Nyc Next Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853539248
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9178876556
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$493,293
Expenses
$97,607
Assets
$390,079
Liabilities
$5,149

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARYAM BANIKARIM (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW LERNER (VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • MARYAM BANIKARIM (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW LERNER (VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER)
  • DEBORAH GOETZ (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Organize and support activities and efforts in New York city that lessen neighborhood tensions, promote community health by reducing loneliness and isolation, and eliminate prejudice through inclusive events that foster community and civic engagement.

What it reported doing in 2025

Hosting and organizing community events open to the general public to reduce loneliness, convene communities, and provide additional healing effects of social connection. Longest table is a free community event that brings people together for a shared meal and conversation. It's a simple way to create moments of joy and begin building stronger neighborhoods. In 2025, nyc next inc. Organized the longest table chelsea, 14 additional longest tables in New York city and dozens additional beyond New York city.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 35
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.5%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 64.5%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 80.2%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.5% of revenue deployed · 64.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $63K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.