New York · Nonprofit
STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK INC
STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being QUAD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $100k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Studentsfirst New York Inc does
Mission
To speak for new york students who depend on public education for the opportunities they need to succeed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Studentsfirst new york, inc. Worked to empower parents throughout new york through a comprehensive membership recruitment campaign with the general public that provided awareness and information regarding its mission and education reform policies. It also hosted private meetings and public events aimed at giving voice to parents in the education debate.
$1,040,019 spent52% of program spendingStudentsfirst new york, inc. Engaged in public policy development and research that educated the public on real and meaningful reforms across new york. Studentsfirst new york, inc. Provided information about education reform to the general public through materials andpublications and new and traditional media outlets. The purpose of these communications was to ensure the interests of children in public education are well understood by teachers, parents, policymakers and the general public.
$960,017 spent48% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,000,036.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.5M to $2.3M (−34%).
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.
100% of STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Crystal Mcqueen-Taylor
Executive director
Board chair
Joel Klein
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK 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.
Where its funders are
100% of STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
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.
Against its field
STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK INC is better cushioned than half of the 431 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 431 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Studentsfirst New York Advocacy Inc · exempt
- New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany · exempt
- New Yorkers for Putting Studentsfirst · exempt
- Studentsfirst New York Institute Inc · exempt
- Parents Vote · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK 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 STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK INC?
- STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being QUAD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100,000 in grants to STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK INC?
- QUAD FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STUDENTSFIRST NEW YORK 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 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