Funding search · EIN 156017650 · Auburn, NY

Fred L Emerson Foundation

Name: Fred L Emerson Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

341
grants reported: $16.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $7,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Seward House Museum4 grants · $6.0M
The Rev Theatre Company6 grants · $599,000
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center2 grants · $555,000
Union College2 grants · $525,000
University of Rochester4 grants · $471,000
Wells College3 grants · $418,000
City of Auburn3 grants · $345,614
Hamilton College5 grants · $320,000
The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $300,000
St John Fisher College1 grant · $300,000

Giving over time

$8.4M

2021

$2.8M

2022

$2.4M

2023

$2.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 341 grants.

$5.3M
Seward House Museum · Auburn, NY · 2021
Captal endowmwnt fund, permanent endowment fund, 2021 operational support, unrestricted, in-kind
$421,200
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center · Auburn, NY · 2024
Toward west end arts campus
$305,000
Wells College · Aurora, NY · 2022
Launching a hospitality management program at wells college, wells annual fund
$300,000
Alfred University · Alfred, NY · 2022
Foundry project
$300,000
St John Fisher College · Rochester, NY · 2021
Depeters family center for innovation and teaching excellence: innovative learning classrooms
$275,000
Union College · Schenectady, NY · 2021
Covid relief/ schuler access initiative
$252,810
Seward House Museum · Auburn, NY · 2022
Toward permanent endowment fund
$250,000
Union College · Schenectady, NY · 2022
Schuler access initiative
$250,000
St Lawrence University · Canton, NY · 2021
Building bright futures for st. Lawrence students in data science (endowment)
$224,868
Seward House Museum · Auburn, NY · 2024
Toward permanent endowment fund
$217,000
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022
Studio x, izone internships, class of 1995 meliora george eastman scholarship
$217,000
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2021
Studio x/izone internships/the class of 1995 meliora george eastmanscholarship
$209,000
The Rev Theatre Company · Auburn, NY · 2021
Operating support, unrestricted, toward actor hospitality
$205,614
Seward House Museum · Auburn, NY · 2023
Toward permanent endowment fund
$201,000
Cayuga Co Emerson Park · Auburn, NY · 2024
Emerson park: concert venue design development
$197,500
The Rev Theatre Company · Auburn, NY · 2023
2023 support, general operating support, apartment renovations, housing needs
$178,114
City of Auburn · Auburn, NY · 2021
State street project
$175,000
Abc Cayuga · Auburn, NY · 2021
Help us grow play space capital campaign
$152,279
Booker T Washington Community Center · Auburn, NY · 2021
Gym renovation project
$150,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2024
Toward the campaign for two new technology and design buildings
$150,000
The Rev Theatre Company · Auburn, NY · 2024
2024 support
$150,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2023
Building a technology future like no other: a campaign for two new technology and design buildings
$150,000
City of Auburn · Auburn, NY · 2023
Casey park skate park
$150,000
Elmira College · Elmira, NY · 2022
The obler summer research program at elmira college - endowment
$150,000
Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park · Syracuse, NY · 2021
Animal health center
$143,000
Hobart and William Smith Colleges · Geneva, NY · 2022
Intercultural affairs center renovation and expansion, the next step: nutrient sources for blue-green algae blooms in owasco lake
$140,000
Excelsior University · Albany, NY · 2022
Scholarship support for the school of nursing and health sciences
$133,800
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center · Auburn, NY · 2021
West end arts campus
$130,000
The Upstate Foundation · Syracuse, NY · 2023
Campaign for child and adolescent mental health
$128,800
Cayuga Museum of History and Art · Auburn, NY · 2024
Toward west end arts campus project
$125,000
