New York · Nonprofit
SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION
SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,687,053 to it, the largest being BARBARA SALTZMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,096,367). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Suny College of Optometry Foundation does
Mission
To provide scholarships to students and support vision care services to underserved men, women and children as well as funding for research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Student support - the foundation provides scholarships and awards to students who have academic merit and financial need helping to attract high-achieving students to a much-needed healthcare profession. Additional student support comes in the form of program support for various activities led by students and the student affairs office at suny college of optometry.
$603,149 spentof which $476,485 as grants$9,485 earned by the program53% of program spendingResearch & campus support through a donor-directed endowment, the foundation supports vision research primarily conducted at the college including exposure to relevant research scientists and projects, start-up or seed funding for small research projects, and helps ensure shared equipment and other resources needed for a robust research enterprise. The remaining funds provide generalized support to the campus-community ranging from professional development programs to key activities that create the learning and teaching environment needed for a top-tier optometry school.
$208,956 spentof which $24,141 as grants18% of program spendingClinical support we provide the resources needed in the university eye center to provide free and low-cost eye care to those in need as well as equipment, professional development, and training services to ensure top quality care. On average 1,400 to 1,600 visits require charitable assistance to access and receive the care they need.
$202,264 spentof which $200,764 as grants18% of program spendingInternational programs: through contract and service agreements the college and foundation partner with other schools and higher learning entities to provide optometric education, scope of practice and specialties, externships, and clinician cultural competency programs. These enrich the college's clinical and educational programs.[
$126,400 spent$103,275 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,140,769.
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 2020 to 2021, from $11M to $13M (+22%).
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.
64% of SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% 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
Dawn Rigney
Secretary/executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $74k → $251k.
7 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION’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
SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
28% 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 SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 43% · 2019 88% · 2020 22% · 2021 38% · 2022 39% · 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
47% of SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% 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
70% of SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $371k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 16 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION?
- SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,687,053 to it, the largest being BARBARA SALTZMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,096,367). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $2,687,053 in grants to SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION?
- BARBARA SALTZMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,096,367 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION 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 25 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