New York · Nonprofit
THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE
THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $515,831 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($130,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $516k
- Net assets
- $378k
What The Council of Urban Professionals Institute does
Mission
The Council of Urban Professionals Institute's (cupi)mission is to inspire, elevate, and empower the next generation of diverse business, civic leaders and women.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership institute: graduated the cohort of the 17th cup new york fellows program - a dynamic and engaged group of business and civic leaders; 24 mid-career professionals, for a total of 550 cup ny fellows alumni to date. Concluded our 7th year of the cup la fellows program in march 2025 with 26 graduates, total of 156 cup la fellows to-date. Cup ny fellows graduation ceremony - hosted by wonder - tuesday, january 23rd, 2024, 5:30pm - 8:00pm et over 60 registered; keynote carol frazer haynesworth, ipg executive director, impact & inclusion; global chair of ipg women's leadership network; wilfredo lopez, attorney, director of government affairs, urban resource institute - graduation cohort speaker; stephanie brown, government and community affairs, wonder; melissa fenton, executive director, cup; dale favors, managing partner, adaptive growth leadership, director, cup ny fellows program; jacques sexton, associate general counsel, dailypay, cup ny fellows alumni leadership committee member; ray reyes, managing director of programs at the opportunity network: as managing director of programs -- cup la fellows graduation ceremony - hosted by nfl los angeles - thursday, january 25th,…
$421,932 spent37% of program spendingSummits & power forums: -- cup's 6th annual pipeline to power summit - hosted by white & case - in-person, wednesday, march 13th, 2024 2pm - 8pm et over 360 registered ales rudisar, director, global diversity & inclusion, white & case; melissa fenton, executive director, cup; hedieh fakhriyazdi, chief diversity officer, white & case; pamela everhart, head of regional public affairs, inclusion and impact, fidelity investments; kamalita abdool, managing director, head of securities services americas and global custodian coverage, deutsche bank; dale favors, managing partner, adaptive growth leadership; breen sullivan, founder, the fourth effect; captain zeita merchant, sector commander, captain of the port, u.s. Coast guard sector new york; kathryn burdett, americas head of diversity, equity & inclusion, deutsche bank; patricia pacheco de baez, managing director, senior private bank advisor, business development exec - diverse segment, bank of america private bank; sekou kaalund, head of branch and small business banking, u.s. Bank; sarah squiers, executive vice president, client relationships, televisaunivision; arlene arin hahn, partner, global head of the technology practice,…
$489,588 spent43% of program spendingOther programs: cup & nba foundation black history month celebration: creating equity pathways for black communities - tuesday, february 27th, 2024, 4:00pm - 8:00pm et over 50 registered genisha metcalf, partnerships lead, nba foundation; greg taylor, executive director, nba foundation; melissa fenton, executive director, cup; demetrius thornton, chro, leadership & workforce development consultant; jessica santana, chief executive officer, america on tech cup executive leadership program & cup catalysts program strategy session - wednesday, march 13th, 2024, 10:00am - 11:00am et over 15 registered melissa fenton, executive director, cup; michael a. Persaud, portfolio manager, global sports and entertainment associate director, morgan stanley; deb langford, managing director, head of black wealth initiatives, j.p. Morgan private bank; rossie turman, african practice, lowenstein sandler. Llp cup connections + bofa series pt I unlocking resilience: learning to thrive - virtual, wednesday, april 10th, 2024, 5:00pm - 6:00pm et, hosted by bank of america, over 80 registered lynne fairbanks svp, global women's talent strategy, bank of america; melissa fenton, executive director, cup;…
$239,569 spent21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,151,089.
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 $397k to $820k (+106%).
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: 2020 10% · 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
106% of THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Michael A Persaud
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $6k → $121k.
7 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE’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 COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
61% 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 COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 43% · 2020 80% · 2021 70% · 2022 52% · 2023 40% — 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
38% of THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
61% of THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE'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 $203k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $313k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE?
- THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $515,831 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($130,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $515,831 in grants to THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE?
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $130,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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