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Ulster Literacy Association Inc

Ulster Literacy Association Inc (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $845,163 to it, the largest being LITERACY CONNECTIONS HUDSON VALLEY INC ($404,549). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$340k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$845k
Net assets
$225k
9/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Ulster Literacy Association Inc does

Mission

To provide free tutoring in basic reading, writing and the English language.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. ULA provides educational programs to adult residents of Ulster County. Funded by individual donations, foundation and government grants. ULA utilizes about 150 active tutors and many volunteer hours.

    $250,818 spentof which $223,994 as grants$58,277 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $250,818.

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 ($221k) Expenses 100 ($212k) Net assets 100 ($136k)2018 Revenue 127 ($281k) Expenses 134 ($284k) Net assets 98 ($133k)2019 Revenue 133 ($294k) Expenses 144 ($305k) Net assets 90 ($123k)2020 Revenue 136 ($300k) Expenses 140 ($297k) Net assets 92 ($126k)2021 Revenue 148 ($327k) Expenses 128 ($272k) Net assets 133 ($181k)2022 Revenue 133 ($293k) Expenses 127 ($269k) Net assets 145 ($197k)2023 Revenue 132 ($293k) Expenses 128 ($272k) Net assets 161 ($219k)2024 Revenue 133 ($293k) Expenses 142 ($302k) Net assets 152 ($208k)2025 Revenue 154 ($340k) Expenses 155 ($328k) Net assets 165 ($225k)
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Revenue (154)Expenses (155)Net assets (165)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $139k to $235k (+69%).

$142k
$140k
$136k
$139k
$235k
$210k
$235k
$220k
$239k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 48% · 2018 68% · 2019 47% · 2020 57% · 2021 60% · 2022 59% · 2023 67% · 2024 68% · 2025 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

89% of Ulster Literacy Association Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
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−$3k
’18
−$10k
’19
$3k
’20
$55k
’21
$24k
’22
$21k
’23
−$8k
’24
$12k
’25
5.0
months of
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

Amy Lenard

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.

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Listed910781091199
Joined·+3+0+4+3+6+2+2+1
No longer listed·23317041
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $70k → $95k.

3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 Ulster Literacy Association 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

Ulster Literacy Association Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

76% 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 Ulster Literacy Association Inc.

48%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 65% · 2019 53% · 2020 48% · 2021 41% · 2022 33% · 2023 47% — 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

67% of Ulster Literacy Association Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

96% of Ulster Literacy Association Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.

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

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New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Ulster Literacy Association Inc's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve5.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding Ulster Literacy Association Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $989k on record.

Federal$989k
grants $989kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Corporation for National and Community Service$989k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 20%Fundraising 3%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds Ulster Literacy Association Inc?
Ulster Literacy Association Inc (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $845,163 to it, the largest being LITERACY CONNECTIONS HUDSON VALLEY INC ($404,549). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Ulster Literacy Association Inc have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $845,163 in grants to Ulster Literacy Association Inc, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Ulster Literacy Association Inc?
LITERACY CONNECTIONS HUDSON VALLEY INC is the largest funder on record, with $404,549 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Ulster Literacy Association 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 11 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