New York · Nonprofit
THE SUMMIT CENTER INC
THE SUMMIT CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,716,287 to it, the largest being MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($1,000,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $51M
- Funders on record
- 55
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $12M
What The Summit Center Inc does
Mission
The summit center, inc. Is a private, not-for-profit organization approved by new york state to provide educational, therapeutic, and support services to children and young adults with autism, speech delays and disorders, and other conditions that affect development and learning. Through its network or services, summit provides specialized schools, home-based services, respite and recreation, early intervention and preschool programs, and expert consulting. In collaboration with local colleges and universities it conducts applied research and trains individuals seeking to work in the area of developmental disabilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Opwdd services - summit provides services sponsored by the new york state office for people with developmental disabilities (opwdd) to eligible individuals. These services include community and day habilitation services, in which a staff member provides training to individuals in self-help skills and activities of daily living in their home or community. Summit also provides respite services, which provides short-term relief to families by providing a child-care worker who organizes and provides structured activities, both in the home and on site at summit. In addition, summit provides family training in a group setting, or an individual basis, as well as supported employment services, which offers support to individuals in identifying, securing and maintaining employment.
$4,022,768 spent$4,578,842 earned by the program10% of program spendingSchool age - summit's school-age program provides a 12-month school experience for students. Small groups of 6-12 students work in a classroom with a special education teacher, speech-language professional, instructional aide and the support of related service providers in many areas including occupational and physical therapy, adaptive physical education, audiology, psychology and social work. Additional aide support often is available to ensure that students receive sufficient one-to-one and small group attention. Our daily life skills program for students 14-21 years old focuses on the development of functional academics, leisure, domestic and self-help skills, as well as the development of vocational skills that lead to community empowerment.
$29,237,617 spent$32,333,053 earned by the program72% of program spendingPreschool - summit's preschool program for three and four-year-olds addresses the needs of children with developmental disabilities in a highly structured and nurturing environment with rich staffing ratios. We employ a unique team approach that includes special education teachers, speech-language professionals, and other specialized providers working together to help each preschool child acquire the language, social, physical, and academic skills necessary for transition to public school. In addition to our traditional special education classroom, summit provides the opportunity for integrated or multicultural programs.
$5,786,893 spent$6,045,863 earned by the program14% of program spendingFor infants and toddlers who may be at risk or have confirmed developmental delays, the earliest years are the most critical. Early identification of developmental delays significantly improves a child's chances to achieve their full individual potential. Summit professionals work directly with children and families to assist them in addressing the specific needs of their children. Summit provides a broad range of early intervention services through the new york state early intervention program at no direct cost to families. Services are provided in the child's home, child care center, or other familiar community locations. Summit's highly-qualified staff is available to serve children in every area of early child development includingspeech pathology, special education, physical therapy, occupational therapy, psychology, applied behavioral analysis, bilingual services, social work, family training, parents-child group, audiology, and hearing impaired services. Summit also provides expert consultation services, various summer treatment programs and research activities.
$1,410,808 spent$2,495,733 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $40,458,086.
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 $21M to $31M (+48%).
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 1% · 2021 16% · 2022 3% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of THE SUMMIT CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Lisa A Foti Cpa
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 11 funders, grant income fell $200k → $114k.
10 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.2M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Summit Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE SUMMIT CENTER INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE SUMMIT CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 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 SUMMIT CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 37% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 46% · 2019 68% · 2020 23% · 2021 35% · 2022 64% · 2023 35% — 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
35% of THE SUMMIT CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
93% of THE SUMMIT CENTER INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $212k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 SUMMIT CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE SUMMIT CENTER 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Summit Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SUMMIT CENTER INC?
- THE SUMMIT CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,716,287 to it, the largest being MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($1,000,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SUMMIT CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $2,716,287 in grants to THE SUMMIT CENTER INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SUMMIT CENTER INC?
- MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SUMMIT CENTER 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 55 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing