New York · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS FOUNDATION INC
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $638,000 to it, the largest being NORTHSHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($255,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $638k
- Net assets
- $20M
What International Council of Shopping Centers Foundation Inc does
Mission
The icsc foundation is the philanthropic arm of icsc dedicated to creating a vibrant retail real estate industry responsive to the needs of its members and communities. Its focus is building a pipeline of outstanding talent that can excel in the industry.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Undergraduate and graduate scholarship awards:the foundation provides undergraduate and graduate scholarships to students interested in retail real estate. These scholarships are offered directly by the foundation or funded through partner universities. Generally, scholarships cover tuition and related expenses with some additional funding to cover attendance at industry events.
$688,329 spentof which $421,467 as grants57% of program spendingTalent engagement initiatives:the icsc foundation offers student support outside of academic and professional education scholarships through its mentorship, internship and university partners programs as well as education and networking events at icsc conferences.
$526,112 spentof which $28,997 as grants$63,895 earned by the program43% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,214,441.
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 2018 to 2019, from $12M to $14M (+16%).
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.
56% of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS 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. 0 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
Glenn Rufrano
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $45k.
5 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $600k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest International Council of Shopping Centers Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS 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
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 50% · 2019 100% · 2020 78% · 2021 71% · 2022 59% · 2023 67% — 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
93% of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $48k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $591k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS 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 INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- International Council of Shopping Center · exempt
- Icsc Foundation Canada · exempt
- Icsc Political Action Committee · exempt
- Icsc Non Federal PAC · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS FOUNDATION INC?
- INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $638,000 to it, the largest being NORTHSHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($255,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $638,000 in grants to INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS FOUNDATION INC?
- NORTHSHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $255,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS 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 6 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