New York · Nonprofit
STUDENT ADVOCACY INC
STUDENT ADVOCACY INC (New York) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,279,422 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,138,995). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 98
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Student Advocacy Inc does
Mission
Student advocacy, inc. Is a new york state not-for-profit corporation serving children and families in westchester and putnam counties, new york. The agency provides counsel and legal representation on education matters for students who face barriers to academic success due to disabilities and other challenges. The agency advocates for students to obtain the educational services that they are legally entitled to receive in school.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Program wide accomplishments: student advocacy,inc. Provided counsel and legal representation for 463 unduplicated youth ages 3 to 21 with disabilities in westchester and putnam counties new york and addressed 497 matters, between january 1, 2024 and december 31, 2024. Among the 332 closed matters, student advocacy successfully advocated for improved education services in 92% of the matters including parents educated to become effective advocates for their children. 83% of clients receiving services from student advocacy attended schools in districts where 50% or more of the student population is identified as economically disadvantaged. Student advocacy is successfully reaching its target audience - lower income families who without our guidance and representation would be unable to access the education services to which their children are legally entitled to in school. 79% of clients seek our legal services for special education related matters. 45% of students served are youth in grades pre-k through 6 indicating that the organization is reaching students with disabilities early in their academic, social, and emotional development, when intervention can have the greatest and…
$494,684 spent$6,249 earned by the program53% of program spendingRight start program: wcyb iik contract-the right start program provides legal representation as well as advice and advocacy for students in grades k-6 whose reading proficiency is two years or more below grade level. Attorneys and advocates assisted students in obtaining the educational services to which they were legally entitled and would aid in advancing their reading and literacy development. Issues that impact learning including behavioral and school refusal were also addressed as part of the advocacy work. Accomplishments: 30 unduplicated students received legal representation as well as advice and advocacy; 93% of matters were for special education related issues; 97% of students received direct assistance from our attorneys and advocates; of the 18 matters closed during this year, 95% of students received the appropriate services to address their reading and literacy skills and/or the parent or guardian was educated to effectively advocate for their child. Ready for life program: wcyb ocfs contract-the ready for life program provides legal representation as well as advice and advocacy for 29 unduplicated students ages 14 to 21 with an individual education plan (iep)). Our…
$184,813 spent20% of program spendingSolutions not suspensions: wcyb ocfs contract-the solutions not suspension program addresses the needs of youth who are facing disciplinary action with the goal of limiting or eliminating the amount of time that a student spends out of school. Research demonstrates the harmful impact of being suspended from school: "after being suspended, a student is 20% more likely to fail; 8% more likely to drop out; and 55% more likely to become involved in the juvenile justice system." student advocacy seeks alternatives to suspensions that include restorative justice practices. Accomplishments: 63 unduplicated students received legal representation as well as advice and advocacy; 65% of matters were related to disciplinary, social, emotional and behavioral issues and 35% were related to academic and special education matters; of the 40 matters closed during this period,93% resulted in a reduction in the amount of time spent out of school and the addition of services to address the students' social, emotional, and academic needs.
$138,596 spent15% of program spendingPromoting school services for court involved youth program - department of probation contract; student advocacy, inc. Provided legal representation and counsel for students who have interacted with the juvenile justice system under this contract. Attorneys represented these youths to ensure that they were able to return to or remain in school, so they can reengage with their learning and receive the education resources and services to which they are legally entitled. Student advocacy, inc. Promotes restorative justice practices as an alternative to disciplinary action. Accomplishments: 63 unduplicated students received legal representation and counsel; 64% received direct representation while the others received consultation;60% of matters were related to disciplinary, social, emotional and behavioral issues and 40% were related to academic and special education matters; of the 49 matters closed,96% received services that enabled them to return to school and engage with their learning and/or the parent or guardian was educated to effectively advocate for their child. Project best start-multiple contracts-project best start, student advocacy, inc. Provideds legal representation as…
$115,508 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $933,601.
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 $1.2M to $1.8M (+46%).
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: 2017 15% · 2018 17% · 2019 17% · 2020 33% · 2021 28% · 2022 26% · 2023 30% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of STUDENT ADVOCACY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Karen Blumenthal
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $220k → $478k.
12 of 98 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 STUDENT ADVOCACY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 98 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
STUDENT ADVOCACY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% 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
58% 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 STUDENT ADVOCACY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 31% · 2019 56% · 2020 29% · 2021 50% · 2022 30% · 2023 29% — 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 STUDENT ADVOCACY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
58% of STUDENT ADVOCACY 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 $1.4M that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
STUDENT ADVOCACY INC's revenue grew 52% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like STUDENT ADVOCACY 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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 STUDENT ADVOCACY 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 STUDENT ADVOCACY INC?
- STUDENT ADVOCACY INC (New York) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,279,422 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,138,995). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does STUDENT ADVOCACY INC have?
- IRS filings report 98 organizations giving $3,279,422 in grants to STUDENT ADVOCACY INC, 68 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STUDENT ADVOCACY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,138,995 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STUDENT ADVOCACY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 98 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