New York · Nonprofit
MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT
MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,061 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES INC ($57,061). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $91k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $59k
- Net assets
- $305k
What Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement does
Mission
MVILR provides accessible lifelong-learning, educational, cultural, social, and wellness opportunities for older adults in the Mohawk Valley. Programs are primarily developed and led by volunteer facilitators and include courses, lectures, workshops, special programs, and community events. Selected programs are also offered to the broader public in furtherance of MVILR's educational and community-service mission.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Program
MVILR provided educational, cultural, social, and wellness programming for older adults throughout the Mohawk Valley. Programming included volunteer-led courses during the fall, winter, and spring semesters; a four-day summer learning program; guest speakers; music and arts programming; health and wellness presentations; and educational programs offered both on and off campus. MVILR also provided programs and special events open to the broader community and collaborated with area nonprofit, educational, cultural, health, and community organizations. During Fall 2026 alone, MVILR offered 53 courses led by 43 facilitators, representing more than 350 hours of scheduled programming. Additional activities included Music Mondays, a weekly Special Speakers series, health-related programming, community events, and the annual Open House and Senior Showcase connecting older adults with local organizations and services.
$33,294 spentof which $26,072 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $33,294.
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 2024 to 2025, from $204k to $271k (+33%).
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.
52% of MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $9k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT’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
MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
97% of MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT'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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $57k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,807 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,807 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT
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.
Public support
91%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT?
- MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,061 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES INC ($57,061). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $59,061 in grants to MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $57,061 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOHAWK VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING IN RETIREMENT 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 2 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