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AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC

AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,471,114 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC ($660,850). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.8M
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$2.5M
Net assets
$8.9M
13/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%
01What it does

What Aurora of Central New York Inc does

Mission

To improve the quality of life in cny by serving the blind & visually impaired, and deaf & hard of hearing.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Interpreter referral - the majorie clere interpreter referral service (mcirs) is under the direction of a nationally certified interpreter who coordinates the provision of highly skilled and certified sign language interpreters for a 13 county area across central new york. A full range of language preferences are provided by professional interpreters, including american sign language (asl), signed english, grassroots (minimal language system), oral and tactile (deaf/blind) signing. Typical assignment sites include: college (all levels of study), medical, seminars, conferences, artistic performances (concerts/plays), legal, and political forums.

    $448,432 spent$352,084 earned by the program
    21% of program spending
  2. Va medical center switchboard - aurora managed the operations and provided services for the veterans administration medical center switchboard unit. Aurora recruited, trained, developed and evaluated staff in the provision of switchboard operator services.

    $469,175 spent
    22% of program spending
  3. Blind/deaf social work - at any age or stage of life, a loss of vision or hearing can impact overall well-being and personal confidence. Aurora's services provide the individualized support, instruction and equipment needed to maintain the highest level of independence possible.

    $487,232 spent
    23% of program spending
  4. Other programs that support visual and hearing impaired individuals in central new york.

    $746,687 spent
    35% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,151,526.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.2M) Expenses 100 ($2.3M) Net assets 100 ($4.1M)2018 Revenue 179 ($4.0M) Expenses 108 ($2.5M) Net assets 131 ($5.4M)2019 Revenue 124 ($2.8M) Expenses 108 ($2.5M) Net assets 155 ($6.4M)2020 Revenue 138 ($3.1M) Expenses 118 ($2.8M) Net assets 178 ($7.3M)2021 Revenue 118 ($2.7M) Expenses 109 ($2.6M) Net assets 203 ($8.3M)2022 Revenue 113 ($2.6M) Expenses 111 ($2.6M) Net assets 182 ($7.5M)2023 Revenue 120 ($2.7M) Expenses 113 ($2.6M) Net assets 198 ($8.2M)2024 Revenue 103 ($2.3M) Expenses 112 ($2.6M) Net assets 206 ($8.5M)2025 Revenue 82 ($1.8M) Expenses 106 ($2.5M) Net assets 215 ($8.9M)
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Revenue (82)Expenses (106)Net assets (215)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $4.3M to $5.6M (+30%).

$4.3M
$5.6M
$6.7M
$7.7M
$8.6M
$8.1M
$8.7M
$8.9M
$9.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 51% · 2018 31% · 2019 51% · 2020 51% · 2021 53% · 2022 48% · 2023 49% · 2024 47% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$94k
’17
$1.5M
’18
$254k
’19
$351k
’20
$100k
’21
−$39k
’22
$48k
’23
−$294k
’24
−$645k
’25
2.9
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Katherine Weidman

Executive director

Board chair

Ken Reger

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.

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Listed231918212223221916
Joined·+1+5+4+5+5+0+1+6
No longer listed·56144149
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $151k → $280k.

3 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

60% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC.

27%
largest funder
61%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 56% · 2019 37% · 2020 40% · 2021 25% · 2022 38% · 2023 34% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

62% of AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

99% of AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $414k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Government funding AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.7M on record.

Federal$4.7M
grants $0contracts $4.7M
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Top agencies
  • Department of Veterans Affairs$4.7M

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 10%Fundraising 3%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Liberty Services Alliance Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC?
AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,471,114 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC ($660,850). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,471,114 in grants to AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC?
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $660,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing