New York · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE
FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $961,500 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC ($875,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $962k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Foundation for the Ban Ki-Moon Centre does
Mission
Ban ki-moon foundation's mission is to foster leadership for the implementation of the sustainable development goals and the paris climate agreement by inspiring current decision-makers and empowering the next generation of leaders.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024 the foundation focused on the launch and expansion of numerous programs across our strategies of education & advocacy, leadership development and advancing sdg solutions. Some particular projects of focus included the accelerator fund grantmaking program; initiative to advance native and indigenous youth leadership in the americas; sdg youth advocates program; philanthropic advocacy efforts to mobilize increased financial resources for the sdgs; and various trainings and engagements with high and college students on the sdgs.
$659,632 spentof which $160,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $659,632.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $269k to $1.0M (+282%).
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 FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Katharine Landon
Executive director/secretary
Board chair
Ban Ki-Moon
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $300k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 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
FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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: 2022 100% · 2023 83% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE'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. $77k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
25%
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 FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE: 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 FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $961,500 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC ($875,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $961,500 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE?
- WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $875,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR THE BAN KI-MOON CENTRE 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 7 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