stabilization Company Inc | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coalition of Community Organization | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Huntington Pk, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community in Power & Development Association | Port Arthur, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Deep South Center for Environmental Justice | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| East Michigan Environmental Action Council Inc | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fair Future Movement Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kingdom Living Temple | Florence, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Native Movement | Fairbanks, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Association of Black Lawyer Land Loss Prevention Projec | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Opal | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tallahassee Food Network | Tallahassee, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Imani Group Inc | Aiken, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The New School | New York, NY | $7,455 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pueblo Organizado En Defensa De La Tierra Y Sus Recursos | Austin, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fiscal Policy Institute | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
17 of 77 (22%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 of 77 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 35 | $1,135,000 | $50,000 |
| 2021 | 7 | $229,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 14 | $889,675 | $46,250 |
| 2023 | 27 | $4,902,835 | $63,666 |
| 2024 | 19 | $1,275,397 | $52,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
66% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $50,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from West Harlem Environmental Action Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 17 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1854 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10031.
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