New York · Nonprofit
THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,368,084 to it, the largest being THE TOW FOUNDATION INC ($4,345,170). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 109
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $147M
What The Brooklyn College Foundation Inc does
Mission
To generate, encourage and promote the educational purposes of brooklyn college of the city university of new york and the educational welfare of its students in their relations with each other, the members of the faculty, the alumni and the community, and to these ends, and for no other purposes, to perform any and all of the following: a. To provide scholarships, fellowships, prizes, and other assistance to worthy students and graduates of said college for and on account of undergraduate and graduate studies. B. To provide awards and prizes to brooklyn college students alumni faculty members, staff members, or other persons for outstanding achievements or services to the college, the community, or to the furtherance of higher education generally. C. To contribute funds for the library, the academic departments, and the administration of said college, the establishment, maintenance, building improvement, operation, and support of recreational rooms, places, and building.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In fy25, the brooklyn college foundation granted more than $8.5 million to brooklyn college. This includes over $4.3 million awarded to students in the form of scholarships, awards and internships; and nearly $1.3 million in the form of professorships, lectureships, and professional development support for faculty.
$9,852,865 spentof which $8,504,943 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $9,852,865.
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 $101M to $126M (+24%).
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: 2021 2% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Todd Michael Galitz
Executive director
Board chair
Anthony Castellanos
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 46 funders, grant income rose $890k → $2.8M.
22 of 109 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 109 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
THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
41% 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 THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 17% · 2019 69% · 2020 16% · 2021 16% · 2022 18% · 2023 29% — growing more concentrated.
“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
40% of THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
63% of THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC'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. $8.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 33 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,368,084 to it, the largest being THE TOW FOUNDATION INC ($4,345,170). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 109 organizations giving $23,368,084 in grants to THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC, 72 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE TOW FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,345,170 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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 109 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