New York · Nonprofit
SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC
SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC (New York) receives grants from 240 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,780,687 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($12,783,690). 125 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $78M
- Funders on record
- 240
- Grants received
- $93M
- Net assets
- $105M
What Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc does
Mission
Founded in 1963, SEO closes educational and career opportunity gaps for 7,000+ ambitious young people annually.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Seo scholars is a free, eight-year, academic program that transforms public high school students in new york city, san francisco, north carolina, and miami into college graduates. Seo scholars successfully educates and mentors students to and through college. 100% of scholars are accepted into four-year colleges, 85% of scholars graduate with a bachelor's degree, and 80% are first-generation college graduates. Seo scholars serves 2,500+ high school and college students annually. All are welcome to apply.
$25,604,321 spentof which $1,322,608 as grants61% of program spendingSeo career recruits and prepares high-achieving undergraduates for summer internships in corporate america, including wall street, commercial real estate, and technology, with more than 80% leading to coveted full-time jobs. The seo career summer 2025 intern class had 764 students working with 133 corporate partners in more than 76 locations across the country. All are welcome to apply.
$9,901,793 spentof which $112,867 as grants23% of program spendingSeo alternative investments provides education, exposure, training, and mentorship to help high-achieving professionals interested in entering the alternatives sector. Approximately 90% of seo alternatives fellows secure full-time roles in the sector. In 2025, seo alternative investments accepted 100+ fellows and had 600+ candidates in the pipeline. Seo's annual alternatives conference (aicon) is attended by nearly over 600 professionals in the sector. All are welcome to apply.
$2,871,364 spent7% of program spendingSeo tech developer is a virtual, intensive immersion program to propel first-year and sophomore computer science and software engineering college students to careers in technology including a paid six-week summer residency. In 2025, 125 students participated in the summer cohort. Since program inception in 2021, more than 80% of participants have received offers for competitive technology internships. All are welcome to apply.
$1,741,307 spent4% of program spendingSeo law helps aspiring law students thrive in law school and excel in their legal careers through training, career development, and internships, all before starting law school. In 2025, seo law served 103 law fellows, who interned at 27 law firms in 14 cities. All are welcome to apply.
$1,466,483 spentof which $40,000 as grants3% of program spendingSeo leadership institute provides ongoing development for seo alumni, customized for each stage of their career, with three distinct features: making connections, professional and personal development, and civic engagement. Seo has 14,000 alumni in the us and 26,000 alumni worldwide.
$658,672 spent2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,243,940.
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 2023 to 2024, from $76M to $113M (+48%).
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 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% 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.
Board chair
Henry R Kravis
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 47 funders to 83 funders, grant income rose $2.2M → $15M.
40 of 240 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 240 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
SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 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 SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 23% · 2019 37% · 2020 18% · 2021 13% · 2022 14% · 2023 19% — 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
36% of SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
63% of SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY 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. $28M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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
SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,065 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,065 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC?
- SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC (New York) receives grants from 240 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,780,687 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($12,783,690). 125 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 240 organizations giving $92,780,687 in grants to SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC, 125 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $12,783,690 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY 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 240 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