New York · Nonprofit
THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES INC
THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,881,667 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($4,525,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $4.9M
- Net assets
- $11M
What The Center for Regional Strategies Inc does
Mission
The center for regional strategies, inc. Is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focusing on planning, developing and implementing collaborative economic growth strategies to build sustainable community wealth, especially in underserved areas.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Center for regional strategies core services: provide services to inform, develop and write strategic plans with partners to build capacity; assist with program and project management, problem solving, developing metrics for evaluation and assessing progress over time.
$2,937,633 spentof which $863,119 as grants$740,940 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,937,633.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $9.1M to $12M (+28%).
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.
76% of THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Laura Quebral
CEO
Board chair
Sharon Jones
Chair
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.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES 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
THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES INC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $57k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES 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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES 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 THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES INC?
- THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,881,667 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($4,525,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $4,881,667 in grants to THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES INC?
- THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,525,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CENTER FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIES 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 3 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