The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY (pronounced /ˈsuːniː/) is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the world, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus 1.1 million adult education students spanning 64 campuses across the state. The SUNY system has 88,000 faculty members and some 7,660 degree and certificate programs overall and a $10.7 billion budget. SUNY includes many institutions and four University Centers: Albany (1844), Binghamton (1946), Buffalo (1846), and Stony Brook (1957). SUNY's administrative offices are in Albany.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$1,519,999 Given
Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

covers through Q3 2012

  • Top Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.

  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.

  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars

  • Top PAC Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for State University of New York Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Lobbying

$18,193,665 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers roughly through Q3, 2012

Lobbying on Behalf of State University of New York

View all lobbying data for State University of New York Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 540 dockets; Submitted to 19 dockets
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "State University of New York" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Earmarks

$100,000 Received
Information

Figures are based on both committee earmark disclosures and on analysis of appropriations bill text. Table shows top 10 earmarks, ordered by dollar amount in the final version of the bill.

For more information, see our Earmark Methodology page.

Top Earmarks

Fiscal Year Amount Description
2010 $100,000 State University of New York: Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Models for NY State Forests
View all earmarks data for State University of New York

Federal Spending

238 grants; 5 contracts; 16 loans
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's Sept. 15, 2012 release for contracts and Oct. 19, 2012 for grants.

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
loan
 State University Of New York 2011 Education, Department Of 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $9,952,676
loan
 State University Of New York 2011 Education, Department Of 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $9,952,676
loan
 State University Of New York 2011 Education, Department Of 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $9,952,676
loan
 State University Of New York 2010 Education, Department Of 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $9,952,676
loan
 State University Of New York 2011 Education, Department Of 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $9,952,676
loan
 State University Of New York 2011 Education, Department Of 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $9,952,676
grant
 State University Of New York 2003 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - GRANT PROGRAM $9,880,000
grant
 State University Of New York 2006 Education, Department Of CONVERTED RECORD - DL BASE RECORD 2006-2007 $9,851,102
grant
 State University Of New York 2003 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - GRANT PROGRAM $9,847,253
loan
 State University Of New York 2010 Education, Department Of 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $9,823,456
View all grant & loan data for State University of New York View all contract data for State University of New York Sources: USASpending.gov

Advisory Committees

329 people on 152 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

covers through 2011

Table shows employees of "State University of New York" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 170 people on 73 committees
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 131 people on 61 committees
  • Toggle National Endowment for the Humanities 7 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Energy 5 people on 4 committees
  • Toggle Department of Commerce 4 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Defense 4 people on 4 committees
  • Toggle Environmental Protection Agency 4 people on 3 committees
  • Toggle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1 person on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Education 2 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Justice 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for State University of New York