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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $818,840 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($329,157). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $486k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $819k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What League of Women Voters of New York State Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
The education foundation produces and distributes nonpartisan materials, funds activities which promote citizen responsibility in the democratic process, and facilitates communication between citizens and their government officials. It is committed to young people and the promise of continued success of democracy through educational programs of the league of women of new york state.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education: the education foundation organizes programs to educate the public on current issues and elections, as well as direct programs for high school students.
$107,309 spent$1,772 earned by the program39% of program spendingGrants management: the education foundation grants funds generated by local leagues which have been earmarked for projects to be performed by local leagues.
$53,586 spentof which $49,910 as grants20% of program spendingServices to local leagues: the foundation provides resources and materials to local leagues for their educational programs and election-related activities.
$48,026 spent18% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$64,492 spent24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $273,413.
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.
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 $911k to $1.7M (+89%).
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: 2021 7% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Erica Smitka
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $13k → $19k.
8 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION 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
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 89%; 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 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 66% · 2019 38% · 2020 64% · 2021 79% · 2022 49% · 2023 99% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
85% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION 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 $124k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $695k 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.
Organizations like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION 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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
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
- League of Women Voters of New York State · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $818,840 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($329,157). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $818,840 in grants to LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $329,157 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION 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 15 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