The Upstate Foundation · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Campaign for child and adolescent mental health
$120,000
Hartwick College · Oneonta, NY · 2021
Residential lounge remodels
$118,000
Hobart and William Smith Colleges · Geneva, NY · 2021
Renovating the william scandling research vessel/finger lakes institute: blue-green algae monitoring and assessment in owasco lake
$110,000
Hamilton College · Clinton, NY · 2022
Student-centered advising at hamilton college, toward the general fund - in honor of lori rava dennison, class of 1982 scholarship
$108,000
Wells College · Aurora, NY · 2023
$5,000 toward wells annual fund; $3,000 toward ongoing maintenance of tennis courts and the launch of a hospitality management program
$100,000
Hamilton College · Clinton, NY · 2024
Toward alex: advise, learn, experience student-centered advising at hamilton college.
$100,000
Chapel House · Auburn, NY · 2023
Men's emergency shelter certification project
$100,000
Hamilton College · Clinton, NY · 2023
Toward alex - student centered advising at hamilton college
$100,000
The Nature Conservancy · Rochester, NY · 2023
Watershed and public drinking water supply protection
$100,000
The Nature Conservancy · Rochester, NY · 2022
Community-based action for healthy finger lakes
$100,000
The Nature Conservancy · Rochester, NY · 2021
Community-based action for healthy finger lakes
$90,000
Utica University · Utica, NY · 2023
Utica universitys cyber range & crime laboratory
$80,000
Finger Lakes Spca of Cny · Auburn, NY · 2024
Finger lakes spca shelter renovation project
$75,000
Auburn Ymca-Weiu · Auburn, NY · 2023
2023 membership & marketing plan
$66,200
Cayuga Museum of History and Art · Auburn, NY · 2021
West end arts campus
$66,000
Matthew House · Auburn, NY · 2022
West wing renovation project, unrestricted, toward "wish list" items
$51,698
The Caring Coalition of Cny (Formerly Hospice of Central New York) · Liverpool, NY · 2021
Network switch refresh project
$51,000
United Way of Cayuga County · Auburn, NY · 2021
Support for the fall 2021 campaign
$50,815
United Way of Cayuga County · Auburn, NY · 2023
Support towards the 2023-24 united way of cayuga county campaign: the next 100 years
$50,000
Auburn Public Theater · Auburn, NY · 2024
Auburn public theater building repairs
$50,000
Auburn Ymca-Weiu · Auburn, NY · 2024
Auburn ymca-weiu allyn-riford pool hvac project
$50,000
Nick'S Ride 4 Friends · Auburn, NY · 2024
Expand and strengthen organizational capacity for long term financial sustainability
$50,000
United Way of Cayuga County · Auburn, NY · 2024
Support of the 2024-25 united way of cayuga county fall campaign: the next 100 years
$50,000
Aurora Volunteer Fire Department · Aurora, NY · 2023
Aurora volunteer fire department stretcher replacement
$50,000
Canal Society of New York State · Stuyvesant, NY · 2023
Canal society library - a new beginning at port byron
$50,000
West Lake Art Conservation Center · Skaneateles, NY · 2023
Critical systems capacity ramp up for new facility
$50,000
Auburn Public Theater · Auburn, NY · 2022
Apt equipment upgrade
$50,000
Boys & Girls Club of Geneva · Geneva, NY · 2022
Food and programming pavilion
$50,000
Homesteads for Hope · Rochester, NY · 2022
Creating the forever homestead: expanding needed opportunities for people of all abilities
$50,000
United Way of Cayuga County · Auburn, NY · 2022
Towards the 2022-23 campaign
$45,000
Cayuga Co Emerson Park · Auburn, NY · 2024
Emerson park programming support grant 2024-2026
$45,000
Pfi Housing Company of Auburn · Auburn, NY · 2023
Boyle center shelter project
$44,000
E John Gavras Center · Auburn, NY · 2024
Preschool capacity building grant
$40,000
Cayuga Co Emerson Park · Auburn, NY · 2023
2023 emerson park programming
$40,000
Cayuga County - Emerson Park · Auburn, NY · 2022
2022 emerson park programming
$40,000
Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2022
Grant made to rochester community foundation ftbo: boys & girls club of geneva endowment fund
$38,400
Aurora of Cny · Syracuse, NY · 2023
First line of sight support group for the blind and visually impaired
