The Baruch College Fund
The Baruch College Fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. Baruch college of the city university of New York.
The Baruch College Fund at a glance
In short: The Baruch College Fund gave $9.4M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $9.4M), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $9,397,767
- +21.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $9,397,767
- +21.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $9,397,767
- Total assets
- $339,911,162
- +6.7% 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 The Baruch College Fund funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Baruch College - the City University of NY ($9.4M).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was $5M or more: 4 grants of 5 (80%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How The Baruch College Fund gives
- Giving grew 59% 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 $5.0M (2021) to $9.4M (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $9.4M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Baruch College - the City University of NY New York, NY | Program Support | $9,397,767 |
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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 | $339,911,162 | $24,206,693 | $22,543,549 | $9,397,767 | 1 | $10,812,912 |
| 2024 | $318,550,156 | $31,602,064 | $21,024,620 | $7,717,877 | 1 | $21,183,313 |
| 2023 | $291,818,822 | $13,518,092 | $19,473,356 | $6,684,398 | 1 | $1,930,615 |
| 2022 | $268,376,266 | $26,760,125 | $16,882,469 | $5,903,277 | 1 | $15,883,705 |
| 2021 | $295,690,612 | $67,294,185 | $15,286,838 | $4,966,636 | 1 | $37,211,616 |
| 2020 | $222,873,682 | $24,010,665 | $15,646,160 | $6,288,717 | 1 | $12,224,242 |
About The Baruch College Fund
Based on IRS filings
The Baruch College Fund 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 $339.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $9.4M. Net investment income was $10.8M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Baruch College Fund is led by Luz D. Liebeskind, President since 2025 (on filings since 2020); 8 of 63 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Luz D. Liebeskind
President
Trustee → President, 2025
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
S. David Wu
President of Baruch College
On filings since 2021
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Helen J. Mills
Chairman
President → Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alejandro Canete
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Austin W. Marxe
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Buzzy Geduld
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charles R. Dreifus
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christine S. Li-Auyeung
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Clivner
Trustee
Vice President → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Krell
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Debra Bernstein
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dennis J. Hickey
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dov C. Schlein
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dov Gertzulin
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric M. Kirsch
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Helene R. Banks
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Howard I. Smith
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jason S. Berman
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joanne M. Hvala
Trustee
Secretary → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joseph M. Leone
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kevin J. Boyle
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leon V. Shivamber
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lewis Friedman
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
M. Freddie Reiss
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Martinelli
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Max W. Berger
Trustee
Chairman → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter S. Jonas
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Po Y. Sit
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert H. Schnell
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert J. Aquilina
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stuart A. Shikiar
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vincent J. Masi
Trustee
Treasurer → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marline N. Alexander
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robyn Field
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Hirsch
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Darren J. Smith
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vikram Varma
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donald V. Davis
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric Zicklin
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joshua Laterman
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karina Chiqui Narvaez
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Quamid Francis
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Yu Gan
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ahmad Choudhry
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Debra Wasserman
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Hui
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ritesh Vera
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Salome Makharadze
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Yy Cheng
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Abdelmassih
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Jentis
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nina Bahazhevska
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Irina Laskin
Controller
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$131K (2020) → $167K (2025)
Yildiray Yildirim
Professor
On filings since 2020
$151K (2020) → $179K (2025)
Scott Newbert
Professor
On filings since 2021
$95K (2021) → $101K (2025)
Lin Peng
Professor
On filings since 2023
$117K (2023) → $127K (2025)
Mary Rivers
Assistant Vice President of Budget & Planning
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
$18K (2024) → $7K (2025)
Alaina Gilligo
Vice President of Ops. & Administrator
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
$4K (2024) → $12K (2025)
Bruce Weber
Dean
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
$154K (2025)
Linda Essig
Provost
New on the 2025 filing
$45K (2025)
Lisa Field
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marc L. Berman
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard C. Paul
Vice President
Trustee → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (29)
- Former: Paul M. Koren (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Sandra K. Wasserman (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: William F. Harnisch (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Lin Shen (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Linda Altshuler (2022–2024) — Deputy Director for Leadership
- Former: Mayer Estinville (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Sherry Ryan (2024) — Dean
- Former: Stephen Lipiner (2024) — Trustee
- Former: Carl C. Schmidt (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Harry F. Huss (2020–2023) — Dean
- Former: Katharine T. Cobb (2020–2023) — Vice President Administrator & Finance
- Former: Jennifer Gallino (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Steven Lipiner (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Jay Berman (2023) — Trustee
- Former: Dewin Vasquez (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: John J. Raggio (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Lawrence L. Zicklin (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Terrence Martell (2020–2022) — Professor
- Former: Josh Schuster (2021–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Stephanie Smith (2021–2022) — Trustee
- Former: David Birdsell (2020–2021) — Dean
- Former: Eliya Vaknin (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Irwin R. Ettinger (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Lawrence J. Simon (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Richard S. Merians (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Jeffrey Cole (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Lawrence N Field (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Mitchel B Wallerstein (2020) — President of Baruch College
- Former: Steven Lilien (2020) — Professor
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 $179K, to Yildiray Yildirim (Professor). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Baruch College Fund
How much does The Baruch College Fund give each year?
The Baruch College Fund gave $9.4M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $7.7M across 1 grant.
How large is The Baruch College Fund?
The Baruch College Fund reported $339.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $24.2M.
What is The Baruch College Fund?
The Baruch College Fund is a public charity focused on Education, based in New York, NY. It holds $339.9M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does The Baruch College Fund operate?
The Baruch College Fund has awarded grants in New York.
What is The Baruch College Fund's EIN?
The Baruch College Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7039817. 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 April 19, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 11, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 23, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 28, 2021)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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