New York · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,828,458 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($3,428,750). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $69M
- Funders on record
- 98
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $25M
What University Settlement Society of New York does
Mission
University settlement is a not for profit organization dedicated to the betterment of families living and working on the lower east side of manhattan and brooklyn.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Childcare programs university settlement has an extensive track record for providing strengthsbased services to lowincome children and families. The settlements comprehensive approach to child and family services is based on creating trusting relationships with families to provide them with the necessary tools and skills to support their children's development. Childcare programs include early head start, two early childhood centers (the early childhood center and children's corner), and family child care. Family enrichment home visiting programs promote parentchild bonding and healthy child development. The butterflies program provides mental health services for young children and their families. We also provide individualized services for children under age three with developmental delays and disabilities through our early intervention program. All programs engage children in a rich curriculum that nurtures their intellectual, social and emotional development. Additionally, the agency engages parents through home visits, centerbased classroom sessions, support groups, workshops, educational/job training and policy council meetings, enabling them to gain the skills and knowledge…
$17,676,902 spent$8,584,303 earned by the program40% of program spendingFamily services and counseling programs university settlement has a wide range of family services and counseling programs. Family services include comprehensive eviction prevention and case management, adult literacy services, a public performance series and arts education, arts in healthcare, a broad range of services for seniors, and two community centers that offer a range of health, educational and recreational opportunities. The hub of the settlement's mental health and counseling programs is its consultation center, a statelicensed mental health clinic, which offers cognitive behavioral therapy, conjoint and marital therapy, medication management, and psychiatric evaluation and consultation onsite. The organization also has mental health programs for youth and children, including children's blended case management and the homebased crisis intervention program, which are offered in clients' homes.
$16,938,245 spent$4,493,059 earned by the program38% of program spendingYouth programs university settlement's youth after school programs stress literacy and reading, blending these activities with homework help, targeted academic and personal support, leadership development and community service opportunities, and creative experiences such as field trips, arts and recreation. After school programs are offered in both schoolbased and communitybased settings. Parents are fully integrated into the programs to suppor their crucial role in their childrens educational and personal development. During the summers, university settlement runs structured day camp programs for children and youth, with a major focus on literacy and field trips. Additionally, university settlement's talent search program provides college access and retention services, including individual and group counseling, workshops, assistance with college applications and financial aid forms, college fairs, guest speakers, and college visits for young people interested in pursuing postsecondary education.
$9,888,952 spentof which $95,562 as grants22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $44,504,099.
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 2019 to 2020, from $37M to $45M (+20%).
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 71% · 2018 73% · 2019 73% · 2020 74% · 2021 71% · 2022 74% · 2023 74% · 2024 71% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Melissa E Aase
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 46 funders, grant income rose $834k → $2.3M.
17 of 98 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 98 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
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
57% 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 UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 43% · 2019 21% · 2020 20% · 2021 20% · 2022 29% · 2023 9% — 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
51% of UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
85% of UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK'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. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Government funding UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $65.9M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$59.5M
- Department of Education$5.8M
- Department of Justice$400k
- National Endowment for the Arts$135k
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.
Organizations like UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK?
- UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,828,458 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($3,428,750). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK have?
- IRS filings report 98 organizations giving $17,828,458 in grants to UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, 61 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK?
- ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,428,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 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 98 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