The 125th Street District Management Association directs modest, targeted grants to sustain small, neighborhood-based businesses and arts organizations along Harlem’s 125th Street corridor, with an emphasis on COVID-19 relief. Most awards are $10,000 and support a mix of cultural nonprofits, performing/visual arts groups, and locally owned retail and food businesses, suggesting a focus on preserving the corridor’s cultural economy and small-business ecosystem.
Distributed, equal-sized emergency relief grants (10 awards at $10,000 each) concentrated geographically on the 125th Street/Harlem business corridor; mix of small for-profits and arts nonprofits rather than large multi-year commitments.
A defining feature of 125th Street District Management Association Inc’s recent grantmaking is its use of $10,000 awards to support neighborhood institutions and small businesses along Harlem’s 125th Street corridor. In 2023, the foundation made a set of equal-sized grants that point to a tight, place-based strategy rather than broad thematic giving. Recipients included New Amsterdam Musical Association, Arts and Education Continuum Inc, MODArts Dance Collective Inc, and Children’s Art Carnival, showing support for cultural and educational organizations that anchor the corridor’s community life. Other awards went to local commercial operators such as 9 Tails NYC LLC, Super Nice Coffee & Bakery, By Keba LLC, NY Revolution Books, and Harlem Doggie Daycare, indicating that the foundation also backs the day-to-day businesses that shape the street’s economic fabric. The stated purpose attached to these grants was support for small businesses affected by COVID-19, which places emergency relief at the center of this funder’s recent activity. The overall pattern is compact, local, and highly consistent, with grantmaking concentrated in New York City recipients.
The foundation’s 2023 grants show three closely related themes. First is COVID-19 relief for small businesses and enterprises operating on or near 125th Street, including $10,000 to 9 Tails NYC LLC for support as a small business affected by COVID-19. Second is support for arts and cultural groups that contribute to Harlem’s public life. Arts and Education Continuum Inc received $10,000 for the same purpose, and its name signals an education-and-arts profile within the corridor. Third is backing for creative and community-based organizations, such as MODArts Dance Collective Inc, which also received $10,000 tied to COVID-19 support. The grant list also includes Children’s Art Carnival, pointing to an interest in youth-facing arts access as part of neighborhood stabilization. Across these awards, the foundation appears to use modest, direct grants to help local organizations remain active through economic disruption.
Typical awards are tightly clustered: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $10,000. That means the foundation’s recent giving is highly standardized rather than spread across many grant sizes. The organization is a public charity, and the grant record shown here is entirely local, with all grants going to recipients in New York. The 2023 recipients in the recent-grants list show a one-year snapshot of support rather than a visible multi-year repeat pattern in the supplied data. The awards are direct grants, not program-related investments, and the foundation does not fund individuals. The available record also suggests a small-scale grantmaker: annual grants given are $100,000 and total assets are $432,195.
$100K
$432K
$1.4M
$1.3M
Most grants fall between $10K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: New Amsterdam Musical Association, MODArts Dance Collective Inc, Arts and Education Continuum Inc, Children's Art Carnival, Super Nice Coffee & Bakery
Grantmaking is concentrated in New York City, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state of New York. The recent-grants list shows recipients in New York, NY across the board, indicating a highly localized distribution. Because the giving scope is local, the pattern centers on Harlem and the 125th Street corridor rather than a wider regional footprint. No non-US recipient countries appear in the record; all listed grants are in the US.
The recent grants show support for neighborhood arts and cultural groups, small creative enterprises, and local businesses. Named recipients include New Amsterdam Musical Association, Arts and Education Continuum Inc, MODArts Dance Collective Inc, Children’s Art Carnival, Super Nice Coffee & Bakery, and Harlem Doggie Daycare, all funded with $10,000 awards tied to small-business COVID-19 support.
Typical grants are uniform at $10,000. The p25, median, and p75 are each $10,000, which indicates that most recent awards were made at the same amount rather than across a wide range of sizes.
Its giving is local and entirely in New York. The recipient country distribution is 100% US, and the state distribution shows all grants going to recipients in NY. The recent-grants list places recipients in New York, NY.
The stated purpose attached to the recent grants is support for small businesses affected by COVID-19. The recipient list includes a mix of arts organizations and local businesses, suggesting a focus on short-term relief for the corridor’s cultural and commercial ecosystem.
2023
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2023.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Amsterdam Musical Association | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19 |
| Arts and Education Continuum Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19 |
| MODArts Dance Collective Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19 |
| 9 Tails NYC LLC | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19 |
| Super Nice Coffee & Bakery | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19 |
| By Keba LLC | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19 |
| Children's Art Carnival | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19 |
| The Dominici Collective | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19 |
| NY Revolution Books | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19 |
| Harlem Doggie Daycare | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19 |
New Amsterdam Musical Association
$10,000Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19
Arts and Education Continuum Inc
$10,000Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19
MODArts Dance Collective Inc
$10,000Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19
9 Tails NYC LLC
$10,000Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19
Super Nice Coffee & Bakery
$10,000Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19
By Keba LLC
$10,000Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19
Children's Art Carnival
$10,000Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19
The Dominici Collective
$10,000Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19
NY Revolution Books
$10,000Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19
Harlem Doggie Daycare
$10,000Support Small Business Affected by COVID-19