New York · Nonprofit
THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS
THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS (New York) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,504,135 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,278,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $6.5M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What The Cahn Fellows Programs does
Mission
The Cahn Fellows Programs seek to improve public school systems by providing distinguished school leaders with advanced professional development and recognition.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cahn distinguished principals fellowship: cahn fellowship keeps excellent principals longer. Since 2003, we have delivered our program to high-performing principals across the country. We have participation from principals and aspiring leaders in atlanta, boston, chicago, cleveland, denver, houston, los angeles, miami, new york city, san antonio, tampa and dc metro areas. We provide participants with advanced leadership, nationwide networking, intercity school visitations and the opportunity to gain perspectives from other school districts in solving challenging issues.continued on schedule oin their capacity as cahn fellows and allies, school leaders are asked to identify a leadership challenge they are facing in their schools which they believe, when effectively addressed, will have a positive impact on student achievement, school culture and/school leadership capacity, as well as a positive impact on their own leadership potential. Each year, fellows and allies are asked to independently choose their leadership challenge and engage their school community in the change process.throughout the year fellows and allies convene in collaborative teams on multiple days across cities…
$1,773,390 spentof which $35,000 as grants$755,000 earned by the program79% of program spendingCahn leadership lab: knowing that over 50% of newly hired principals leave the profession by years 3 and 4, in 2023, we launched our new program for those early career principals.designed for principals who are positively impacting their school, and seeking to improve their practice. This program offers a learning community experience with other dynamic leaders who are at the same critical stages in their tenure. This program will provide much needed coaching to expand their thinking and prepare them to lead large change in their communities.continued on schedule othere are four convenings in the cahn leadership lab. The convenings begin with an excursion to the civil rights museum and rosa parks museum in montgomery, al, where we look at change that has been implemented and led by leaders with hope and bravery. Practitioners are tasked with assessing their community for areas of needed change.
$362,142 spent$260,000 earned by the program16% of program spendingCahn alumni network: cahn fellowship has established an alumni network of principals and school leaders that supports continuous learning and long-lasting connections across the nation. The cahn alumni network helps us to ensure those connections remain strong while also welcoming current and future fellows into a legacy of support, development, and transformational resources.
$114,473 spent$5,179 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,250,005.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $719k to $1.3M (+75%).
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.
71% of THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS’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. 1 of the last 5 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
Adele Fabrikant
Executive director
Board chair
Charles Cahn
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $61k → $2.4M.
12 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS’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
THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 98% · 2021 56% · 2022 56% · 2023 70% — 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
89% of THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% 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
79% of THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS'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 $1.4M that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $32 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $32
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 THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 19 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS?
- THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS (New York) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,504,135 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,278,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $6,504,135 in grants to THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $4,278,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 24 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