New York · Nonprofit
THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC
THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC (New York) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $566,364 to it, the largest being CHARLES A MASTRONARDI FOUNDATION 061223-000 ($140,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $40M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $566k
- Net assets
- $20M
What The Guild for Exceptional Children Inc does
Mission
The guild's and its affiliates' mission is to help each individual reach his or her maximum potential and to help families cope with the responsibility of caring for a disabled family member at home.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential services: the gec residence services program includes 20 homes located in the bay ridge/dyker heights section of brooklyn, ny. The gec residential division consists of four intermediate care facilities (40 certified icf beds) serving 40 individuals with idd and twelve supervised individual residential alternatives (75 certified ira beds) serving 75 individuals with idd which all provide 24/7 care and staffing to ensure optimal care is given. In addition, gec provides support to individuals residing in its three supportive individual residential alternatives (8 certified apartment ira beds) serving 8 individuals with idd. Gec residential programs offer a variety of therapeutic, medical and support services tailored to meet the individual needs of those residing in the homes. Person centered philosophy and practices are stressed and vital to the continued success of each program.
$20,739,461 spent$14,247,635 earned by the program61% of program spendingPreschool: our preschool program serves 175 students ages 3 to 5. The preschool provides nys licensed teachers, teacher aides, social workers and therapists during both the regular as well as extended school year. The center is located in an air conditioned school building equipped with developmentally appropriate materials for classrooms and therapy rooms as well as an onsite outdoor playground. Speech, occupational and physical therapy is provided as mandated on each's students iep. Bilingual and esl services are also offered for students. The combination of services provides an environment where children are able to develop to their fullest potential and prepare for richer, fuller lives.
$6,618,546 spent$8,079,985 earned by the program19% of program spendingDay habilitation: gec's six day programs provide daily support, monday through friday, 52 weeks a year to approximately 225 adults living with intellectual and other disabilities annually. We serve people from all over brooklyn (and a few people from queens and staten island). We have recent graduates as well as supporting people living into their 80's in our senior recreational day program, and everyone in between. Within our six models, we provide support to people who require extensive assistance in every aspect of daily living, as well as people who are independent in some areas but need assistance with other areas. People who attend the gec programs benefit from a focus on wellness, skill acquisition, art and ceramics, horticultural therapy, music/theater, computer literacy, community integration, recreational outings to all the gems new york and brooklyn have to offer, and approximatly 15 community worksites which provide meaningful opportunities to learn, to volunteer and to acquire work skills. Every person is challenged to learn and to grow based on his/her individual preferences. Staff efforts are aimed at ensuring each person is offered choices and opportunities to…
$6,275,385 spent$6,924,128 earned by the program18% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$369,748 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $34,003,140.
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 2022 to 2023, from $21M to $30M (+42%).
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 18% · 2018 19% · 2019 20% · 2020 20% · 2021 23% · 2022 25% · 2023 27% · 2024 20% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
22% of THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Joe Riley
CEO/executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $10k → $154k.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 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 GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC 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
42% 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 GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 48% · 2019 62% · 2020 62% · 2021 36% · 2022 33% · 2023 70% — growing more concentrated.
“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
27% of THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 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
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- The Guild for Exceptional Children Comm Ment Retar Serv Co · exempt
- The Guild for Exceptional Children Holding Company · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC?
- THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC (New York) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $566,364 to it, the largest being CHARLES A MASTRONARDI FOUNDATION 061223-000 ($140,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $566,364 in grants to THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC?
- CHARLES A MASTRONARDI FOUNDATION 061223-000 is the largest funder on record, with $140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 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 22 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