New York · Nonprofit
HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC
HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC (New York) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,852,739 to it, the largest being THE KOHLBERG FOUNDATION INC ($4,201,030). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.7M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $7.2M
What Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc does
Mission
To promote higher education and training for incarcerated persons in new york state, to help them prepare for more constructive and meaningful lives now and upon reentering society, to promote public awareness of how education in prison operates to reduce recidivism, improve rehabilitation, and reduce total cost to society.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024, the organization offered credit classes to enrolled individuals at sing sing correctional facility, sullivan correctional facility, taconic correctional facility, greene correctional facility, green haven correctional facility, and shawangunk correctional facility. A total of 226 credit classes were offered.
$1,763,469 spent52% of program spendingTo assist with students' ongoing success and manage their transition to life outside of the prison system through training, job readiness programs, workshops, community programs, housing, and case management.
$1,148,634 spent34% of program spendingIn 2024, the organization ran several initiatives for the benefit of hudson link students and alumni beyond the degree-granting college programs and transitional supports. These projects included advocacy trainings and enrichment workshops, community organizing and leadership, production of the "beyond the block" event at sing sing correctional facility, and facilitation of the 2024 rise up conference.
$454,619 spent14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,366,722.
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 $4.5M to $6.8M (+51%).
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: 2020 4% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON 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. 2 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.
Chief executive
Sean Pica
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $801k → $3.5M.
18 of 77 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 HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 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
HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
40% 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 HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 41% · 2019 55% · 2020 23% · 2021 26% · 2022 45% · 2023 28% — 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
40% of HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
69% of HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON 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. $4.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
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 4 related entities
- Hl New Beginnings LLC · disregarded
- 83 Main Street Ossining LLC · disregarded
- 37 State Street Ossining LLC · disregarded
- 11 Acker Avenue Ossining LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC?
- HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC (New York) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,852,739 to it, the largest being THE KOHLBERG FOUNDATION INC ($4,201,030). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $18,852,739 in grants to HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INC?
- THE KOHLBERG FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,201,030 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUDSON LINK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 77 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