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THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC
THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,241,883 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($7,500,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $8.2M
- Net assets
- $24M
What The College of Staten Island Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation was established to stimulate and strengthen community,corporate and foundation support for public higher education on staten island and to support the college of staten island in providing its students with the finest facilities and faculty available.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule o:these expenses represent the foundation's accomplishments in assisting the college of staten island by developing an ongoing and increasing base of support from the community, individuals, corporations and foundations. Through this philanthropic support, the college of staten island foundation allows the college to expand its margin of excellence which ensures its students, faculty, and staff the finest academic facilities available. Such examples include: facility improvements, the chazanoff school of business expenses related to the association to advance collegiate schools of business (aacsb) accreditation process, the athletics program, including uniforms and travel related to participation in tournaments, support for the school of health sciences, in particular the departments of social work and nursing and support for library and for career development initiatives.
$656,957 spent43% of program spendingThese expenses represent the college of staten island foundation'sendowed and non-endowed scholarships and awards at the college toprovide access to financial assistance to the many qualifying full-time and part-time students. The many scholarships allocated by the collegeof staten island foundation ensure that these students have access to aquality higher education, remarkable achievements, and a brighter future.
$712,538 spentof which $712,538 as grants47% of program spendingThe college of staten island foundation is committed to serving thecollege community and its wide range of traditional and non-traditionalstudents by providing emergency financial assistance in a timely mannerto students who request the emergency funds through a certifiedcounselor at the college.in addition to financial assistance, the college of staten island is providing emergency meals through the food insecurity and hunger initiative.
$134,333 spentof which $134,333 as grants9% of program spendingTo assist the college of staten island with enhancing resources, enrollment initiatives and providing funds to promote the verrazzano honors program.
$25,134 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,528,962.
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 2018 to 2019, from $8.9M to $17M (+88%).
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 0% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC’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 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
Cheryl Adolph
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $15k → $217k.
11 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $162k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The College of Staten Island Auxiliary Services Corp Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION 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 COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 56% · 2019 100% · 2020 28% · 2021 93% · 2022 75% · 2023 55% — 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
8% of THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
93% of THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION 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 $543k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND 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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
44%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC?
- THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,241,883 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($7,500,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $8,241,883 in grants to THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $7,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND 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.
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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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing