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THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,453 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($96,300). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$182k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$221k
Net assets
$638k
6/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 35%
01What it does

What The Cornell Daily Sun Alumni Association Inc does

Mission

To educate & foster the training of student journalists working at the cornell daily sun.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Assist and support students working at the cornell daily sun by acquiring, renovating and maintaining real property for occupancy by the sun.

    $217,843 spentof which $161,597 as grants$27,774 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Advise students about editorial content, story ideas, and business issues for the cornell daily sun.

  3. Sponsor conferences and meetings between sun alumni and students concerning careers in journalism and other fields.

  4. Provide mentor relationships for students working at the cornell daily sun.

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $217,843.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($243k) Expenses 100 ($90k) Net assets 100 ($487k)2018 Revenue 51 ($124k) Expenses 125 ($113k) Net assets 102 ($499k)2019 Revenue 62 ($152k) Expenses 142 ($127k) Net assets 107 ($523k)2020 Revenue 98 ($237k) Expenses 143 ($129k) Net assets 130 ($632k)2021 Revenue 75 ($183k) Expenses 184 ($166k) Net assets 133 ($649k)2022 Revenue 52 ($126k) Expenses 111 ($100k) Net assets 139 ($675k)2023 Revenue 54 ($131k) Expenses 134 ($120k) Net assets 141 ($686k)2024 Revenue 75 ($182k) Expenses 256 ($230k) Net assets 131 ($638k)
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Revenue (75)Expenses (256)Net assets (131)Peer revenue range

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 $691k to $643k (−7%).

$666k
$635k
$615k
$637k
$655k
$680k
$691k
$643k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

81% of THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$153k
’17
$11k
’18
$24k
’19
$109k
’20
$17k
’21
$26k
’22
$11k
’23
−$48k
’24
11
months of
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.

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Listed10910889911
Joined·+0+2+0+0+2+0+3
No longer listed·1120101
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $6k → $32k.

4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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 CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

82% 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 CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC.

43%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 92% · 2019 92% · 2020 81% · 2021 94% · 2022 74% · 2023 67% — 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

75% of THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

82% of THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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 $40k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 4 states.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $182k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−26% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve10.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

64%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC?
THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,453 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($96,300). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $221,453 in grants to THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $96,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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