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THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK
THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK (New York) receives grants from 142 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,844,521 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($10,755,000). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 142
- Grants received
- $37M
- Net assets
- $11M
What The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network does
Mission
The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The opportunity network (oppnet) works to close the opportunity gap for students from historically and systematically underrepresented communities. Oppnet's career fluency curriculum is the foundation of our work and consists of seven pillars designed to lead young people to holistic college and career success: 1) college access, transition, and success; 2) career awareness and exposure; 3) professional and workplace skills; 4) networks and social capital; 5) social emotional learning; 6) identity and critical consciousness; and 7) wellness and self-care.oppnet's strategy bridges college and career supports across three distinct programs:1) our founding oppnet fellows program works directly with new york city public school students from 10th grade through to their college graduation-engaging students in intensive programming, including individualized college counseling, career exposure, professional skill-building, individualized support through the college years, and five summers of paid internships or meaningful enrichment programming. On average, 94% of oppnet fellows graduate college within six years, and 89% secure career-interest aligned employment or graduate school…
$8,071,930 spentof which $307,975 as grants$461,500 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $8,071,930.
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 2023 to 2024, from $9.3M to $13M (+37%).
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: 2021 10% · 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 34 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $3.7M.
26 of 142 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 142 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 NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
57% 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 NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 14% · 2019 70% · 2020 14% · 2021 11% · 2022 19% · 2023 20% — 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
43% of THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
52% of THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK'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 $18M that is directly attributable, 50% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 22 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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 NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK?
- THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK (New York) receives grants from 142 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,844,521 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($10,755,000). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 142 organizations giving $36,844,521 in grants to THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK, 81 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,755,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK 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 142 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