New York · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC
CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,934 to it, the largest being WARD CREEK FOUNDATION ($49,156). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $83k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $103k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Center for Technology & Innovation Inc does
Mission
To document and present in context the inventions and industrial innovations of New York's Southern Tier.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Collection Management: IBM and Link/L3/Lockheed Martin veterans keep Artifacts in Action in working order - especially IBM 1401 mainframe and GP Link General Aviation Trainers. Volunteers and Binghamton University students are cataloging and organizing storage of artifacts and archives, including the collection of Harvey Roehl papers. Expenses are about equally divided between restoration costs, artifact purchase, and artifact transportation. These effort contribute to TechWorks! visitor experiences and add educational value to BU students work with Vintage IBM Computing Center (VICC) team, but do not represent an independent revenue stream.
$8,935 spentof which $4,100 as grants$600 earned by the program41% of program spendingOutreach/Events - TechWorks! co-hosts the annual Binghamton Bridge Pedal with Southern Tier Bicycle Club, Binghamton Metropolitan Transportation Study (BMTS) and Broome County Planning Department. Provide parking for artists performing at BC Forum Theatre. Routine events at TechWorks! include group visits by schools, retiree groups, and professional societies; Python and Unity software classes for teens and adults; as well as lectures for Binghamton University (BU) Computer Science and History of Technology classes. New features at VICC include music played by IBM 1403 printer, new code enabling 1960s IBM System 360 printer to produce pre-digital selfies of visitors, and Pixel Place, with classic consoles for playing vintage video games. In the 10th year of BU-Watson Capstone collaboration, teams embarked on Phase I of Robotic arm/hand for Nintendo Power Glove and IBM 1441 - 1447 Interface projects. Quantities of gift copies of The Great Apollo Train Wreck (2024), Frank Hughes and Spinoff- A Personal History of the Industry that Changed the World (2001) Charles Spork were distributed to teachers and students.
$6,668 spentof which $1,297 as grants$1,762 earned by the program31% of program spendingTechWorks! Development - TechWorks! Next Gen Vision Statement drafted for review, including condition assessment of historic building being considered for galleries. Development of TechWorks! Next Gen galleries depend on successful fundraising efforts. This is not yet a revenue generating activity.
$6,219 spentof which $1,000 as grants28% of program spendingDesigned and development of TechWorks! at 321 Water St, Binghamton, NY to showcase Upstate NY industries receive copies of Center's revenue and expense reportt throughout the operating year and innovation - past, present and future.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,822.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.3M to $1.4M (+9%).
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 42% · 2021 39% · 2022 8% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Susan Sherwood
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $14k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION 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
CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
39% 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 CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 87% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
31% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC?
- CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,934 to it, the largest being WARD CREEK FOUNDATION ($49,156). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $102,934 in grants to CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INC?
- WARD CREEK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $49,156 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 5 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