New York · Nonprofit
HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,785,803 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($1,700,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Herbert H Lehman College Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide scholarships and support the scholarly activities of the herbert h. Lehman college of the city university of new york.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The herbert h. Lehman college foundation is committed to supporting lehman college's diverse community of nearly 13,000 students by providing essential financial and programmatic resources. In fiscal year 2025, the foundation distributed $4.1 million in donor-restricted funds to underwrite scholarships, awards, and academic initiatives, directly benefiting students and enhancing educational programs. Of this amount, $2.27 million was allocated for student scholarships and programmatic aid, resulting in 1,275 scholarships and awards disbursed, while $1.7 million supported college initiatives, including faculty development and campus enhancements. Through these efforts, the foundation empowers students from a wide range of cultural and economic backgrounds to pursue their aspirations and succeed academically. These investments reflect the foundation's commitment to transforming aspirations into achievements and preparing the next generation of leaders and changemakers.
$3,782,263 spentof which $2,344,276 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,782,263.
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 2020 to 2021, from $8.2M to $13M (+55%).
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: 2019 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Larry Mccaffrey
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $29k → $251k.
11 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% 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 HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 48% · 2019 69% · 2020 37% · 2021 65% · 2022 59% · 2023 20% — 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
30% of HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
97% of HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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. $883k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE 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 HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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
- Lehman College Cuny · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
- HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,785,803 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($1,700,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $3,785,803 in grants to HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
- ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 39 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