Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2021.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
4 people listed on the 990; $330K paid to officers and key staff.
Jennifer S Klopp’s $330K as Executive Director is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer S Klopp | $329,572 | $330,000 | $320,000 | $320,000 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Gotham Gives INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Invests in initiatives to improve systemic equity through social, educational, and cultural opportunities for all New Yorkers.
Questions for Gotham Gives INC
Your first name shows with your question. Gotham Gives INC answers here, for everyone.
Investing in knowledge. The charity intends to provide grants to organizations in new york city to further improve educational opportunities and outcomes for students in new york city. One of the key ways the charity intends to further this charitable purpose is by providing grants to organizations, programs, and schools to accomplish…
Empowering our communities. The charity plans to provide grants to organizations that further the charity's exempt purposes of supporting programs that benefit the neediest new yorkers, investing in efforts and programs that promote gender and racial equity.
Expanding cultural opportunities. Gotham gives invests in art organizations and those that expand opportunities for open space.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $371K | $1.6M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $2.2M | $1.8M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $7.2M | $5.5M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | −$4.1M | −$2.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $1.4M | $1.4M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $352K | $246K | $70K | $35K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $18K | $13K | $4K | $2K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $27K | $27K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $5K | $762 | $4K | $109 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $6K | $6K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $1K | $1K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1K | $1K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $115K | $37K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 18, 2025 | $4.0M | $1.9M | $2.1M | $903K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 18, 2024 | $3.7M | $1.8M | $1.8M | −$2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 22, 2023 | $1.5M | $10.5M | −$9.0M | −$804K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2022 | $15.7M | $10.8M | $4.9M | $8.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jun 28, 2021 | $3.5M | $148K | $3.4M | $3.4M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,664,288 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 3 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,664,288 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,837,771 across 9 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $3,446,773 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$2,031,376 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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