Funding search · EIN 204411791 · Buffalo, NY

Louis P Ciminelli Foundation

Name: Louis P Ciminelli Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

43
grants reported: $2.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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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season

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Brannan Center2 grants · $1.0M
Bpo4 grants · $500,000
Mayo Clinic1 grant · $500,000
Hoover Institution1 grant · $250,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation4 grants · $60,000
Retirement Fund for Religious3 grants · $40,000
Nra Foundation2 grants · $35,000
Cal Fire Benevolent Foundation1 grant · $25,000
Forestry Crab Feed1 grant · $25,000
The Salvation Army3 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$246,000

2022

$279,126

2023

$1.4M

2024

$697,500

2025

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$900,000
Brannan Center · Calistoga, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500,000
Mayo Clinic · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
$250,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$125,000
Bpo · Buffalo, NY · 2025
2025 season support
$125,000
Bpo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
2024 season support
$125,000
Bpo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
2023 season support
$125,000
Bpo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
2022 season support
$100,000
Brannan Center · Calistoga, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Nra Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Cal Fire Benevolent Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Forestry Crab Feed · Fulton, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Marin Primary & Middle School · Larkspur, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Retirement Fund for Religious · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$13,126
St Joseph University Parish · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Retirement Fund for the Religious · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Retirement Fund for Religious · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Retirement Fund for Religious · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Burchfield Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Nra Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$9,850
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
The Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
The Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Burchfield Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
John R Oishei Children'S Hospital · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Spark · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Reading League · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
American Public Media · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Reading League · Syracuse, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Monterey Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Spark · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Global Coral Reef Alliance · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
Burchfield Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Burchfield Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Global Coral Reef Alliance · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Ai Education Project · San Franscisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Global Coral Reef Alliance · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Ai Education Project · San Franscisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Global Coral Reef Alliance · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestricted

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