New York · Nonprofit
RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC
RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,288 to it, the largest being SUNSHINE COMES FIRST LTD ($21,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $31k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $68k
- Net assets
- $838k
What Rhinebeck Science Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Rhinebeck Science Foundation is a volunteer-led, non-profit organization consisting of parents, community members and representatives from the school board who believe that our schools are our community's greatest assets.Rhinebeck Science Foundation is dedicated to helping the teachers in our schools who want to do more than they can with the funding they have. We seek to help them create an engaging and exciting learning environment, and to help our students succeed in a world in which science, technology, engineering and math are increasingly a part of every fact of our economy and society, from the arts to zoology.The Rhinebeck Science Foundation seeks to create lasting impact for the Rhinebeck Centract School District and its students. We work with the community, teachers, administrators, the school board, and even students, to create and fund programs, from imaginative pilot programs to larger investments.We favor projects that focus on hands-on learning and innovative teachin
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Innovation HubThe Innovation HUB created a collaborative space in the Rhinebeck High School for students to think critically and take risks to problem-solve responsibly with new technologies that engage students in a process oriented in principles of design thinking. This gives students a chance to innovate, create, collaborate, explore, experiment, invent and learn through play as they engage with a variety of tools and technology. Some students are using VEX EXP Robotic kits and Spike Prime Lego kits to design and create their own robots. And the set crew has 3-D printed the props for the school play. The Hub is open to all students at community lunch, as well as being used by some classroom teachers.
$62,671 spent64% of program spendingGrants for climate change initiatives, biomimicry lesson, 8th grade day of science at Bard College, and funding for several STEM related field trips.
$13,596 spent14% of program spendingWater FountainGrant was created by a team of 7th-8th graders, working with Rhinebeck Mayor Gary Bassett as part of a middle school civics elective to come up with a climate-smart solution to add accessible drinking water for the school district and village. Their work required learning a significant amount about water pipes, and civil engineering as well as design. RSF funded a significant amount toward the completion of the project, but the village contributed as well as some crowd-sourced funding.
$13,056 spent13% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: 3D Printer3D printer for Chancellor Livingston Elementary School for initial use in 5th grade classrooms, and electives for other grades, to develop a students understanding of 3D printing to enhance & improve learning. Use of the 3D printer requires computer programming using TinkerCad, thus exposing the 5th grade students to technology and design outside of their regular curriculum. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Grants for climate change initiatives, biomimicry lesson, 8th grade day of science at Bard College, and funding for several STEM related field trips.
$9,089 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $98,412.
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 2021 to 2022, from $927k to $748k (−19%).
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.
42% of RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC’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. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $1k → $13k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC’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
RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
41% 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 RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 77% · 2020 52% · 2021 62% · 2022 40% · 2023 43% — 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.
Where its funders are
66% of RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC'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. $28k 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
RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
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 RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC: 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 RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC?
- RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,288 to it, the largest being SUNSHINE COMES FIRST LTD ($21,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $68,288 in grants to RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC?
- SUNSHINE COMES FIRST LTD is the largest funder on record, with $21,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RHINEBECK SCIENCE FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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