Funding search · EIN 161587553 · Ithaca, NY

Community Foundation of Tompkins

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

487
grants reported
$11.7M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$11,200
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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Cornell University2 grants · $617,425
  • Greater Ithaca Activities Center (Giac)4 grants · $541,170
  • First Unitarian Society of Ithaca4 grants · $369,650
  • Food Bank of the Southern Tier4 grants · $290,220
  • Golden Opportunity4 grants · $249,300
  • United Way of Tompkins County3 grants · $241,643
  • Southside Community Center4 grants · $237,261
  • Planned Parenthood of Greater New York4 grants · $229,337
  • Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services1 grant · $222,700
  • American Red Cross - Southern Tier Chapter4 grants · $154,433

Giving over time

$2.2M
2022
$2.0M
2023
$5.4M
2024
$2.1M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 487 grants.

  • $608,625

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Supporting the department of economics in establishing a conference supporting economic theory.

  • $222,700

    Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $194,340

    Greater Ithaca Activities Center (Giac) · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Building renovation; food program, technology & internships

  • $186,173

    United Way of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Gift of the estate of john dix wayman; alice fund support

  • $145,272

    Cascadilla Boat Club · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Community building- comm. Organizing/other

  • $137,333

    American Red Cross - Southern Tier Chapter · Endicott, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $135,093

    Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $132,949

    Greater Ithaca Activities Center (Giac) · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Community building- comm. Organizing/other

  • $131,593

    Habitat for Humanity International · Americus, GA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $131,593

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $131,383

    American National Red Cross · Endicott, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $131,383

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $131,383

    Engender Health · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $131,383

    Handicap International · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $131,383

    International Committee of the Red Cross · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $131,383

    Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $131,383

    US Association for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $131,383

    Zero Population Growth (Population Connection) · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $120,250

    First Unitarian Society of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Community building-religious

  • $109,114

    Greater Ithaca Activities Center (Giac) · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $104,767

    Greater Ithaca Activities Center (Giac) · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Community building- comm. Organizing/other

  • $102,000

    Women'S Fund Endowment · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    $100,000 in honor of maralyn w. Fleming's 100th birthday

  • $94,710

    Food Bank of the Southern Tier · Elmira, NY · 2025

    Health & human serv. - human serv/hunger/housing

  • $89,000

    First Unitarian Society of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Community building-religious

  • $80,400

    First Unitarian Society of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $80,000

    First Unitarian Society of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $79,700

    Golden Opportunity · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $78,400

    Center for Transformative Action · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Education

  • $76,850

    Food Bank of the Southern Tier · Elmira, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $73,000

    Golden Opportunity · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Education

  • $66,788

    Planned Parenthood of Greater New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    Health & human serv. - health

  • $65,007

    Southside Community Center · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Support for food programming and technology-related needs

  • $62,150

    Food Bank of the Southern Tier · Elmira, NY · 2023

    Health & human serv. - human serv/hunger/housing

  • $62,120

    Foodnet Meals On Wheels · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $62,071

    Southside Community Center · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $57,320

    Southside Community Center · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Community building- comm. Organizing/other

  • $56,510

    Food Bank of the Southern Tier · Elmira, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $55,230

    Planned Parenthood of Greater New York · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $54,689

    Planned Parenthood of Greater New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $54,500

    Community Foundation of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Community building-philanthropy

  • $54,333

    Ithaca Youth Bureau · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $53,710

    Center for Transformative Action · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $52,863

    Southside Community Center · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Community building- comm. Organizing/other

  • $52,630

    Planned Parenthood of Greater New York · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Health & human serv. - health

  • $51,000

    Ithaca Youth Bureau · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Health & human serv. - human serv/hunger/housing

  • $51,000

    Community Science Institute · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    First United Methodist Church of Durango Dba Summit Church · Durango, CO · 2025

    Community building-religious

  • $50,000

    Ironman Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2024

    Supporting justin butler's fundraiser to improve lives of cancer patients by creating enhanced health outcomes through social and economic interventions.

  • $49,700

    Family & Children'S Service of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Health & human serv. - human serv/hunger/housing

  • $49,600

    Golden Opportunity · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $47,677

    Catholic Charities of Tompkinstioga · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $47,000

    Golden Opportunity · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Education

  • $46,842

    Tompkins County Public Library Foundation · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $45,601

    US-Rilm Office · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $44,500

    Village at Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $42,254

    Tompkins County Public Library Foundation · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Arts and culture-library

  • $42,032

    Catholic Charities of Tompkinstioga · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Health & human serv. - human serv/hunger/housing

  • $40,030

    Amnesty International USA · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $39,500

    Threefold Educational Foundation-Dba Eurythmy Spring Valley · Chestnut Ridge, NY · 2025

    Community building- comm. Organizing/other

  • $39,320

    Cayuga Chamber Orchestra · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,775

    Family & Children'S Service of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $38,512

    Ithaca Health Alliance · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Health & human serv. - health

  • $38,320

    Charles H Wright Museum of African American History · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Democratic Socialists of America Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Drug Policy Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Educate the Children · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Naacp · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    National Maritime Historical Society · Peekskill, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Operation Smile · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Pathfinder International · Watertown, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Physicians for Social Responsibility · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Seamen'S Church Institute of Newport · Newport, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    The Nature Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    The Sentencing Project · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Tri-Cities Opera Company · Binghamton, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    United Negro College Fund (Uncf) · Washington Dc, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,320

    Witness for Peace · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $38,271

    Finger Lakes Reuse · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Community building-philanthropy

  • $37,000

    State Theatre of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $36,557

    US-Rilm Office · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Arts and culture-museum

  • $36,277

    US-Rilm Office · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $35,450

    Paleontological Research Institution · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Community building-philanthropy

  • $35,400

    Village at Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Community building- comm. Organizing/other

  • $35,370

    Ithaca Health Alliance · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $35,305

    Foodnet Meals On Wheels · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $33,500

    Village at Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $33,468

    US-Rilm Office · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Arts and culture-library

  • $33,000

    Village at Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Community building- comm. Organizing/other

  • $32,979

    The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Health & human serv. - health

  • $32,790

    United Way of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Community building-philanthropy

  • $32,750

    Hospicare & Palliative Care Services of Tc · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Health & human serv. - health

  • $31,400

    State Theatre of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Arts and culture-other

  • $31,350

    Cayuga Medical Center Foundation · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Transforming care campaign oncology fund, with a naming opportunity available in our gardens at cayuga park. Recognition details to be determined.

  • $31,300

    Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Community building-philanthropy

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.