New York · Nonprofit
CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION INC
CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $848,100 to it, the largest being 128 COLLECTIVE FOUNDATION ($607,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $848k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Cuny School of Labor and Urban Studies Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation supports the cuny school of labor and urban studies in its mission to prepare the next generation of community and labor leaders, engage the public on labor history and social justice, and shape public policy that empowers workers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The slu foundation fosters the activities and purposes of the cuny school of labor and urban studies by encouraging gifts and sponsoring specific projects and programs. In fy 2025, the foundation raised over $220,000 in scholarship funds, providing full and partial scholarships to 12 students. The foundation also facilitated emergency funding to 15 students, ensuring that they were able to continue their studies despite sudden loss of housing and other crises.with support from the foundation, slu hosted a three-day international conference, "labor and the crisis of democracy," in may 2025. 150 people attended in person, and another 100 attended virtually. The foundation also facilitated funding for trade unions for energy democracy, a program hosted by slu.
$358,769 spentof which $258,606 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $358,769.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.3M to $2.0M (+54%).
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.
97% of CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION 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. 0 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
Lindsey Mccormack
Executive director (beg 3/10/25)
Board chair
Kitty Krupat
Interim 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
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $33k → $186k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION 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
CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 42% · 2022 96% · 2023 81% — growing more concentrated.
“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
CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION INC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $169k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Cuny School of Labor and Urban Studies · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION INC?
- CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $848,100 to it, the largest being 128 COLLECTIVE FOUNDATION ($607,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $848,100 in grants to CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION INC?
- 128 COLLECTIVE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $607,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 11 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