New York · Nonprofit
CFDA FOUNDATION INC
CFDA FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,298,920 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($992,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.6M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $37M
What Cfda Foundation Inc does
Mission
To promote and encourage fashion design talent and ability through exhibitions, awards, grants, scholarships, or otherwise for needy students and needy fashion designers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational and professional development initiativesthe educational initiatives program is a professional and business development service of grants, scholarships and awards for design industry students,designers, and local ny fashion manufacturers.
$5,143,618 spentof which $2,345,328 as grants$31,200 earned by the program94% of program spending50th impact cfdaa board designated endowment to provide resource of money to meet industry needs, fund program initiatives, and provide general support to the organization's operations.
$118,357 spent2% of program spendingOther campaigns and initiativesthrough campaigns and other industry initiatives the cfda foundation marshalls the goodwill and services of every element of the fashion industry to raise public awareness and funds for the breast cancer, hiv/aids, disaster relief and general causes, in the us and internationally.
$209,961 spent4% of program spendingFashion targets breast cancerlaunched by ralph lauren under the leadership of the council of fashion designers of america, ftbc initiatives have been embraced by the world's leading fashion designers, models, photographers and industry partners, and have helped to raise significant awareness and more than $55m to date. The cfda foundation works with the new york community trust, and has developed a focused grant-making program covering the critical areas of breast cancer screening, treatment and survival.
$7,537 spent$34,374 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,479,473.
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 2021 to 2022, from $36M to $33M (−10%).
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: 2022 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of CFDA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Steven Kolb
CEO
Board chair
Thom Browne
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $105k → $905k.
9 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 CFDA FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
CFDA FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
62% 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 CFDA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 47% · 2019 49% · 2020 24% · 2021 37% · 2022 56% · 2023 47% — 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
0% of CFDA FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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
59% of CFDA FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.3M that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
CFDA FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CFDA FOUNDATION 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 16 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Council of Fashion Designers of America Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CFDA FOUNDATION INC?
- CFDA FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,298,920 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($992,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CFDA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $3,298,920 in grants to CFDA FOUNDATION INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CFDA FOUNDATION INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $992,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CFDA FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 31 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