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NORTHERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

EIN 15-6020989 WATERTOWN, NY

Revenue 2024
$16,886,995
Expenses 2024
$6,036,544

Program services were 90.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T31
Classification
1000
Street
131 WASHINGTON ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INSPIRE AND CELEBRATE GIVING, STEWARD RESOURCES HONORABLY, AND FOSTER VIBRANT NORTH COUNTRY COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PAGE 2 FOR COMPLETE MISSION STATEMENT.

  • THE NORTHERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION RESPONSIBLY STEWARDS CHARITABLE GRANTMAKING FUNDS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN JEFFERSON, LEWIS AND ST. LAWRENCE COUNTIES. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION COLLABORATES WITH A NUMBER OF DONORS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO IDENTIFY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT CREATE A PROSPEROUS REGION. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S GRANT PROGRAMS ARE FOCUSED ON STEWARDSHIP, IMPACT, INCLUSION AND BETTER COMMUNITIES FOR ALL. APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED FROM FEDERALLY CLASSIFIED, 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN JEFFERSON, LEWIS AND ST. LAWRENCE COUNTIES THAT ALIGN WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S MISSION OF FOSTERING VIBRANT NORTH COUNTRY COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $2,789,301 · Grants $1,815,968

  • SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS ARE ESTABLISHED BY INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, ORGANIZATIONS OR BUSINESSES INTERESTED IN HELPING STUDENTS WITH THEIR EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DOES STEWARD FIRST-YEAR AND NON-TRADITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS, ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER RESTRICTED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF CITIZENS RESIDING IN JEFFERSON, LEWIS AND ST. LAWRENCE COUNTIES. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FACILITATES SCHOLARSHIPS WITH UNIQUE CRITERIA AND EDUCATION FOCUS. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WORKS CLOSELY WITH DONORS TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE INTERESTS RELATED TO SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS OF STUDENT RECIPIENTS.

    Expenses $1,331,377 · Grants $1,331,377

  • THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WORKS WITH INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES SEEKING A STRUCTURED, ORGANIZED METHOD TO COMPLETE GRANTMAKING TO ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. DONOR ADVISED FUNDS PROVIDE A SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT VEHICLE TO MANAGE AND FULFILL A DONOR'S CHARITABLE GIVING INTERESTS AND PASSIONS AS THEY CHANGE OVER TIME. DONOR ADVISED FUND GRANTS ARE DISTRIBUTED FOLLOWING APPROVAL FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FROM TIME TO TIME.

    Expenses $1,328,208 · Grants $1,328,208

  • Revenue $132,384

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • CHERYL STECKLY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARK R LAVARNWAY

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ELIZABETH PERRY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FAYE C WATERMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIE A HESS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHERINE BURNS QUENCER

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JEFFREY GINGER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THERESA L QUINTIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT M SLIGAR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK THOMPSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICTORIA HASSELER COLLINS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMILY SPRAGUE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BRENT V SANFORD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA A WEBER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIMOTHY SAVAGE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RANDE S RICHARDSON

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $227,984
    From this org
    $200,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,250
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,734
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,808
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,442
    Filer's total
    $227,984

  • STEPHEN MAGOVNEY

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $121,000
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,000
    Hours/week
    40

  • MAX DELSIGNORE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $140,985
    From this org
    $110,339
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,646
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $16,886,995
    Expenses
    $6,036,544
    Contributions
    $8,687,570
    Grants paid
    $4,475,553
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $19,223,854
    Expenses
    $5,810,387
    Contributions
    $13,086,094
    Grants paid
    $4,318,630
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,176,800
    Expenses
    $5,130,714
    Contributions
    $8,495,940
    Grants paid
    $3,750,453

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,124,492
    Expenses
    $4,122,086
    Assets (EOY)
    $141,175,832

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,300,478
    Expenses
    $4,630,636
    Assets (EOY)
    $121,418,148

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,530,389
    Expenses
    $4,934,428
    Assets (EOY)
    $110,525,140

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,688,783
    Expenses
    $3,389,203
    Assets (EOY)
    $89,483,329

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,518,484
    Expenses
    $4,895,567
    Assets (EOY)
    $85,868,889

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,119,871
    Expenses
    $3,446,027
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,781,858

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,330,791
    Expenses
    $3,067,370
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,306,387

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.