New York · Nonprofit
NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE
NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $826,296 to it, the largest being THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($433,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $385k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $826k
- Net assets
- $540k
What North Side Learning Center of Syracuse does
Mission
To assist "new american" individuals in financial hardship through adult literacy development and cultural learningadditionally assist them to obtain needed services for self-sufficiency and self actualization through education and job preparation
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
More than 250 adults and children improved their ability to speak,understand, read and write english. Also,the children of the adults performed better in school as a result of homework help and academicsupport.
$374,556 spent$383,562 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $374,556.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $550k to $882k (+60%).
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 9% · 2022 20% · 2023 60% · 2024 53% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Mark Cass
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $8k → $4k.
2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE’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
NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 62% · 2019 100% · 2020 64% · 2021 39% · 2022 26% · 2023 71% — 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
20% of NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $168k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE has grown faster than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE?
- NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $826,296 to it, the largest being THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($433,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $826,296 in grants to NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE?
- THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $433,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE 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 2018–2025), 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