Queens College Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Flushing, NY EIN: 11-6080521

Queens College Foundation Inc at a glance

Total assets
$125,163,344
+10.4% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$22,833,332
+5.4% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$5,401,341
-52.9% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$14,010,170
+20.1% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Queens College Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K1$250–500K2$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 2 grants of 4 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

QueensFlushing

How Queens College Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving fell 79% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $179K (2024) to $1.0M (2020). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $179K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Queens College CUNY Queens, NYProgram Support$178,816
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$125,163,344$22,833,332$14,010,170——$5,401,341
2024$113,382,842$21,653,406$11,662,483$178,8161$11,462,225
2023$102,852,173$12,520,751$10,838,727$396,6791$3,170,026
2022$97,271,306$18,045,917$9,171,905$532,4401$5,408,002
2021$103,882,868$13,972,395$9,460,349$866,8821$6,773,178
2020$85,653,933$12,040,849$9,598,443$1,036,0561$113,648

About Queens College Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Queens College Foundation Inc is a public charity, based in Flushing, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $125.2M in total assets. Net investment income was $5.4M.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Queens College Foundation Inc is led by Laurie Dorf, Executive Director on every filing since 2020; 1 of 34 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Laurie Dorf

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Frank H. Wu

    President

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chaim Z. Wachsberger

    Chair

    Trustee → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carol J. Hochman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Celeste A. Guth

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles L. Swarns

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David B. Rosen

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Chu

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David I. Weiner

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dina Perry

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donald Brownstein

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Freda S. Johnson

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gail A. Marquis

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Howard M. Sipzner

    Trustee

    Treasurer → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ira B. Lampert

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jamie Klein

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lee Fensterstock

    Trustee

    Chair → Trustee, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark E. Rose

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Max Rodriguez

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Wann

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephanie Stiefel

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steven J. Daniels

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Olivier F. Noel

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Victoria A. Fernandez

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amber A. Guth

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Douglas E. Ress

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Harris M. Horowitz

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Russell M. Artzt

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam Behlman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Horatio Yeung

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Suzanne Brenner

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maureen Giannotti

    Controller

    On filings since 2020

    35 hrs/week

    $145K (2020) → $154K (2025)

  • Saul J. Kupferberg

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julius Mercado

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (13)
  • Former: James A. Mitarotonda (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Richard R. Barakat (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Suzzane E. Brenner (2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Barry A. Bryer (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Jane Chwick (2020–2022) — Vice Chair · Filing note: Ended 12/2021
  • Former: Paulette Mullings Bradnock (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Renee K. Zarin (2020–2022) — Trustee · Filing note: Ended 622
  • Former: Russ Artzt (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Steven L. Gerard (2020–2022) — Trustee · Filing note: Ended 422
  • Former: Kathy Hu (2022) — Trustee · Filing note: Ended 622
  • Former: Jacqueline Willens (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Katherine Hu (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: William Tramontano (2020–2021) — President

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Maureen Giannotti — Controller: $154KMaureen GiannottiController$154K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $154K, to Maureen Giannotti (Controller).

Frequently asked questions about Queens College Foundation Inc

How large is Queens College Foundation Inc?

Queens College Foundation Inc reported $125.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $22.8M.

Where does Queens College Foundation Inc operate?

Queens College Foundation Inc has awarded grants in New York.

What is Queens College Foundation Inc's EIN?

Queens College Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 11-6080521. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 11, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 29, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 5, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 19, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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