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GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC

GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,718,172 to it, the largest being GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION TRUST CO MICHAEL E BUCKLEY ($4,714,872). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.2M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$4.7M
Net assets
$15M
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 66%
01What it does

What Good News Foundation of Central New York Inc does

Programs

  1. Scheidelman scholarships were distributed to 56 students attending 4 local area catholic schools allowing the students to strengthen their educational foundation and spiritual growth. Totaling $20,000. A st. Elizabeth ann seton scholarship was granted to 1 student totaling $1,250.

    $19,126 spent
  2. Life cycle progression funds were spent on programs focusing on enhancing relationships through faith and communication skills for marriage and family life. These programs include the third option, an ongoing program to help build better marriages through expressing and communicating feelings effectively. Other programs include grief survivors, separated & divorced, parents of addicted loved ones and a continuing bible study series. These programs focus on healing and spiritual renewal. We also offered theology uncorked, a program where people can ask questions related to their faith to a speaker specializing in a chosen topic. We also offer a support program called caregivers support group to help individuals who care for a loved one.

    $54,426 spent
  3. Proceeds from our flags for heroes event were awarded to sitrin's military rehabilitation programs. These programs include many different therapy types as well as retreats and adaptive sports.

    $27,750 spent
  4. Grants in 2021 were distributed as various grants throughout the local area. Use of grant funds ranged from youth retreats, march for life, jazz navitity, spiritual healing for veterans, birthing classes,technology for parish programs and more. The benefit of these funds reached a diverse group of individuals in the community ranging from veterans and unwed mothers to many youth in local area parishes. Each grant was awarded with the intention of enhancing the lives of others.

    $49,655 spent

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($2.9M) Net assets 100 ($16M)2018 Revenue 87 ($922k) Expenses 32 ($936k) Net assets 96 ($15M)2019 Revenue 85 ($898k) Expenses 33 ($972k) Net assets 98 ($16M)2020 Revenue 105 ($1.1M) Expenses 33 ($967k) Net assets 101 ($16M)2021 Revenue 103 ($1.1M) Expenses 35 ($1.0M) Net assets 98 ($16M)2022 Revenue 102 ($1.1M) Expenses 39 ($1.2M) Net assets 93 ($15M)2023 Revenue 97 ($1.0M) Expenses 39 ($1.1M) Net assets 95 ($15M)2024 Revenue 110 ($1.2M) Expenses 40 ($1.2M) Net assets 96 ($15M)
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Revenue (110)Expenses (40)Net assets (96)Peer revenue range

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 $16M to $15M (−5%).

$16M
$15M
$16M
$16M
$16M
$15M
$15M
$15M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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

Brian Saville

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

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Listed101211129111213
Joined·+3+0+1+0+3+6+6
No longer listed·1103155
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $558k → $622k.

Funder
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total
funders
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From the IRS filings of GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK 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

GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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

100% of GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Months of reserve1.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 611 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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In New York

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC?
GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,718,172 to it, the largest being GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION TRUST CO MICHAEL E BUCKLEY ($4,714,872). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $4,718,172 in grants to GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC?
GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION TRUST CO MICHAEL E BUCKLEY is the largest funder on record, with $4,714,872 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK 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 2 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