New York · Nonprofit
THE REECE SCHOOL
THE REECE SCHOOL (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $249,831 to it, the largest being Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation ($216,436). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $250k
- Net assets
- $609k
What The Reece School does
Mission
The Reece School provides an academic lower and upper school special education program for children who require more support than can be provided in a traditional public school setting. Reece students are academically capable but may be psychologically fragile or face challenges that impact their ability to fully access their education in their current placement. Our mission is to empower each student to reach their full potential in a nurturing, structured, and supportive environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Reece School serves academically capable students who may be psychologically fragile or have challenges that interfere with their ability to succeed in a traditional school environment. Our students may have speech and language impairments, emotional or learning disabilities, autism classifications, or other special needs. At reece, each child receives individualized academic, social, and emotional support within a well-structured, caring, and inclusive setting. Our goal is to foster growth, confidence, and success for every student.
$12,940,165 spent$14,313,863 earned by the program98% of program spendingThe Reece School offers a range of supplemental programs funded by idea grants from federal agencies. These programs, which are not included in the nysed tuition rate, are designed to support student development beyond the traditional school day. They include:- saturday programs - family engagement initiatives - social skills training - curriculum development projects - sports teams and activity clubs these enhancements support our mission by addressing the diverse needs of our students and families, fostering well-rounded growth and engagement.
$198,973 spent2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,139,138.
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.
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 $9.1M to $23M (+149%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 13% · 2022 1% · 2023 2% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Duncan Lester
Executive director
Board chair
Andreas Kampouris
President/chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $23k → $30k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 REECE SCHOOL’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 REECE SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 99% · 2019 53% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 88% · 2023 100% — 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
17% of THE REECE SCHOOL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 22% 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 REECE SCHOOL draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k 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.
Organizations like THE REECE SCHOOL
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
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- The Reece Foundation Corp · exempt
- The Ellen Reece Legacy Corp · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE REECE SCHOOL?
- THE REECE SCHOOL (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $249,831 to it, the largest being Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation ($216,436). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE REECE SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $249,831 in grants to THE REECE SCHOOL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE REECE SCHOOL?
- Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $216,436 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE REECE SCHOOL 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 9 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