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PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC

PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 153 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,659,225 to it, the largest being ROBERTSON FOUNDATION ($1,250,000). 109 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$9.0M
Funders on record
153
Grants received
$15M
Net assets
$11M
109/153 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 45%
01What it does

What Philanthropy New York Inc does

Mission

Enhances ability of organizational & individual philanthropists to serve the public good

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Fiscal sponsorship is a service philanthropy new york offers to strengthen the capacity of grant-making organizations to fulfill their respective missions to serve the public good. Charitable groups, projects, and donor collaborations are offered a tax-exempt home so they can focus on their mission and efficiently manage back-office operations. Pny provides administrative services such as accounting, human resources, and grants management, thereby enabling the sponsored project to focus on mission-related activities such as programming and fundraising.

    $4,093,724 spentof which $833,550 as grants$382,780 earned by the program
    53% of program spending
  2. Learning and programs: philanthropy new york's learning programs convene and connect funders, seed critical conversations, and build our members' capacities in their roles and in their work in the field. The organization designs robust learning opportunities that equip members to understand and adapt to shifting norms and emerging trends in the field. Programs help members cultivate key skills and implement practice models that fit their unique needs. Topics range from the professional and leadership development of grantmakers, to public policy and advocacy, to specific funding issues such as the arts, health, education, justice reform and the environment. We prioritize programming that helps funders address root causes of inequity through their philanthropic practices and learning that helps members operationalize equity commitments internally.

    $1,405,044 spent$97,588 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  3. Member engagement and communications: philanthropy new york serves as a connector, consultant, and problem solver for its members. Philanthropy new york staff connect members to their peers and to research, resources, and reports to answer a myriad of challenging questions ranging from the deeply technical aspects of philanthropy, such as grants management to the governance and engagement of board members and trustees. Pny provides a variety of cohort experiences designed to build leadership at every stage of members' careers - from early to seasoned professionals. The organization utilizes its communications to amplify learning from programs, lift the voices of members on critical issues, and share knowledge across the sector. Pny communications support policy and advocacy efforts that amplify the voice of the field and advocate for a stronger philanthropic and nonprofit ecosystem.

    $1,272,470 spent
    16% of program spending
  4. Public policy engagement: philanthropy new york engages in public policy efforts that promote effective philanthropy and build stronger communities. The organization fosters relationships between members and local and federal officials to exchange knowledge and shape local, state and federal legislation; provides analysis, insights, and calls to action via communications such as the public policy corner; and issues public policy statements supporting nonprofits and systemic change. Philanthropy new york advocates for or against legislation affecting nonprofits and foundations, including presenting testimony, visiting elected officials and submitting amicus briefs. Network building: philanthropy new york facilitates funder collaboration by managing peer-to-peer professional networks and issue-based working groups. These networks are designed to help members learn what's happening at their colleagues' foundations, exchange lessons learned and strategies for strengthening practice, navigate the sector and form lasting connections that improve their own work and that of the larger sector. Peer professional networks are a place where participants can share advice and offer support on…

    $972,779 spent
    13% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,744,017.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($5.3M) Expenses 100 ($5.1M) Net assets 100 ($8.0M)2019 Revenue 78 ($4.1M) Expenses 92 ($4.6M) Net assets 100 ($7.9M)2020 Revenue 60 ($3.2M) Expenses 70 ($3.5M) Net assets 99 ($7.9M)2021 Revenue 76 ($4.1M) Expenses 61 ($3.1M) Net assets 114 ($9.1M)2022 Revenue 77 ($4.1M) Expenses 79 ($4.0M) Net assets 106 ($8.4M)2023 Revenue 85 ($4.5M) Expenses 104 ($5.3M) Net assets 101 ($8.1M)2024 Revenue 152 ($8.1M) Expenses 130 ($6.6M) Net assets 130 ($10M)2025 Revenue 169 ($9.0M) Expenses 171 ($8.6M) Net assets 141 ($11M)
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Revenue (169)Expenses (171)Net assets (141)

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 $11M to $13M (+22%).

$9.4M
$9.3M
$9.2M
$10M
$12M
$11M
$13M
$14M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$267k
’18
−$485k
’19
−$346k
’20
$985k
’21
$85k
’22
−$735k
’23
$1.5M
’24
$389k
’25
7.2
months of
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

Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

President and CEO

Board chair

Don Chen

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed2924273229313025
Joined·+4+5+11+13+6+4+0
No longer listed·92616455
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 32 funders to 72 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.6M.

13 of 153 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $158k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The New York Community Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC raised.

From the IRS filings of PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 153 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

PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 9% of grant income, and it takes 15 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 15 funders to its left

9%
largest funder
22%
top three
~35
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 17% · 2019 10% · 2020 16% · 2021 16% · 2022 17% · 2023 30% — 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

54% of PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

77% of PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

ME
VT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
DE
NM
TN
DC
GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $618k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 9%Fundraising 1%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

78%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC?
PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 153 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,659,225 to it, the largest being ROBERTSON FOUNDATION ($1,250,000). 109 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC have?
IRS filings report 153 organizations giving $14,659,225 in grants to PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC, 109 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC?
ROBERTSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 153 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