About Suny Impact Foundation
Founded in 2016, the SUNY Impact Foundation was established to facilitate partnerships between the philanthropic community and the SUNY system. The foundation enables private support of high-impact student focused programs. By leveraging investments from the private sector, we can spur innovation beyond what can be funded by New York State. Our efforts will take proven programs to scale, pilot innovation, and secure education of the 1.4 million students SUNY serves every year.
Focus Areas
higher educationstudent support servicesscholarships and fellowshipsresearch and innovationeconomic developmentdiversity, equity, and inclusion
Who They Fund
SUNY campuses and system-wide initiativesundergraduate students in New York Statestudents needing FAFSA / financial aid assistancestudents requiring remedial or developmental math support
About Suny Impact Foundation
SUNY Impact Foundation Inc channels private support into the SUNY system through project grants, scholarships, and fellowships aimed at student success. Its recent grant history is dominated by NYS tax credit donations to SUNY campus foundations, with Binghamton University Foundation receiving $2,318,335 in 2023 and $1,658,474 in 2024, and University at Buffalo Foundation receiving $2,015,121 in 2024 and $1,529,982 in 2023. The pattern shows a funder built around systemwide support rather than isolated one-off awards. The foundation’s grantmaking is tied to scaling proven programs and piloting innovation across SUNY’s 64 campuses. Recent awards also include support for the Research Foundation for State University of New York and SUNY System Admin, reflecting both campus-level and system-level implementation. Its stated program areas include higher education, student support services, scholarships and fellowships, research and innovation, economic development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Founded in 2016, it was established to connect the philanthropic community with SUNY and to help extend support beyond what New York State funding can cover.
What Suny Impact Foundation Funds
A central theme in the foundation’s work is student access and degree completion through scholarships and fellowships. It collaborates with SUNY System Administration, SUNY schools, and private donors to design and administer those awards. Another clear area is campus-scale student success funding. In 2024, it gave $452,481 to the Research Foundation for State University of New York for ASAP - ACE: Support of Campus & SUNY Systems Initiatives, and $418,750 to SUNY System Admin for the same effort. Financial aid navigation is also part of the portfolio. The foundation awarded $354,444 in 2024 to SUNY System Admin for the FAFSA Student Support Strategy Project. Its focus list also includes research and scholarship, economic development and upward mobility, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, all within the SUNY systemwide framework.
How Suny Impact Foundation Gives
Typical grants are sized around the middle five figures to low six figures, with a p25 of $29,740, a median of $63,636, and a p75 of $203,399. The recent grants list shows repeated awards to the same SUNY entities across 2023 and 2024, including multiple payments to the same campus foundations and system offices. That indicates recurring support rather than one-time grants. The foundation operates as a project-grantmaker and scholarship administrator, not as a funder of individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. Its active grant programs also state that it does not accept unsolicited applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$14.1M
Total Assets
$4.8M
Total Revenue
$14.6M
Total Expenses
$14.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $203K, with a median of $64K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$64K
75th Percentile
$203K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
NISHA ATRE
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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