New York · Nonprofit
THE KISCO FOUNDATION INC
THE KISCO FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,686,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,925,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $18M
What The Kisco Foundation Inc does
Mission
The primary exempt purpose of the kisco foundation, inc. Is to provide technical assistance, organizational development, management assistance, as well as financial support in the form of grants and loans to other 501(c)(3) public charities. In addition, within its primary exempt purpose the kisco foundation continues with a current initiative which is "protecting student veterans". This fund's mission is to defend student veterans in pursuing their education goals as well as provide assistance to veterans who have been defrauded or misled by proprietary institutions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The new gi bill allows veterans to attend the college or vocational school of their choice. Unfortunately, many veterans have unwittingly become victims of predatory practices by a number of for-profit colleges. Problems include deceptive recruiting and marketing, delivery of weak academic content, little or no support services, burdensome student loan debt, and inappropriate or undeliverable promises regarding jobs, transfer of credits and career placement. This program helps veterans, victims and military families to be careful consumers evaluating educational opportunities and student loans. Working with partners, the kisco program assists veterans who have excessive student loan burdens, and through 501(c) (3) partners and veterans groups, helps veterans transition to civilian and academic life and succeed in higher education. Beyond holding accountable the institutions that serve veterans, we will provide information to all appropriate audiences to assist veterans and military families in making informed education and career choices.
$570,066 spentof which $327,000 as grants31% of program spendingAnother initiative of the foundation is to provide financial, technical and strategic support for the exploration and study of non-profit business model related to programs in non-profit journalism and its application to community newspapers and news organizations within the context of the work of journalists, newspapers and news organizations for small and medium-sized communities. This includes pilot programs in environmental journalism, forums on affordable housing, internships for journalism students, historic preservation projects on film and in print, and community archives. These community service models support the exempt activities critical to the success of a non-profit business model for small community media organizations.
$1,250,000 spentof which $1,250,000 as grants69% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,820,066.
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 2021 to 2022, from $21M to $18M (−14%).
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.
18% of THE KISCO FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $175k → $650k.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 KISCO 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 KISCO FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 KISCO FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 73% · 2019 77% · 2020 71% · 2021 88% · 2022 45% · 2023 54% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE KISCO 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 KISCO FOUNDATION INC's revenue grew 15% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE KISCO 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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
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 3 related entities
- The Kohlberg Foundation · exempt
- Cabbage Hill Farm Foundation Inc · exempt
- Vineyard Gazette Journalism Foundationinc(See Also Schedule O) · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE KISCO FOUNDATION INC?
- THE KISCO FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,686,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,925,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE KISCO FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $3,686,000 in grants to THE KISCO FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE KISCO FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,925,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE KISCO 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.
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 3 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