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← ESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,372,933
Total expenses
$5,349,903
Contributions and grants received
$5,852,660
Grants paid
$1,890,373
Program service revenue
$415,318
Investment income
$1,055,696
Other revenue
$49,259
Total assets, end of year
$57,503,810
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,363,988
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$54,139,822
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,491,096
Management and general expenses
$816,807
Fundraising expenses
$42,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,491,096

Program services were 83.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $54,800

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,797,860

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $111,995

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER FEE REVENUE

    total $415,318 · related or exempt $415,318

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,055,532 · excluded $1,055,532

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $109,851

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $109,687

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $164

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $164 · excluded $164

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $92,250

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $54,800

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $42,991

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $49,259 · excluded $49,259

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $128,434 · program services $128,434

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,761,939 · program services $1,761,939

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,456 · management and general $6,456

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,330 · management and general $17,330

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $42,000 · fundraising $42,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $55,367 · management and general $55,367

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $116,958 · program services $14,998 · management and general $101,960

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,237 · program services $1,000 · management and general $237

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $269,656 · program services $227,727 · management and general $41,929

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,042 · program services $6,369 · management and general $1,673

  • 17 · Travel

    total $170,800 · program services $170,800

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $57,233 · management and general $57,233

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTED LABOR

    total $2,312,099 · program services $1,809,088 · management and general $503,011

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $132,592 · program services $132,139 · management and general $453

  • 24c · Other expenses: HONORARIUMS

    total $129,352 · program services $129,352

  • 24d · Other expenses: MOVING EXPENSES

    total $31,819 · program services $31,819

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $108,589 · program services $77,431 · management and general $31,158

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $706,944 · end of year $286,152

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,115,039 · end of year $1,684,145

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $278,424 · end of year $30,899

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $51,365 · end of year $17,156

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $844,965

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $844,965 · end of year $844,965

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $46,592,570 · end of year $53,315,485

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,177,083 · end of year $1,325,008

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,154,374 · end of year $953,731

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $2,090,658 · end of year $2,306,744

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $215,456 · end of year $103,513

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,069,063 · end of year $8,461,784

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $40,236,839 · end of year $45,678,038

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION OF ALUMNI, COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTED TO HELPING SUNY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRY, HEREIN CALLED THE "COLLEGE," ACHIEVE ITS MISSION OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC SERVICE THROUGH ADVOCACY, RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

  • SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS - PROVIDE BOTH NEED BASED AND MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS TO ESF STUDENTS.

    Expenses $1,761,939 · Grants $1,761,939

  • INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. SUPPORT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, PURCHASE OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND LIBRARY RESOURCES, FACILITY RENOVATIONS, LECTURE SERIES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $1,878,236 · Grants $128,434 · Revenue $415,318

  • AMERICAN CHESTNUT TREE RESTORATION PROGRAM - THE ESF AMERICAN CHESTNUT PROJECT HAS DEVELOPED A BLIGHT-TOLERANT AMERICAN CHESTNUT TREE, AND IS WORKING TO RESTORE THIS ICONIC AND VALUABLE CULTURAL SYMBOL TO THE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $850,921

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David S Wyman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Luckett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Antonacci

    VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASUR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathleen Bennett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Catanzarita

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Loh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Fiscoe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Kwasnowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Noble MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark J Modzeleski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua W Podkaminer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Reinhardt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Simmons Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joanie Mahoney

    PRESIDENT SUNY-ESF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Silas Cochran

    PRESIDENT - SUNY ESF UNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Lipp

    PRESIDENT - ESF ALUMNI ASS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Westbrook

    PRESIDENT - RANGER SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Virginia C Robbins

    PRESIDENT - ALHC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • John Vavalo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Damian Vanetti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Spizuoco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Head

    CFO - SUNY ESF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mickel Pompeii

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jane Perry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brenda Greenfield

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Danette J Desimone

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    24 + 16 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK - ESF

    $128,434

    TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF SUNY ESF

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • ABBY LANE LLC

    HOLDS PROPERTY FOR ESF FOUNDATION · NY · income $127,092 · assets $1,401,695

    Directly controlled by ESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541189349300149

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