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University at Albany Foundation

The mission of the UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION is to encourage, receive, accept, hold, invest, and manage money and property of every description, and the disbursement thereof for the promotion, development and advancement of the welfare of the state university of new york at albany (university), its students, faculty, staff and…

$5.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$83k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Science & Tech$432kEducation$298kHealth$183kHuman Services$158kCommunity Improvement$74kFood & Nutrition$63kReligion$20kEmployment$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $167,195, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,852,181 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,684,986 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $83k
$29,150
Median grant
1
States reached
$277M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARSONS CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER$82,845
REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NENY$30,000
LASALLE SCHOOL$29,150
ALBANY LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS$15,600
REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUPPORT SERVICES OF EMMAUS INC$9,600
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $177k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PARSONS CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER: $83k → 14%PARSONS CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER: $75k → 14%REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUPPORT SERVICES OF EMMAUS INC: $10k → 14%REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUPPORT SERVICES OF EMMAUS INC: $9k → 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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 9 repeat orgs$195k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
12

Total granted

$1.1M
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+3%

Still filing today

67%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 & NutritionCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • PC
    PARSONS CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER
    2× · 2023–2025 · $158k · revenue +17%
  • TR
    The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    2× · 2018–2020 · $115k · revenue +56%
  • AI
    AACSB INTERNATIONAL - THE ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS
    4× · 2020–2024 · $61k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • GT
    GREEN TECH HIGH CHARTER SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $27k · revenue +3%
  • AC
    ALBANY COLLEGIATE INTERFAITH CHAPEL HOUSE
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • WA
    WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR COOPERATIVE EDUCATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
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
Charter School for Applied Technologies

The charter school for applied technologies prepares students to attain family sustaining careers by integrating career exploration and a life long learning culture.

Education
2
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
3
Bronx Charter School for Excellence

Excellence community schools prepares young people in new york city and stamford to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and…

Education
4
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
5
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
6
Annie Wright Schools

Annie wright's strong community cultivates individual learners to become well-educated, creative and responsible citizens for a global society.

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7
Global Citizens Public Charter School

Global citizens school's mission is to inspire and prepare the next generation or global citizens. we will do this by supporting students, ages 3-11, to reach their full academic and leadership potential in a nurturing learning…

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8
Washington Leadership Academy Public Charter School

Wla combines best practices in teaching and learning, with the latest in educational technology to create an unparalleled high school experience. students will graduate from wla prepared for college, career, and lives of public leadership.

Education
9
Cooperative Studies

To enhance cooperation, friendship, understanding, and sharing of resources among universities in the international academic community.

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10
York Academy Regional Charter School

With an unrelenting focus on academic excellence, the york academy regional charter school's mission is to challenge students in a diverse learning environment that opens doors for growth, opportunity and global citizenship.

Education
11
21ST Century Cyber Charter School

Empower all students and families to become active participants in their own learning and equip them with skills for the future. we achieve this through engaging content, delvered by innovative teaching in a culture of caring.

Education
12
South Buffalo Charter School

South buffalo charter school provides elementary education to students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. we are a professional learning community. our focus on learning is driven by research, data and collaborative reflection to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc; the most unlike its peers is World Association for Cooperative Education 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY BIOSCIENCE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $421,746 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY BIOSCIENCE DEVE…ALBANY MED HEALTH SYSTEM: $143,382 · OtherALBANY MED HEALTH SYSTEMSOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $75,835 · OtherSOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DI…SPARKCHARGE: $50,000 · OtherSPARKCHARGEALBANY COLLEGIATE INTERFAITH CHAPEL HOUSE: $20,000 · OtherALBANY COLLEGIATE INTERFAITH CH…WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR COOPERATIVE EDUCATION INC: $15,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY CARE PHYSICIANS PC: $15,000 · Other+5 more: $43,500 · Other+5 moreThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $115,183 · EducationThe Research Foundati…AACSB INTERNATIONAL - THE ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS: $61,000 · EducationAACSB INTERNATIONAL -…LA SALLE SCHOOL: $29,150 · EducationLA SALLE SCHOOLGREEN TECH HIGH CHARTER SCHOOL: $26,644 · EducationGREEN TECH HIGH CHART…ALBANY LEADERSHIP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $15,600 · EducationALBANY LEADERSHIP CHA…PARSONS CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER: $157,845 · Human ServicesPARSONS CHILD A…REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUPPORT SERVICES OF EMMAUS INC: $18,700 · Human ServicesREFUGEE AND IMM…REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $53,126 · Food & NutritionFOOD PANTRIES FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionIN OUR OWN VOICES INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsMUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC: $6,000 · Philanthropy
Community Improvement$421,746Other$362,717Education$247,577Human Services$176,545Food & Nutrition$63,126Civil Rights$10,000Arts & Culture$10,000Philanthropy$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY BIOSCIENCE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $421,746 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetPARSONS CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER: $157,845 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $115,183 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAACSB INTERNATIONAL - THE ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS: $61,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $53,126 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLA SALLE SCHOOL: $29,150 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREEN TECH HIGH CHARTER SCHOOL: $26,644 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUPPORT SERVICES OF EMMAUS INC: $18,700 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALBANY LEADERSHIP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $15,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CAPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFOOD PANTRIES FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIN OUR OWN VOICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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…The Schenectady Found…United Way of the Gre…Review FoundationJM McDonald Foundatio…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · The Schenectady Foundation · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · Review Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 University at Albany Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from University at Albany Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 24 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 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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