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Amy Stursberg

CEO and Director · Stephen a Schwarzman Education Foundation

CEO and Director at Stephen a Schwarzman Education Foundation. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 1 other individual we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$1.4M
Others who share this name
1

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as CEO and Director of Stephen a Schwarzman Education Foundation, based in New York, NY.
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Received $1.4M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Director of Stephen a Schwarzman Foundation — $560K.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Amy Stursberg is a prominent nonprofit leader, currently serving as the CEO of Schwarzman Scholars and the Stephen A. Schwarzman Education Foundation, where she was instrumental in launching the program and raising over $550 million in pledges.

She also holds the position of Executive Director of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, having joined in 2008, and has directed over $110 million in grants, including $50 million for entrepreneurship initiatives like Blackstone LaunchPad. Her extensive career in public service includes managing the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's $90 million cultural and community grants program from 2006-2008, and serving as the final Director of the September 11th Fund, where she managed a $500 million fund to support those impacted by the events of 9/11.

Stursberg has also held positions with the NYC Mayor's Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Compiled from public web sources (6 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
founded/joined 1991
Earlier career
  • {'role': 'CEO', 'organization': 'Schwarzman Scholars and the Stephen A. Schwarzman Education Foundation', 'years': 'current'}
  • {'role': 'Executive Director', 'organization': 'Blackstone Charitable Foundation', 'years': '2008-current'}
  • {'role': 'Manager, Cultural and Community Grants', 'organization': 'Lower Manhattan Development Corporation', 'years': '2006-2008'}
  • {'role': 'Transition Team Member', 'organization': 'Spitzer administration', 'years': 'prior to 2008'}
  • {'role': 'Final Director (also Consultant to Chair, Program Director for Economic Development and Revitalization)', 'organization': 'September 11th Fund', 'years': 'prior to 2006'}
  • {'role': 'Various positions', 'organization': "Office of Management and Budget, NYC Mayor's Office", 'years': 'prior to 9/11 Fund'}
  • {'role': 'Various positions', 'organization': 'Department of Health and Human Services, Washington D.C.', 'years': "prior to NYC Mayor's Office"}
Education
  • 'years': 'unknown'} · {'degree': 'Masters in Public Policy', 'institution': 'John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University'
  • 'years': 'unknown'} · {'degree': 'BA with Honors', 'institution': 'University of Michigan'

Standing

Recognition & press

Inaugural James C. Hormel Award (2022) from Tectonic Theater ProjectServes on the Partnership for New York's Innovation CouncilFormerly served on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE)Board Member, Lower Manhattan Cultural CouncilBoard Member, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural CenterBoard Member, Children for ChildrenBoard Member, Divisional Board for Trauma and Domestic Violence for the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Stephen a Schwarzman Education Foundation CEO and Director · $21.8M revenue · New York, NYpay $473K → $840KFiled FY2024, FY2021 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$840Kreported comp
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Stephen a Schwarzman Foundation Director · $25.1M revenue · New York, NYpay $467K → $560KFiled FY2024, FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$560Kreported comp

Disambiguation

Other people named Amy Stursberg

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Amy Stursberg 1 organization · New York, NYTectonic Theater Project INC

Network

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$25K
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Director · FY2021
$20K
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Director · FY2024
$10K
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Director · FY2024
$10K
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Director · FY2024
$10K
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Chairman and Director · FY2024
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Secretary · FY2024

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