New York · Nonprofit
MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION
MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,517,723 to it, the largest being GRAY FOUNDATION ($930,746). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $5.5M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Macaulay Honors College Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the Macaulay Honors College Foundation is to bolster the institutional longevity of macaulay honors college (cuny) and empower it to grow, thrive, and transform the lives of new york's students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Student support programs provide three different areas of service shown to bring about positive outcomes for students. 1) career development services help students to develop skills that aid in job search and transitioning to a professional environment. These services also create opportunities for students to develop professional networks. 2) wellness programming includes counseling, events and activities that enhance a student's ability to manage the challenges of academic life. 3) student development programming builds healthy communities among students through clubs and other activities that strengthen their bonds to the college and to one another.
$1,223,168 spentof which $837,932 as grants57% of program spendingThe communication and outreach program provides support for public programming events to ensure they are fully subscribed, open to the community free of charge, and educational in nature.
$245,010 spent11% of program spendingThe faculty and academics program supports students through the Macaulay Honors College Foundation opportunities fund. Students meet the college's experiential learning requirement by conducting research, studying abroad or away, or participating in an unpaid internship. Opportunities funding makes this programming possible, covering the out-of-classroom costs of such academic work.
$681,992 spentof which $200 as grants32% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,150,170.
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 2022 to 2023, from $9.0M to $16M (+76%).
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.
65% of MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION’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.
Chief executive
Stephanie Hyacinth
Executive director (ex-officio)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $90k → $984k.
11 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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
MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
54% 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 MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 48% · 2019 67% · 2020 46% · 2021 37% · 2022 30% · 2023 27% — 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
32% of MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION'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
83% of MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION'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. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $291k on record.
- National Science Foundation$291k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
- MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,517,723 to it, the largest being GRAY FOUNDATION ($930,746). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $5,517,723 in grants to MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
- GRAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $930,746 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 43 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