Upstate Venture Connect Corporation
Donations deductibleRevenue
$568k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$522k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$245k
$77k liabilities
Net assets
$168k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
4.7 years on average
Staff
3
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Chair observed
≥7 yrs
Martin Babinec
Left since last filing
3
38% of the board
Upstate Venture Connect Corporation's network
8 people8 organisationsi8 people and 8 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (8) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Babinec Chair | Chairman | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jack Greco | Trustee | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Jeff Valentine | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Mary Malone McCarthy | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Michael Gursha | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Prabhdeep Singh | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Syed Nasir Ali | Co Founder | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Zachary Shulman | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Olivia Goldstein | Executive Director | since 2024 |
| Syed Nasir Ali | CEO | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Goldstein | Executive Director | 40 | $100k | ||
| Syed Nasir Ali | Co Founder | 1 | $0 | ||
| Martin Babinec | Chairman | 1 | $0 | ||
| Zachary Shulman | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mary Malone McCarthy | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Michael Gursha | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jeff Valentine | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Prabhdeep Singh | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jack Greco | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Upstate Venture Connect Corporation
- EIN
- 271606453
- Address
- 28 Waverly Pl, Little Falls, NY, 13365-1534
- State
- New York
- Mission
- Upstate Venture Connect is an entrepreneur-led nonprofit focused on building a region wide startup community. We connect high growth company founders with the people and resources needed for success. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- S19 Community improvement and capacity building
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2010
- Principal officer
- Syed Nasir Ali (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2010
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 8, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsMartin Babinec
≥8years on the filingsJeff Valentine
≥8years on the filingsZachary Shulman
≥5years on the filingsJack Greco
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $245k
- Total liabilities
- $77k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $168k
- Contributions and grants received
- $311k
- Program service revenue
- $258k
- Employees
- 3
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $375k | $326k | $49k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Upstate Venture Connect Corporation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 7 December 2009
- Registered agent
- Not stated