Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County

What they fund

awards

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

• Sciencenter of Ithaca4 grants · $31,100
• Ymca of Ithaca and Tompkins County4 grants · $26,500
• Paleontological Research Institute4 grants · $26,250
• Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services4 grants · $24,750
• Finger Lakes Reuse3 grants · $22,500
• Beverly J Martin School Pta4 grants · $21,000
• Golden Opportunity4 grants · $20,950
• United Way of Tompkins County2 grants · $19,750
• Child Development Council4 grants · $15,750
• Food Bank of the Southern Tier2 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 232 grants.

• $14,950

  United Way of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $10,500

  Unity House of Cayuga County · Auburn, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $10,000

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

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $10,000

  Finger Lakes Reuse · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $10,000

  Cayuga Medical Center Foundation · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $10,000

  Southside Community Center · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $10,000

  Paleontological Research Institute · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $9,700

  Sciencenter of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $9,000

  Downtown Ithaca Children'S Center · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $9,000

  William George Agency for Children'S Services · Freeville, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $9,000

  Ymca of Ithaca and Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $8,000

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

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $8,000

  State Theatre of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,500

  Area Congregations Together · Shelton, CT · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,500

  Cornell Cooperative Extension · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,500

  First Baptist Church of Enfield · Newfield, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,500

  Ymca of Ithaca and Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,500

  Beverly J Martin School Pta · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,500

  Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,500

  Sciencenter of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,500

  Finger Lakes Reuse · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,500

  Paleontological Research Institute · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,500

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

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,200

  Second Wind Cottages · Newfield, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,145

  Women'S Opportunity Center · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,000

  Paleontological Research Institute · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,000

  Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,000

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

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $7,000

  Sciencenter of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,900

  Sciencenter of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,750

  Golden Opportunity · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,500

  Lansing Community Library · Lansing, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,200

  Golden Opportunity · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,160

  Ithaca Community Recovery · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,150

  The Learning Web · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,000

  4-H Primitive Persuits of Cornell Cooperative · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,000

  Lansing Lunchbox · Lansing, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,000

  New Roots Charter School · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,000

  Beverly J Martin School Pta · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,000

  Golden Opportunity · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,000

  Greater Ithaca Activities Center · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,000

  Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins & Cortland · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,000

  Human Services Coalition · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $6,000

  Ithaca Community Recovery · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,750

  Challenge Industries · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,625

  Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins & Cortland Counties · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,500

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

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,491

  Wharton Studio Museum · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,250

  Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,198

  The Ithaca Voice · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,125

  The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,120

  Open Doors English · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Beverly J Martin School Pta · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  College Initiative Upstate · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Community Science Institute · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Finger Lakes Reuse · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Franziska Racker Center · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Groton Community Health Care · Groton, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Loaves and Fishes of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Child Development Council · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Civic Ensemble · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Community School of Music and Arts · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Community Unity Music Education Program International · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Friends of Stewart Park · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Ithaca Children'S Garden · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Longview · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Shared Kitchen Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Special Olympics New York · Albany, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Ymca of Ithaca and Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Caroline After School Program · Slaterville Springs, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  First Baptist Church of Enfield · Newfield, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Friends of the Ithaca Youth Bureau · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Hospice & Palliative Care Service of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Ithaca Voice · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Kitchen Theatre Company · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  State Theatre of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Ymca of Ithaca and Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Advocacy Center of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Black Hands Universal · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Catholic Charities · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Community Unity Music Education Program · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Foodnet Meals On Wheels · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Hangar Theatre · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Historic Ithaca · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Hospicare & Palliative Care Service of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $5,000

  Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,800

  Boyce Thompson Institute · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,800

  United Way of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,655

  Nami Finger Lakes · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,530

  Ithaca Children'S Garden · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,508

  Foodnet Meals On Wheels · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,500

  Finger Lakes Toy Library · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,455

  Brooktondale Community Center · Brooktondale, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,383

  Ithaca Welcomes Refugees · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,366

  Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,300

  Downtown Ithaca Children'S Center · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,000

  Hospice & Palliative Care Service of Tompkins County · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,000

  Longview · Ithaca, NY · 2025

  Awards, contributions & operations

• $4,000

  Finger Lakes Land Trust · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  Awards, contributions & operations

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