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Funding search · EIN 166260274 · Chicago, IL

Nelson B Delavan Found Part a Xxxxx9000

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

242
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

educational operatin

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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.

Association for Diplomatic Studies4 grants · $50,000
Garth Newel Music Center4 grants · $38,000
St Peters Community Arts Center4 grants · $30,000
Lodi Whittier Library4 grants · $29,500
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery4 grants · $29,000
Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts4 grants · $27,000
Geneva Music Festival4 grants · $25,250
Cayuga Museum4 grants · $25,000
Howland Stone Store Museum4 grants · $25,000
Seneca Museum of Waterways4 grants · $24,840

Giving over time

$295,490

2022

$240,662

2023

$272,079

2024

$329,920

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 242 grants.

$35,000
Association for Diplomatic Studies · Arlington, VA · 2022
General
$15,000
American Academy of Diplomacy · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$15,000
Foreign Service Youth Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
General
$14,500
Lodi Whittier Library · Lodi, NY · 2025
General
$12,000
South Seneca School District · Ovid, NY · 2025
General
$12,000
Garth Newel Music Center · Warm Springs, VA · 2024
General
$12,000
Garth Newel Music Center · Warm Springs, VA · 2023
General
$12,000
Garth Newel Music Center · Warm Springs, VA · 2022
General
$10,000
Cayuga Museum · Auburn, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Howland Stone Store Museum · Aurora, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery · Aubnurn, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
St Peters Community Arts Center · Geneva, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Greater Washington Community · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General
$10,000
St Peters Community Arts Center · Geneva, NY · 2022
General
$9,840
Seneca Museum of Waterways · Seneca Falls, NY · 2025
General
$9,500
Waterloo Library and Historical Society · Waterloo, NY · 2025
General
$9,000
Company Theatre · Norwell, MA · 2025
General
$8,000
Lodi Historical Society · Lodi, NY · 2025
General
$8,000
Company Theatre · Norwell, MA · 2024
General
$8,000
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery · Aubnurn, NY · 2024
General
$8,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Rochester, NY · 2022
General
$7,500
Auburn Public Theater · Auburn, NY · 2025
General
$7,500
Edith B Ford Memorial Library · Ovid, NY · 2025
General
$7,500
Kneisel Hall · Blue Hill, ME · 2025
General
$7,500
Seneca Falls It'S a Wonderful Life · Seneca Falls, NY · 2025
General
$7,500
Company Theatre · Norwell, MA · 2023
General operating
$7,000
Geneva Music Festival · Geneva, NY · 2025
General
$7,000
Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts · Trumansburg, NY · 2025
General
$7,000
Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts · Trumansburg, NY · 2024
General
$7,000
Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts · Trumansburg, NY · 2023
General
$6,975
Seneca Falls Performing Arts Center · Seneca Falls, NY · 2024
General
$6,540
Wayne County Council for the Arts · Newark, NY · 2024
General
$6,500
Geneva Light Opera · Geneva, NY · 2024
General
$6,270
Wayne County Council for the Arts · Newark, NY · 2023
General
$6,250
Geneva Music Festival · Geneva, NY · 2024
General
$6,000
Geneva Reads · Geneva, NY · 2025
General
$6,000
Wayne County Historical Society · Lyons, NY · 2025
General
$6,000
Edith B Ford Memorial Library · Ovid, NY · 2024
General
$6,000
Geneva Reads · Geneva, NY · 2024
General
$6,000
South Seneca High School · Ovid, NY · 2024
General
$6,000
South Seneca Middle School Class of 2027 · Ovid, NY · 2024
General
$6,000
Geneva Music Festival · Geneva, NY · 2023
General
$6,000
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery · Aubnurn, NY · 2023
General
$6,000
South Seneca Middle School Class of 2027 · Ovid, NY · 2023
General
$6,000
Geneva Music Festival · Geneva, NY · 2022
General
$6,000
Romulus Foundation · Romulus, NY · 2022
General
$6,000
South Seneca Middle School Class of 2027 · Ovid, NY · 2022
General
$6,000
Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts · Trumansburg, NY · 2022
General
$5,282
Romulus Foundation for Educational · Romulus, NY · 2024
General
$5,075
Romulus Foundation for Educational · Romulus, NY · 2025
General
$5,042
Romulus Foundation · Romulus, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Association for Diplomatic Studies · Arlington, VA · 2025
General
$5,000
Between the Lakes Community Service Play · Ovid, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Rochester, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Celebrate Commemorate Memorial Day · Waterloo, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Christ Episcopal Church · Willard, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
College Tracks · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General
$5,000
Diplomacy Center Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$5,000
Finger Lakes Cultural & · Branchport, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Interlaken Public Library · Interlaken, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Jewish Community Center · Rochester, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Phelps-Clifton Springs Community Theater · Phelps, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Seneca Falls Library · Seneca Falls, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Smith Center for the Arts · Geneva, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Town of Fayette Historical Society Llc · Fayette, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Ulysses Philomathic Library · Trumansburg, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Association for Diplomatic Studies · Arlington, VA · 2024
General
$5,000
Auburn Public Theater · Auburn, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Backbone Ridge Historical · Elmira, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Between the Lakes Community Service Play · Ovid, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Cayuga Museum · Auburn, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Collegetracks · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General
$5,000
Finger Lakes Cultural & · Branchport, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Howland Stone Store Museum · Aurora, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Interlaken Public Library · Interlaken, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Jewish Community Center · Rochester, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Lodi Historical Society · Lodi, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Lodi Whittier Library · Lodi, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Phelps-Clifton Springs Community Theater · Phelps, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Seneca Falls It'S a Wonderful Life · Seneca Falls, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Seneca Falls Library · Seneca Falls, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Seneca Museum of Waterways · Seneca Falls, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Smith Center for the Arts · Geneva, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
St Peters Community Arts Center · Geneva, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Waterloo Library and Historical Society · Waterloo, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Association for Diplomatic Studies · Arlington, VA · 2023
General
$5,000
Auburn Public Theater · Auburn, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Backbone Ridge Historical · Elmira, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Between the Lakes Community Service Play · Ovid, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Cayuga Museum · Auburn, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Celebrate Commemorate Memorial Day · Waterloo, NY · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Collegetracks · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General
$5,000
Finger Lakes Cultural & · Branchport, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Geneva Light Opera · Geneva, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Geneva Reads · Geneva, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Howland Stone Store Museum · Aurora, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Interlaken Public Library · Interlaken, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Lodi Historical Society · Lodi, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Lodi Whittier Library · Lodi, NY · 2023
General

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