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 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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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
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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