$35,000
Finger Lakes Spca of Cny · Auburn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
United Ministry of Aurora · Aurora, NY · 2023
Uma building restoration project
$30,000
Madison County Children'S Camp · Oneida, NY · 2023
Camper's new athletic pavilion
$28,700
Unity House of Cayuga County · Auburn, NY · 2023
Renovate bathroom in group home to make it handicapped-accessible for all residents
$27,500
East Hill Family Medical Inc Dba East Hill Medical Center · Auburn, NY · 2024
Fulton street renovation project
$27,500
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2021
The fund for viticulture and enology at cornell cals/ two business and economic development internships at cornell agritech/cornell annual fund for cals/dyson school of applied economics and management
$26,000
Indian Mound Cemetery Association · Moravia, NY · 2023
Toward combating community deterioriation, focusing on areas open to the public or the public's view.
$25,000
American Red Cross Greater Rochester Chapter · West Henrietta, NY · 2024
Perinton blood donation center
$25,000
Auburn United Methodist Church · Auburn, NY · 2024
Roofing the education and community building
$25,000
Howland Stone Store Museum · Aurora, NY · 2024
Opendore porch reconstruction
$25,000
Indian Mound Cemetery Association · Moravia, NY · 2024
For combatting community deterioration, focusing on areas open to the public or the publics view
$25,000
Oswego Health Foundation · Oswego, NY · 2024
Emergency department renovation to create space for pediatric psychiatric patients awaiting transfer
$25,000
Saints Mary & Martha Parish · Auburn, NY · 2024
Toward st. Hyacinth window project
$25,000
Auburn Public Theater · Auburn, NY · 2023
Strategic operating support
$25,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2023
A greenhouse for colgate university's community garden
$25,000
Hobart and William Smith Colleges · Geneva, NY · 2023
To support the efforts of the finger lakes institute
$25,000
Owasco Watershed Lake Association · Auburn, NY · 2023
Roadside ditches remediation cost sharing program
$25,000
Smith Center for the Arts · Geneva, NY · 2023
Roof replacement project at the smith
$25,000
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network · Aurora, NY · 2022
Leveraging success: linking nutrient run-off to sources using mst in the cayuga lake watershed
$25,000
Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum (Dba the Strong) · Rochester, NY · 2022
Powered by play: a campaign for the strong
$25,000
The Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York Inc (Dba Wcny) · Syracuse, NY · 2022
Investment in critical equipment needed for all of wcny's educational community programming
$25,000
The Rev Theatre Company · Auburn, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
American Red Cross Greater Rochester Chapter · West Henrietta, NY · 2021
Cutting-edge scales
$25,000
Cayuga County Treasurer · Auburn, NY · 2021
Toward the operation and maintenance of emerson park
$25,000
Cortland County Family Ymca · Cortland, NY · 2021
Fresh food donation and distribution facility
$25,000
Owasco Watershed Lake Association · Auburn, NY · 2021
Fall 2021 hemlock woolly adelgid (hwa) suppression campaign
$25,000
Transportation Project for Cayuga County · Auburn, NY · 2021
Toward 2021 operating expenses
$20,000
Cayuga Community College Foundation · Auburn, NY · 2024
Toward permanent restricted endowment for the bartolotta endowed scholarship fund
$20,000
Church of Saints Peter and John · Auburn, NY · 2024
Repair and shoring up of the lower east tower wall
$20,000
Musical Associates of Cny (the Syracuse Orchestra) · Syracuse, NY · 2024
July 3 patriotic celebration in emerson park 2024
$20,000
Unity House of Cayuga County · Auburn, NY · 2024
Organization-wide telephone system
$20,000
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024
Toward the university of rochester river campus libraries excellence fund
$20,000
Musical Associates of Central New York · Syracuse, NY · 2023
July 3rd patriotic celebration in emerson park

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