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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $585,392 to it, the largest being NEW YORK STATE TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE CORPORATION ($346,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.4M
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$585k
Net assets
$11M
10/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What State University of New York Polytechnic Institute Foundation Inc does

Mission

The state university of new york polytechnic institute foundation operates primarily to encourage and receive charitable contributions for the benefit of the state university of new york polytechnic institute (suny poly).

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Scholarship and assistance to eligible individuals attending suny poly. 514 scholarships given out.

    $506,493 spentof which $506,493 as grants
    43% of program spending
  2. Grants awarded to support suny poly campus activities, other than schloarships. The supported activities include, but are not limited to, funding of awards, supporting faculty, campus and community activities, graduation and club activities.

    $669,632 spentof which $669,632 as grants
    57% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,176,125.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($659k) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($6.6M)2019 Revenue 81 ($535k) Expenses 45 ($528k) Net assets 114 ($7.5M)2020 Revenue 102 ($674k) Expenses 57 ($668k) Net assets 116 ($7.7M)2021 Revenue 539 ($3.5M) Expenses 54 ($630k) Net assets 162 ($11M)2022 Revenue 453 ($3.0M) Expenses 86 ($1.0M) Net assets 174 ($12M)2023 Revenue 157 ($1.0M) Expenses 79 ($930k) Net assets 193 ($13M)2024 Revenue 297 ($2.0M) Expenses 158 ($1.9M) Net assets 153 ($10M)2025 Revenue 358 ($2.4M) Expenses 120 ($1.4M) Net assets 174 ($11M)
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Revenue (358)Expenses (120)Net assets (174)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $7.7M to $11M (+40%).

$6.7M
$7.7M
$7.7M
$11M
$12M
$13M
$10M
$12M
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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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$512k
’17
$7k
’19
$7k
’20
$2.9M
’21
$2.0M
’22
$103k
’23
$104k
’24
$961k
’25
3.1
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

Andrea Lagatta

Executive director

Board chair

Anthony Vennero

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed2322202021212215
Joined··+2+2+2+4+3+2
No longer listed··421429
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $10k → $81k.

3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE 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

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

96% 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 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC.

59%
largest funder
83%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 68% · 2019 67% · 2020 67% · 2021 50% · 2022 65% · 2023 31% — 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

50% of STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 83% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

95% of STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NH
NY
MA
NJ
FL

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 14%Fundraising 2%

Governance

14
board members
79%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

52%

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

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (Suny Poly) · exempt
  • Suny Polytechnic Institute Auxiliary Services Corporation · exempt
  • State University of New York Polytechnic Institute Student Association Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC?
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $585,392 to it, the largest being NEW YORK STATE TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE CORPORATION ($346,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $585,392 in grants to STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC?
NEW YORK STATE TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $346,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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