SUNY Impact Foundation
SUNY Impact Foundation reported $14.6 million in revenue and $14.8 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $99.12 went to program services, $0.88 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 99.8% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $1,528,505 (CHAIRPERSON). Revenue rose 1% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $15MFor context, the median across 5,499 covered education charities: $85.56 programs, $13.59 management, $0.85 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $15MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 99.1% | 84.4% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 0.9% | 13.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.0% | 0.8% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.00 | $0.04 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 99.8% | 19.1% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 1.1% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 69.9% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $1,528,505 | $331,578 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 10.35% | 1.28% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 3.1 | 13.3 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 3 of 4 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseNew york state ("nys") tax credit program: the organization is authorized by nys to administer a tax credit program, whereby individual taxpayers making authorized contributions to the organization may be eligible to claim a nys tax credit equal to 85% of the donation amount for the tax year after the donation is made. Funds received under this program are used to support a variety of suny system-wide initiatives and suny schools
Support of suny system and campus initiatives: grants and donations to the organization from the philanthropic community and corporate partners are used to expand access to academic excellence, service learning and student well-being through grantmaking for suny's research universities, academic medical centers, liberal arts colleges, community colleges and colleges of technology that comprise the suny system
Support of suny scholarships and fellowships: grants and donations to the organization are used to make grants available to suny research universities, academic medical centers, liberal arts colleges, community colleges and colleges of technology that are part of the suny system
Highest reported compensation
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAIRPERSON Director/trustee, officer, 0.10 hrs/week | $0 | $1,157,269 | $371,236 | $1,528,505 |
| EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $0 | $237,276 | $101,822 | $339,098 |
| FORMER ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Former, 2.00 hrs/week | $0 | $248,210 | $79,327 | $327,537 |
| DIR. OF FINANCE & ADMIN/OPERATIONS Officer, 27.00 hrs/week | $0 | $146,759 | $33,224 | $179,983 |
0 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from SUNY Impact Foundation (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $43,043 (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b4 · 3 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aNo
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2Yes
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 50
- Volunteers Part I, line 62
Private foundation grants it received
6 private foundations reported grants to SUNY Impact Foundation totaling $959K on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Every number above is copied from SUNY Impact Foundation's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for SUNY Impact Foundation, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Of every $100 SUNY Impact Foundation spent in FY2025, $99.12 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of SUNY Impact Foundation's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, SUNY Impact Foundation reported that 99.1% of its $14.8 million in expenses went to program services, 0.9% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does SUNY Impact Foundation pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation SUNY Impact Foundation reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 was $1,528,505, for the role of CHAIRPERSON (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does SUNY Impact Foundation get its money?
Of $14.6 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 99.8% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is SUNY Impact Foundation a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 81-4591892 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202513369349301301 · read the filing · XML
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202422989349300612 · read the filing
- FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202332989349301213 · read the filing
- FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, object 202242989349300314 · read the filing
- FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202113119349300826 · read the filing
- FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202100829349300325 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 81-4591892: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.