New York · Nonprofit
THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND INC
THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,080,394 to it, the largest being SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION ($1,050,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $801k
What Third Act Education Fund Inc does
Mission
Educating americans over the age of sixty about the impacts of the climate crisis and solutions to build a fair and stable planet.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Third act is mobilizing older americans to champion a clean energy transition. In 2024, third act trained over 500 participants across all 50 states through a three-part public utility commission leadership series, enabling more than two dozen volunteer-led working groups to influence energy regulatory decisions by providing testimony, submitting comments, and holding commissioners accountable. We rallied 40,000 costco customers to pressure them to drop fossil fuel-funding citi as their credit card provider, delivered 3,000+ handwritten postcards, and are now in direct engagement with costco's ceo and vp of admin, who committed to engaging citi about the campaign. Concurrently, we mobilized over 36,000 people to pledge to move their money away from major fossil-fuel- financing banks, and assembled a full suite of resources and media to assist people wanting to align their money with their values. And we brought our volunteer leaders together representing 39,000 volunteers at east and west coast convergences to learn and collaborate. We hosted a racial justice series, hope and joy webinars, and trained hundreds of working group leaders in web editing and communications. By…
$1,338,478 spentof which $595,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,338,478.
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
Kafia Ahmed
CEO
Board chair
Lani Ritter Hall
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND 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
THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND INC.
“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
59% of THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $225k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,187 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Third Act Initiative Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND INC?
- THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,080,394 to it, the largest being SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION ($1,050,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $2,080,394 in grants to THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND INC?
- SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,050,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THIRD ACT EDUCATION FUND 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 15 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