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THE QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

THE QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $83,500 to it, the largest being Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$98k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$84k
Net assets
$226k
4/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 50%
01What it does

What The Questar III Education Foundation Inc does

Mission

To support scholarships for students of questar iii

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Student programs for the purpose of expanding educational opportunities.

    $24,304 spentof which $9,583 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $24,304.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($6k) Expenses 100 ($6k) Net assets 100 ($69k)2018 Revenue 249 ($15k) Expenses 70 ($4k) Net assets 115 ($79k)2019 Revenue 1976 ($120k) Expenses 497 ($31k) Net assets 244 ($168k)2020 Revenue 2586 ($156k) Expenses 2685 ($169k) Net assets 225 ($155k)2021 Revenue 1009 ($61k) Expenses 1278 ($80k) Net assets 197 ($136k)2022 Revenue 795 ($48k) Expenses 1072 ($68k) Net assets 169 ($116k)2023 Revenue 661 ($40k) Expenses 241 ($15k) Net assets 205 ($141k)2024 Revenue 974 ($59k) Expenses 743 ($47k) Net assets 222 ($153k)2025 Revenue 1619 ($98k) Expenses 396 ($25k) Net assets 328 ($226k)
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Revenue (1619)Expenses (396)Net assets (328)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $79k to $168k (+111%).

$69k
$79k
$168k
$155k
$136k
$116k
$141k
$153k
$226k
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Total assets

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of THE QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$251
’17
$11k
’18
$88k
’19
−$13k
’20
−$19k
’21
−$19k
’22
$25k
’23
$12k
’24
$73k
’25

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Nadine Gazzola

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $10k.

1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 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 QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

93% 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 QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.

72%
largest funder
93%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

90% of THE QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’21
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin74% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)42% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
THE QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $83,500 to it, the largest being Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $83,500 in grants to THE QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE QUESTAR III EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE QUESTAR III EDUCATION 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.

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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 6 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