Teachers College Columbia University
Teachers College, Columbia Universitys (TC or the College) mission is to empower committed learners and leaders to build a smarter, healthier, more just and equitable world through multidisciplinary knowledge creation, policy engagement, and practice innovations across education, psychology, and health.
Teachers College Columbia University at a glance
In short: Teachers College Columbia University gave $150K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $150K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $150,000
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $150,000
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $150,000
- Total assets
- $827,943,498
- +7.2% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Teachers College Columbia University funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Fund for Public Schools ($150K).
Grant Size Distribution
6 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 3 grants of 6 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
Cities
How Teachers College Columbia University gives
- Giving fell 45% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $8K (2020) to $572K (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $150K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Fund for Public Schools New York, NY | Funding for TC Community School | $150,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $827,943,498 | $289,824,312 | $270,528,281 | $150,000 | 1 | $27,958,372 |
| 2024 | $772,432,889 | $267,658,455 | $270,239,796 | $150,000 | 1 | $26,577,937 |
| 2023 | $725,479,708 | $290,297,185 | $263,318,562 | $536,144 | 2 | $12,665,300 |
| 2022 | $682,393,811 | $296,045,956 | $253,450,567 | $275,000 | 1 | $37,581,561 |
| 2021 | $726,324,570 | $250,184,193 | $239,384,624 | $572,043 | 1 | $32,830,281 |
| 2020 | $639,338,419 | $245,068,763 | $240,070,530 | $7,920 | Total only | $17,850,916 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Teachers College Columbia University
Based on IRS filings
Teachers College Columbia University is a public charity focused on Education, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $827.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $150K. Net investment income was $28.0M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Teachers College Columbia University is led by Thomas Bailey, President & Trustee on every filing since 2020; 14 of 50 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Thomas Bailey
President & Trustee
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$612K (2020) → $793K (2025)
Leslie Morse Nelson
Trustee & Chair
Trustee & Vice Chair → Trustee & Co-Chair, 2022
Trustee & Co-Chair → Trustee & Chair, 2023
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bruce G Wilcox
Trustee
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
C Kent McGuire
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Camilla Smith
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carole Sleeper
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charles Desmond
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dailey Pattee
Trustee
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Callahan
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David O'Connor
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Denise Glyn Borders
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edith Shih
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eduardo J Marti
Trustee
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Geoffrey J Colvin
Trustee
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
George Cigale
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
George Kledaras
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Helen Kahng Jaffe
Trustee
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jay Urwitz
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joshua Solomon
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura Butzel
Trustee
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Linford Lougheed
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marla Schaefer
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Milbrey Rennie Taylor
Trustee
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Rauch Douzinas
Trustee
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Simpkins
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Green
Trustee
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Valerie Rockefeller
Trustee
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William D Rueckert
Trustee & Chair Emeritus
Trustee & Chair → Trustee & Chair Emeritus, 2023
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Kohl
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Baston
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Russell Albanese
Trustee
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elisa Wilson
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katrina Armstrong
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Rogers
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christina Capodilupo Schwefel
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Claire Shipman
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dennis Holtschneider
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew M Gordon
Professor of Movement Science & Education
Professor of Movement Sciences → Professor of Movement Sciences Motor Learning & Controller, 2022
Professor of Movement Sciences Motor Learning & Controller → Professor of Movement Science & Education, 2024
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$286K (2020) → $332K (2025)
Catherine Embree
Chief of Staff & Secretary of the College
Senior Vice Provost → Former Senior Vice Provost, 2021
Former Senior Vice Provost → Chief of Staff & Secretary of the College, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$240K (2020) → $332K (2025)
Janice Robinson
Vice President Diversity & Committee Affairs
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$312K (2020) → $342K (2025)
Kimberly Noble
Professor of Neuroscience & Education
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$318K (2020) → $331K (2025)
Ruth Vinz
Enid & Lester Morse Prof. in Teacher Education
Enid & Lester Morse Chair → Enid & Lester Morse Prof. in Teacher Education, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$333K (2020) → $317K (2025)
Sharon Kagan
Professor Early Childhood & Family Policy
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$404K (2020) → $440K (2025)
Henry Perkowski
Vice President for Finance & Operations
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$312K (2021) → $362K (2025)
Lisa Seales
Vice President for Administration
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$270K (2021) → $359K (2025)
Tani Castaneda
Vice President of Enrollment & Student Successor
Vice President for Enrollment → Vice President of Enrollment & Student Successor, 2024
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$281K (2022) → $356K (2025)
KerryAnn O'Meara
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Provost & Dean
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$240K (2024) → $465K (2025)
Tamara Britt
Vice President, General Counsel & Interim Vice President Ia
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$170K (2023) → $386K (2025)
Roberta Albert
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$264K (2025)
Paulo Blikstein
Associate Prof. of Technology, Media & Learning
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$330K (2025)
Former officers (33)
- Former: Joyce B Cowin (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Laura Sloate (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Thomas James (2020–2024) — Former Provost & Dean
- Former: William Baldwin (2020–2024) — Former Interim Provost
- Former: Kelly Moody (2021–2024) — Former Vice President for Institutional Advancement
- Former: Minouche Shafik (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Ezekiel Dixon-Roman (2024) — Professor of Critical Race, Media & Educational Studies
- Former: Sonya Douglass (2024) — Professor of Education Leadership
- Former: Lee C Bollinger (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Michael Feierman (2020–2023) — General Counsel & Secretary
- Former: Stephanie Rowley (2020–2023) — Former Provost & Dean
- Former: Timothy C Wentworth (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Carol Hammer (2021–2023) — Prof.comm. Sciences, Disorders & Vice Dean Research
- Former: Roger Ferguson (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Daniel Aracena (2023) — Chief Information Officer
- Former: Stephen Peverly (2023) — Professor of Psychology & Education
- Former: Katherine Conway (2020–2022) — Former Chief of Staff & Secretary
- Former: Nancy Streim (2020–2022) — Associate Vp-Advisor to Provost-Columbia Univ
- Former: Paul LeClerc (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Sue Ann Weinberg (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Susan Fuhrman (2020–2022) — Former President & Trustee Emeritus
- Former: Robert Siegler (2022) — Professor of Psychology & Education
- Former: Caroline Fribourg Rosen (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: JoAnne Williams (2020–2021) — Former Vice President Finance & Administrator
- Former: Lise Evans (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Ruth L Gottesman (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Suzanne Murphy (2020–2021) — Former Vice President Development & External Affairs
- Former: Cally Waite (2021) — Associate Professor of History & Education
- Former: Harvey Spector (2020) — Former Vice President Finance & Administration
- Former: James P Comer MD (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Reveta Bowers (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Steven Goss (2020) — Former Vice Provost Digital Learning
- Former: Thomas Brock (2020) — Director & Community College Research Center
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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $793K, to Thomas Bailey (President & Trustee). 14 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Teachers College Columbia University
How much does Teachers College Columbia University give each year?
Teachers College Columbia University gave $150K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $150K across 1 grant.
How large is Teachers College Columbia University?
Teachers College Columbia University reported $827.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $289.8M.
What is Teachers College Columbia University?
Teachers College Columbia University is a public charity focused on Education, based in New York, NY. It holds $827.9M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Teachers College Columbia University operate?
Teachers College Columbia University has awarded grants in New York, Texas.
What is Teachers College Columbia University's EIN?
Teachers College Columbia University's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-1624202. 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
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 7, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 3, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 8, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 7, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 12, 2021)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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