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DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE FOUNDATION INC

EIN 45-5419583 SYRACUSE, NY

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Revenue 2023
$177,139
Expenses 2023
$185,081

Program services were 94.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S20
Classification
1000
Street
115 W FAYETTE 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).

Other organizations at this address

9 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CONDUCT RESEARCH, IDENTIFY BEST POLICIES AND PRACTICES, SECURE RESOURCES AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THE REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE.

  • TO CONDUCT RESEARCH, IDENTIFY BEST POLICIES AND PRACTICES, SECURE RESOURCES AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THE REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE.

    Expenses $159,786 · Revenue $9,250

  • FLOWER BASKET CAMPAIGN - TO ENSURE THAT DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE IS ATTRACTIVE, CLEAN AND ACCESSIBLE.

    Expenses $15,822 · Revenue $26,455

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Merike Treier

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Samolis

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lindsay Weichert

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Sgro

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Petranchuk

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $177,139
    Expenses
    $185,081
    Contributions
    $137,420
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $407,316
    Expenses
    $398,333
    Contributions
    $354,390
    Grants paid
    $296,450

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

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $70,941
    Expenses
    $72,863
    Assets (EOY)
    $329,673

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $99,617
    Expenses
    $54,931
    Assets (EOY)
    $337,815

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $100,658
    Expenses
    $83,536
    Assets (EOY)
    $268,822

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $100,677
    Expenses
    $95,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $259,131

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $175,320
    Expenses
    $74,085
    Assets (EOY)
    $267,043

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $138,589
    Expenses
    $71,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $179,930

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $55,496
    Expenses
    $56,340
    Assets (EOY)
    $72,200

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014
Principal officer
Merike Treier
Mailing address
115 WEST FAYETTE STREETSYRACUSE NY 13202
Website
WWW.CENTERSTATECEO.COM

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.