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Renaissance Corporation of Albany at a glance

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Renaissance Corporation of Albany

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$85k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$303kPublic Safety & Disaster$251kHuman Services$52kReligion$34kPhilanthropy$32kSocial Science$20kFood & Nutrition$18kHousing & Shelter$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $49k
$1,250
Median grant
1
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALBANY FIRE DEPARTMENT$33,975
UNIVERSITY ALBANY FOUNDATION$15,000
ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY$7,000
REGIONAL FOOD BANK$5,000
SECOND CHANCE FOR ADULTS INC$4,000
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH$2,595
NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES$2,000
SHALOM FOOD PANTRY$2,000
ST MARGARET'S CENTER$2,000
ISRAEL AME CHURCH$1,500
LIFE PATH (FORMERLY SENIOR SERVICES OF ALBANY)$1,250
VANDERHEYDEN HALL$1,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ALBANY$1,000
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL$1,000
WILDWOOD$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $49k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $200 → 17%THE ARC OF RENSSELAER COUNTY: $200 → 11%THE BABY INSTITUTE: $21k → 14%THE BABY INSTITUTE: $6k → 14%THE BABY INSTITUTE: $3k → 14%THE BABY INSTITUTE: $2k → 14%HOMELESS AND TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY ALBANY: $1k → 14%NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 14%NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES: $750 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$805k · 42 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
19

Total granted

$805k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+33%

Still filing today

45%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterArts & CultureSocial ScienceOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UA
    UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +169%
  • AC
    ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $54k · revenue +14%
  • NR
    NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $16k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • RS
    RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +47%
  • FC
    FRANK CHAPMAN MEMORIAL INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue -47%
  • HA
    HOMELESS AND TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +64%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
2
Albany Med Health System

An academic health sciences system whose responsibilities are to provide a broad range of patient services to the people of eastern new york and western new england.

Health
3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
University Auxiliary Services At Albany

To provide food and auxiliary services (vending, bookstore, linen, etc) to faculty, staff, and students at the university at albany.

Education
12
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University At Albany Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 62 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALBANY FIRE DEPARTMENT: $211,991 · OtherALBANY FIRE DEPARTMENTIndividual grant recipient: $48,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHOMAS O'BRIEN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (TOAST): $42,336 · OtherTHOMAS O'BRIEN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (TOAST)GARRISON FIRE AND RESCUE: $39,304 · OtherGARRISON FIRE AND RESCUEST PETERS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherST PETERS FOUNDATIONCHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER: $25,000 · Other+37 more: $149,703 · Other+37 moreUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $69,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FO…ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES: $53,900 · EducationALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARM…THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE: $24,500 · EducationTHE COLLEGE OF SAINT RO…ALBANY LAW SCHOOL: $9,250 · EducationALBANY LAW SCHOOL+3 more: $13,000 · Education+3 moreBABY INSTITUTE INC: $32,070 · Human ServicesNORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES INC: $16,000 · Human Services+3 more: $1,400 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH INC: $20,095 · Social ScienceSHALOM FOOD PANTRY INC: $9,700 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $8,000 · Food & NutritionALBANY HOUSING COALITION INC: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterEQUINOX INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterWAMC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureIRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$546,334Education$170,150Human Services$49,470Social Science$20,095Food & Nutrition$17,700Housing & Shelter$11,000Arts & Culture$8,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $69,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES: $53,900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBABY INSTITUTE INC: $32,070 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE: $24,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH INC: $20,095 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES INC: $16,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSHALOM FOOD PANTRY INC: $9,700 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetVANDERHEYDEN HALL INC: $9,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY LAW SCHOOL: $9,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SCHENECTADY INC: $6,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY HOUSING COALITION INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWAMC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUINOX INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRANK CHAPMAN MEMORIAL INSTITUTE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetALBANY FUND FOR EDUCATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMARIA COLLEGE: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $2,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM ALBANY EDU BASKETBALL 360: $1,250 over 3y, 25% of budgetHOMELESS AND TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNYSARC INC RENSSELAER COUNTY CHAPTER: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOHAWK & HUDSON RIVER HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds BABY INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN RIVERS FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SHALOM FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds VANDERHEYDEN HALL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALBANY LAW SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SCHENECTADY INC ↗
  • Who funds ALBANY HOUSING COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds WAMC ↗
  • Who funds RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds EQUINOX INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANK CHAPMAN MEMORIAL INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALBANY FUND FOR EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARIA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…Price Chopper's Golub…Bbl Charitable Founda…Mvp Health Plan IncReview FoundationPioneer Bank Charitab…Capital District Phys…Rose & Kiernan Charit…Ge Aerospace Foundati…William Gundry Brough…United Way of the Gre…The Charles L Touhey …
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY40× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Bbl Charitable Foundation · Mvp Health Plan Inc · Review Foundation · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc · Rose & Kiernan Charitable Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · The Charles L Touhey and Alice P Green Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Renaissance Corporation of Albany funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Renaissance Corporation of Albany. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Renaissance Corporation of Albany?

Find your warmest path to Renaissance Corporation of Albany through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 62 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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