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COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC
COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,482,026 to it, the largest being REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ($561,372). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Commission on Economic Opportunity for the Greater Capital Region Inc does
Mission
The commission on economic opportunity for the greater capital region, inc. (ceo) is an umbrella agency that provides the overall leadership, policy guidance, and support necessary to successfully deliver a wide range of services. The programs at ceo are designed to empower individuals and families to build self-sufficiency in all life areas and rise out of poverty. Ceo works in partnership with the individuals, families, and the larger community to improve the quality of life for all community members by addressing their social, emotional, economic and educational needs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early childhood programs - ceo's head start and early head start programs provide services to income eligible families in rensselaer county. Approximately 600 children were served during fiscal 2025.
$9,087,776 spent$7,584,540 earned by the program63% of program spendingNutrition programs - ceo's food pantry provides rensselaer county residents with emergency food wic (supplemental food program for women, infants and children) provides nutrition education and nutritional food packages for income eligible women who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or have given birth and their children up to age five. Approximately 2,000 families were serived during fiscal year ending 2025.
$1,518,755 spent$2,303,711 earned by the program10% of program spendingHousing programs - weatherization services are provided free of chargeto income eligible households. Empower ny assists households with energy efficiency improvements. Approximately 450 households were served during fiscal year ending 2025.
$941,423 spent$865,460 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$2,933,705 spent$4,278,786 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,481,659.
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 2023 to 2024, from $21M to $26M (+28%).
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: 2017 3% · 2018 3% · 2020 2% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% 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.
Board chair
Brian Williams
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $58k → $231k.
3 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 19 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
COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
68% 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 COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 58% · 2019 51% · 2020 49% · 2021 67% · 2022 93% · 2023 43% — 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
45% of COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
90% of COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION 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. $27k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $80.3M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$73.9M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$5.3M
- Department of Labor$1.1M
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.
Organizations like COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC?
- COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,482,026 to it, the largest being REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ($561,372). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,482,026 in grants to COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC?
- REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $561,372 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION 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 19 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