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THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK
THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,514,280 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($439,036). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $15M
What The Economic Club of New York does
Mission
The Economic Club of New York is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization dedicated to the promotion of the study and discussion of social, economic and political questions. For more than a century, the club has served as the premier public forum for thought leaders of the united states and the world, to express a diverse set of views and opinions in a free and open environment effectively acting as a catalyst for innovation in thought and ideas impacting social, economic and political issues facing society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Signature luncheons and other event types: in 2025, more than 6,000 members and guests attended our 46 signature events which, among many others, included conversations with scott bessent the united states secretary of treasury, reed hasting the cofounder and chairman of netflix and the chairman and ceo of qxo brad jacobs. In addition, the club recognized michael bloomberg, the founder of bloomberg and the three-term mayor of new york city with the peterson leadership excellence award.
$2,473,620 spent$1,971,295 earned by the program72% of program spendingMembership, centennial & salon: for over 119 years, the club's members, drawn from senior public and private leaders, have had the opportunity to engage with expert guest speakers including economic policymakers, business leaders and government officials. The centennial society is considered the financial backbone of the club and provides a forum for our most active members to connect with each other and to promote the club as the premier nonpolitical public forum for thought leaders to express diverse views and opinions in a free and open environment. Centennial society members also have the opportunity to participate in a special off-the-record salon series. Salon series speakers in 2025 included albert bourla, peter mendelson, bob rubin, and david cote.
$779,193 spent$125,000 earned by the program23% of program spendingNext generation: the club is committed to developing talented business and economic leaders throughout the various stages of their careers. This pipeline includes complimentary event tickets for students, specialized programming for rising executives with 7 to 15 years of experience (ecny fellows), and a termed membership for midlevel executives under the age of 45 (associate members). In 2025, nearly 2,000 students from more than 15 colleges and universities were invited to attended ecny events. There were 98 fellows in the nyc class of 2025 and 11 additional fellows in the national fellows program. Associate members are mid-level executives under the age of 45 who gain access to the club's networking resources and unparalleled events for a 5-year term. In 2025, the club had 164 associate members.
$196,293 spent$207,000 earned by the program6% of program spendingFellows program
$196,704 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,449,106.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $13M to $16M (+24%).
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.
51% of THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Barbara Van Allen
President / CEO
Board chair
Robert Steel
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $20k → $151k.
11 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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: $360k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Communal Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK raised.
From the IRS filings of THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 funders by total. 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 ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
59% 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 ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 44% · 2019 100% · 2020 32% · 2021 25% · 2022 24% · 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
67% of THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
59% of THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK'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 $617k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $897k 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 ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 84 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 84 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK
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
91%
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 ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK?
- THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,514,280 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($439,036). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,514,280 in grants to THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $439,036 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 32 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