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STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$345k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$641k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Student Government Association of Suny Potsdam does

Mission

The association is organized for the sole purpose of administration and operation of student groups at the state university of new york at potsdam. The organization serves approximately 2,500 students.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. To unite the students of the state university of new york at potsdam by facilitating clubs that promote social, academic, cultural, and professional interests of the student body. There are approximately 70 clubs and organizations serving the varied interests of the students.

    $164,093 spent$15,700 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $164,093.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($689k) Expenses 100 ($657k) Net assets 100 ($510k)2020 Revenue 68 ($468k) Expenses 59 ($386k) Net assets 116 ($591k)2021 Revenue 75 ($519k) Expenses 47 ($312k) Net assets 157 ($798k)2022 Revenue 61 ($422k) Expenses 52 ($342k) Net assets 172 ($878k)2023 Revenue 53 ($363k) Expenses 78 ($512k) Net assets 143 ($730k)2024 Revenue 46 ($315k) Expenses 61 ($400k) Net assets 127 ($645k)2025 Revenue 50 ($345k) Expenses 53 ($349k) Net assets 126 ($641k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (50)Expenses (53)Net assets (126)Peer revenue range

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 $630k to $832k (+32%).

$542k
$630k
$832k
$906k
$760k
$672k
$667k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

92% of STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$32k
’19
$82k
’20
$207k
’21
$80k
’22
−$149k
’23
−$84k
’24
−$4k
’25
21
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.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed5555564
Joined·+4+3+1+5+5+3
No longer listed·431545
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $8k.

Funder
'20
'21
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM’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.

Where its funders are

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.

DC

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

’20
’21
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Against its field

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve21.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−11% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM

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

47% of spending goes to programs.

Program 47%Management 53%Fundraising 0%

Governance

40
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Potsdam Auxiliary & College Educational Services Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM?
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM?
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SUNY POTSDAM 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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