Cuny School of Labor and Urban Studies Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364946785
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6463138300
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,136,380
- Expenses
- $451,410
- Assets
- $2,009,573
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LINDSEY MCCORMACK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG 3/10/25))
Highest reported compensation
- GREGORY MANTSIOS (DEAN/VICE CHAIR EX-OFFICIO): $294,318 total reported compensation
- ALETHIA JONES (DIRECTOR): $211,936 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The foundation supports the cuny school of labor and urban studies in its mission to prepare the next generation of community and labor leaders, engage the public on labor history and social justice, and shape public policy that empowers workers.
What it reported doing in 2024
The slu foundation fosters the activities and purposes of the cuny school of labor and urban studies by encouraging gifts and sponsoring specific projects and programs. In fy 2025, the foundation raised over $220,000 in scholarship funds, providing full and partial scholarships to 12 students. The foundation also facilitated emergency funding to 15 students, ensuring that they were able to continue their studies despite sudden loss of housing and other crises.with support from the foundation, slu hosted a three-day international conference, "labor and the crisis of democracy," in may 2025. 150 people attended in person, and another 100 attended virtually. The foundation also facilitated funding for trade unions for energy democracy, a program hosted by slu.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 72% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 45
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 33.5%; rating input score 34
- Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 60.3%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.45; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 37.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 33.5% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $359K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $294K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.