New York · Nonprofit
BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC
BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,364,404 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($741,000). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 114
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Breakthrough New York Inc does
Mission
Breakthrough new york empowers motivated students from low-income backgrounds to graduate from college and pursue a fulfilling career. Our ten-year, tuition-free program provides students with the opportunities, resources, and relationships to succeed in rigorous schools and careers.breakthrough new york empowers motivated students from low-income backgrounds to graduate from college and pursue a fulfilling career.our ten-year, tuitiion-free program provides students with the opportunities, resources, and relationships to succeed in rigorous schools and careers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Middle school program for the year ended june 30, 2025:- 122 enrolled students - 275 programming hours annually, over summer and afterschool hours. Programming focuses on supporting success in middle school years (7th and 8th grades) and preparing for successful admission and transition to college prep high schools.
$1,569,172 spent53% of program spendingHigh school program for the year ended june 30, 2025:- 176 enrolled students - 80 programming hours annually over saturdays and school year week nights.programming focuses on supporting success in high school years (9th- 12th), introduction to professional skills and matching to a job or internship and preparing for succesful admissions and transition to top-tier four year colleges. Students work closely with high school mentors who coach them in monthly check-ins.
$875,899 spentof which $20,342 as grants29% of program spendingCollege success program for the year ended june 30, 2025:-182 enrolled students -40 programming hours annually, remotely (over webinars and phone call check-ins) and in person during school breaks. Programming focuses on supporting success in four years of college, and preparation for career transition after graduation. Students work closely with a college success coach who leads monthly check-in phone calls, and also informal career mentors who provide advice and guidance for professional preparation and transition.
$525,148 spentof which $19,157 as grants18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,970,219.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $3.4M to $4.2M (+24%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 13% · 2021 12% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
112% of BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Ashleigh Thompson
Executive director
Board chair
David Sherman
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $563k → $1.2M.
19 of 114 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 114 funders by total. 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
BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
40% 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 BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 15% · 2018 20% · 2019 17% · 2020 15% · 2021 24% · 2022 15% · 2023 11% — 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
36% of BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
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
68% of BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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.
Against its field
BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC's funding base is broadening — from 26 funders to 40 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC?
- BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,364,404 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($741,000). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 114 organizations giving $7,364,404 in grants to BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC, 63 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $741,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BREAKTHROUGH 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 114 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing