New York · Nonprofit
RSE FOUNDATION INC
RSE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $694,571 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($500,000). 5 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 FY2025
- $487k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $695k
- Net assets
- $8.4M
What Rse Foundation Inc does
Mission
The rse foundation supports students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (stem) fields with a series of related programs as well as scholarships to rensselaer polytechnic institute to enable their education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The rse house serves as both a residential and educational hub for members of rse. It provides a living-learning environment where students can collaborate, study, and grow personally and professionally and a gathering place for rse members and alumni, supporting mentorship, leadership development, and community engagement.
$284,891 spent$142,000 earned by the program96% of program spendingThe organization awards scholarships to rpi students to promote academic excellence, leadership, and service. There were 4 scholarships awarded in 2025.
$12,000 spentof which $12,000 as grants4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $296,891.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $692k to $8.2M (+1086%).
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.
63% of RSE FOUNDATION INC’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. 0 of the last 3 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.
Board chair
Robert Mooney
Scholarship chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $1k → $36k.
6 of 9 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 RSE 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
RSE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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 RSE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 82% · 2021 86% · 2022 100% · 2023 55% — 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
97% of RSE FOUNDATION INC'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 $17k that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $677k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
RSE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 RSE 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
20%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- 1501 Sage Avenue LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RSE FOUNDATION INC?
- RSE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $694,571 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($500,000). 5 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 RSE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $694,571 in grants to RSE FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RSE FOUNDATION INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RSE 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.
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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 2023–2025), and the filings of 9 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