New York · Nonprofit
SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC
SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $203,699 to it, the largest being THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ($102,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $204k
- Net assets
- $571k
What Sustainable Westchester Inc does
Mission
Sustainable westchester is a membership organization of local municipal governments that empowers municipal leaders, engaged citizens, businesses and organizations to become more sustainable.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Westchester power: the foundation of a clean energy future is built on the strength of community energy programs. Westchester power is sustainable westchester's flagship program in this regard. This community energy program is the first of its kind in new york state and serves as the state model. This electricity supply program currently serves 26 municipalities and over 125,000 residents and small businesses. In 2024, the westchester power program mitigated over 327 thousand metric tons of co2 countywide.
$920,740 spent$1,281,146 earned by the program52% of program spendingCommunity solar represents an opportunity for residents to opt-in and benefit from solar energy while supporting the development of local renewable energy sources. Community solar offers all residents, including renters the opportunity to save up a minimum of 5% of the electricity that their share produces each month on their electricity bills without the need for panel installation on their homes or properties. Layering community solar in addition to the westchester power program doubles the positive environmental impact.
$158,202 spent$83,697 earned by the program9% of program spendingEnergysmart homes provides access to energy efficient clean heating and cooling technologies, enabling residents to eliminate fossil-fuel burning systems, while saving money and energy as well as increasing the health and comfort of their homes.
$156,295 spent$1,011 earned by the program9% of program spendingOther programs include: commercial building decarbonization and zero waste (recycle right).our building decarb team, citizens and communities are partnering with businesses, schools, and government to build a climate-proof future using clean heating and cooling technologies. Goals: by 2040: achieve 100% zero-emission electricity | by 2050: reduce emissions at least 85% below 1990 levels.the recycle right! App serves as sustainable westchester's premier solution for cost reduction and enhanced environmental benefits for municipalities as well as a residential one-stop recycling platform due to its ease of use, convenience, and efficient recycling information.we are working with the county def to transition our recycle right users to recycle coach a newly launched free mobile app that makes recycling and solid waste information more accessible to county residents and visitors.
$534,426 spentof which $250 as grants$153,388 earned by the program30% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,769,663.
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 2019 to 2020, from $863k to $1.5M (+74%).
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 0% · 2019 1% · 2020 6% · 2021 22% · 2022 31% · 2023 14% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Noam Bramson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $15k → $120k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER 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.
How concentrated its funding is
SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 77% — 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.
Where its funders are
60% of SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER 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 $82k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $122k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC has grown faster than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.6M on record.
- Department of Energy$5.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER 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 SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC?
- SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $203,699 to it, the largest being THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ($102,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $203,699 in grants to SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC?
- THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $102,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER 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 10 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