New York · Nonprofit
NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE
NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,147 to it, the largest being Allosource ($115,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $228k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What New York Alliance for Donation Inc Dba Donate Life New York State does
Mission
To increase organ, eye, and tissue donation in new york state through collaborative advocacy, education, promotion, and research. Our goal is to ensure a transplant for every new yorker in need.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Legislative advocacy:our advocacy efforts continue to inform and educate lawmakers on policy changes designed to expand organ, eye, and tissue donation in new york state. In 2025, donate life nys engaged with legislators through both virtual and in-person meetings to advocate for policies that save lives through improved donation and transplantation processes.
$124,100 spent6% of program spendingEducational outreach, registry promotion, and collaboration:donate life nys continues to engage in comprehensive public outreach campaigns, partnering with organizations dedicated to raising awareness about the lifesaving impact of organ and tissue donation. We develop educational curricula for both the public and professionals, conduct social and behavioral research to understand new yorkers' perceptions of donation, and foster collaborative forums with the broader donation and transplant community.in 2025, donate life nys advanced the multilingual "be the one" campaign in new york city. This initiative featured a series of impactful advertisements in seven languages, designed to reach and resonate with new york's diverse communities. By tailoring our messaging to reflect the cultural and linguistic richness of our state, we have significantly enhanced our public engagement and donor enrollment efforts.our registry partner program remains a vital component of our statewide effort. Organizations interested in promoting donor registration complete an online application via the donatelife.ny.gov website. Once approved by donate life nys and the new york state department of health,…
$908,008 spent47% of program spendingNew york state donate registry contract:in partnership with the new york state department of health and the nys department of motor vehicles, donate life nys remains responsible for administering and promoting the new york state donate life registry. Our strategic initiatives have focused on increasing enrollment, particularly at dmv field offices, ensuring that new yorkers have every opportunity to register as donors.
$886,244 spent46% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,918,352.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.0M to $696k (−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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 54% · 2018 55% · 2019 52% · 2020 39% · 2021 63% · 2022 65% · 2023 67% · 2024 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Aisha Tator
Executive director
Board chair
John Flanagan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $62k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 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
NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 60% · 2023 56% — 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
57% of NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 45% 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
NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $61k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE is better cushioned than half of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE?
- NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,147 to it, the largest being Allosource ($115,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $228,147 in grants to NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE?
- Allosource is the largest funder on record, with $115,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW YORK ALLIANCE FOR DONATION INC DBA DONATE LIFE NEW YORK STATE 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 11 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