Funding search · EIN 141904829 · Penfield, NY

Emil Muller Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

46
grants reported
$1.6M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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3 grants matching “emil · $195,000

  • $60,000

    Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Emil Muller Scholars

  • $105,000

    Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2023

    Emil Muller Scholars

  • $30,000

    Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Emil Muller Scholars Scholarship

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Finger Lakes Community College Foundation4 grants · $631,386
  • Rochester Institute of Technology3 grants · $195,000
  • Rochester Museum & Science Center4 grants · $175,000
  • Seneca Park Zoo Society4 grants · $101,750
  • Ducks Unlimited3 grants · $87,000
  • Homesteads for Hope2 grants · $50,000
  • The Nature Conservancy Central & Western Chapter2 grants · $40,000
  • Genesee Country Village & Museum2 grants · $35,000
  • Blueprint Geneva1 grant · $32,000
  • Corn Hill Waterfront & Navigation Foundation2 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$429,681
2022
$314,060
2023
$456,381
2024
$422,315
2025

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

  • $267,266

    Finger Lakes Community College Foundation · Canandaigua, NY · 2025

    Muller Field Station Bunkhouse & Conservation Education

  • $174,560

    Finger Lakes Community College Foundation · Canandaigua, NY · 2024

    Muller Field Station Bunkhouse & Conservation Education

  • $115,000

    Finger Lakes Community College Foundation · Canandaigua, NY · 2022

    Muller Field Station Operations

  • $105,000

    Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2023

    Emil Muller Scholars

  • $74,560

    Finger Lakes Community College Foundation · Canandaigua, NY · 2023

    Muller Field Station Operations

  • $60,000

    Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Emil Muller Scholars

  • $50,000

    Rochester Museum & Science Center · Rochester, NY · 2025

    Cumming Nature Center Treehouse Village

  • $50,000

    Rochester Museum & Science Center · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Cumming Nature Center Treehouse Village

  • $50,000

    Rochester Museum & Science Center · Rochester, NY · 2023

    Innovation Campaign - Wonders of Water

  • $50,000

    Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Whiskey Hill Property Purchase

  • $32,000

    Blueprint Geneva · Geneva, NY · 2022

    Trail Accessibility

  • $30,000

    Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Emil Muller Scholars Scholarship

  • $26,000

    Seneca Park Zoo Society · Rochester, NY · 2025

    Conservation Education and Outreach

  • $25,750

    Seneca Park Zoo Society · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Conservation Education

  • $25,000

    Girl Scouts of Western New York · Rochester, NY · 2025

    Camp Piperwood Improvements

  • $25,000

    Homesteads for Hope · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Growing Nature's Classroom; Care Farming

  • $25,000

    Rochester Ecology Partners · Rochester, NY · 2024

    General Operating

  • $25,000

    Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2023

    Seneca River Floodplain Restoration

  • $25,000

    Seneca Park Zoo Society · Rochester, NY · 2023

    Education, Conservation & Outreach Programs

  • $25,000

    Encompass · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Future Ready Program

  • $25,000

    Genesee Country Village & Museum · Mumford, NY · 2022

    Nature Center Renovation

  • $25,000

    Homesteads for Hope · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Forever Homestead Program

  • $25,000

    Rochester Museum & Science Center · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Innovation Campaign - Wonders of Water

  • $25,000

    Seneca Park Zoo Society · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Education, Conservation & Outreach Programs

  • $22,000

    Greentopia · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Greenvisions Program

  • $20,000

    Center for Youth Services · Rochester, NY · 2024

    EarthWorks! Environmental Conservation Education

  • $20,000

    The Nature Conservancy Central & Western Chapter · Rochester, NY · 2023

    West Hill Preserve Trail Expansion & Renovation

  • $20,000

    The Nature Conservancy Central & Western Chapter · Rochester, NY · 2022

    West Hill Preserve Trail Expansion & Renovation

  • $19,500

    Friends of Montezuma Wetlands · Seneca Falls, NY · 2022

    Accessible Observation Tower

  • $17,049

    Finger Lakes Trail Conference · Mt Morris, NY · 2025

    Finger Lakes Trail, Bristol Hills Branch Trail Improvements

  • $15,000

    Corn Hill Waterfront & Navigation Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2025

    Environmental Conservation Education

  • $15,000

    Corn Hill Waterfront & Navigation Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Emvironmental Conservation Education Programming

  • $15,000

    Finger Lakes Land Trust · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Wesley Hill Preserve Expansion

  • $15,000

    Foodlink · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Urban Farm Greenhouse

  • $12,581

    Finger Lakes Museum · Branchport, NY · 2022

    Sugar Creek Steambank Restoration

  • $12,500

    Pivital Public Health Partnership · Canandaigua, NY · 2024

    Interlaken Water Tower Park Pavilion

  • $12,000

    Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2025

    Kipp Island Restoration

  • $10,000

    Genesee Country Village & Museum · Mumford, NY · 2025

    Nature Center Programs

  • $10,000

    Taproot Collective · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Community Garden

  • $8,500

    Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association · Canandaigua, NY · 2023

    Educational Programming

  • $7,571

    Rochester Acadey of Science Charter School · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Nature, Conservation, and Garden Green Hour

  • $5,000

    Climate Solutions Accelerator-Genesee-Finger Lakes · Rochester, NY · 2023

    Color Your Community Green

  • $2,600

    Friends of Webster Trails · Webster, NY · 2022

    Re-Tree

  • $1,000

    Lakeview Cemetery Association · Honeoye, NY · 2024

    General Operating Funds

  • $1,000

    Lakeview Cemetery Association · Honeoye, NY · 2023

    General Operating Funds

  • $1,000

    Lakeview Cemetery Association · Honeoye, NY · 2022

    General Operating Funds

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