New York · Nonprofit
STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL
STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL (New York) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,276,762 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($1,954,750). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $40M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $7.3M
- Net assets
- $108M
What Stephen Gaynor School does
Mission
At Stephen Gaynor School, students with learning differences develop essential academic and critical thinking skills through individualized and evidence-based approaches, empowering them to reach their full potential. Students learn to advocate for themselves and others while actively building an inclusive community, a sense of belonging, and a belief in their own possibilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academic program: with over 60 years of experience in special education and a dedication to continuous improvement, gaynor has the expertise to help children break down barriers to learning, build self-esteem, and realize academic success.
$27,519,759 spentof which $2,090,490 as grants$34,115,320 earned by the program99% of program spendingSummer program: gaynor's summer camp is designed and run by our team of special educators, speech language pathologists, and occupational therapists. This six week program focuses on the development of self advocacy, fine and gross motor skills, and social and cognitive/learning skills. Our therapists join teachers to help develop students' skills through a variety of fun activities including group games, cooking, arts and crafts, and trips to the playground. Reading skills are also reinforced through small group instruction. Our summer camp program offers unique opportunities for our students to mainain their learning and social skills through a combination of light academic curriculum and fun social activities. Gaynor faculty and administrators create an individualized schedule for each student.
$152,343 spentof which $97,807 as grants$214,784 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,672,102.
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 2024 to 2025, from $135M to $145M (+7%).
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: 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 0 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
Megan Hogan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $444k → $622k.
20 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 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
STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
73% 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 STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 19% · 2019 34% · 2020 23% · 2021 34% · 2022 22% · 2023 20% — 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
46% of STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
71% of STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL'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 $2.1M that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Cocodrilo Development Corporation · exempt
- Cocodrilo Condominium Assn Corp · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL?
- STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL (New York) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,276,762 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($1,954,750). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $7,276,762 in grants to STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,954,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 71 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