Funding search · EIN 137039118 · Rome, NY

Sears Family Foundation of Rome Ny

Name: Sears Family Foundation of Rome Ny 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.

72
grants reported: $400,434
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,840
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

scholarships alliance blood canalfest career christmas classical equipment

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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.

Rome Health Foundation4 grants · $53,000
Abraham House4 grants · $42,446
Hospice Care Foundation2 grants · $26,678
Rome Cemetery Association4 grants · $24,850
Rome College Foundation4 grants · $24,300
Jervis Public Library3 grants · $23,220
Hospice Care2 grants · $21,000
Rome Art & Community Center4 grants · $17,868
Rescue Mission of Rome3 grants · $16,620
Rotary Club of Rome Ny4 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$94,271

2022

$81,246

2023

$111,086

2024

$113,831

2025

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Rome Health Foundation · Rome, NY · 2022
Capital expenditures; recruitment of physicians, invest state of art equipment
$14,635
Hospice Care Foundation · New Hartford, NY · 2024
Offset cost of unreimbursable meds, equip, add visits for complex patients
$13,650
Abraham House · Utica, NY · 2025
Organizational needs including branding, commerical creation, and donor management and fundraising software
$13,000
Rome Health Foundation · Rome, NY · 2024
Funding toward mri machine
$12,043
Hospice Care Foundation · New Hartford, NY · 2025
Offset cost of unreimbursable meds, equip, add visits for complex patients
$11,000
Hospice Care · New Hartford, NY · 2022
Offset costs for meds, supplies, and equipment and transportation
$10,431
Abraham House · Utica, NY · 2023
Washing machines, maintenance svcs, postage meter and costs
$10,000
American Red Cross - Mohawk Valley Chapter · Albany, NY · 2025
Blood services program
$10,000
Jervis Public Library · Rome, NY · 2025
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Rome Health Foundation · Rome, NY · 2025
Funding toward mri machine
$10,000
Hospice Care · New Hartford, NY · 2023
Offset costs for meds, supplies, and equipment and transportation
$10,000
Rome Health Foundation · Rome, NY · 2023
To be used toward new icu unit
$10,000
Jervis Public Library · Rome, NY · 2022
Digital audiobooks
$9,400
Abraham House · Utica, NY · 2022
Updates at rome location
$9,000
Copper City Community Foundationsenior Citizens Council of Rome Ny · Rome, NY · 2025
Ada compliant door
$8,965
Abraham House · Utica, NY · 2024
Organizational needs including branding, commerical creation, and donor management and fundraising software
$8,850
Rome Cemetery Association · Rome, NY · 2024
Work done on maintenance barn
$8,500
Capitol Theatre Center for the Performing Arts · Rome, NY · 2024
Restoration of organ
$7,700
Rome College Foundation · Rome, NY · 2025
Star program/mid career program/skilled trade scholarships/promotional expenses/educational speaker
$7,000
The Salvation Army · Rome, NY · 2024
Red kettle event
$7,000
Rome Cemetery Association · Rome, NY · 2022
Removal of trees
$6,800
Capitol Theatre Center for the Performing Arts · Rome, NY · 2025
Restoration of organ
$6,800
Rescue Mission of Rome · Rome, NY · 2025
Charitable purpose
$6,620
The Rome Baseball Association · Rome, NY · 2024
Replace little league scoreboard damaged by tornado
$6,200
Rome College Foundation · Rome, NY · 2023
Star/boces/mid career programs
$6,000
Rotary Club of Rome Ny · Rome, NY · 2025
5k christmas party and 1k for canalfest
$5,838
Rome Art & Community Center · Rome, NY · 2025
Enhance outdoor spaces for community events
$5,645
Senior Citizen Council of Rome Ny Inccopper City Community Fndn · Rome, NY · 2023
Parking lot maintenance
$5,530
Rome Art & Community Center · Rome, NY · 2024
Enhance outdoor spaces for community events
$5,200
Rome College Foundation · Rome, NY · 2024
Star program/mid career program/skilled trade scholarships/promotional expenses/educational speaker
$5,200
Rome College Foundation · Rome, NY · 2022
Star/boces/mid career programs
$5,000
Rotary Club of Rome Ny · Rome, NY · 2024
5k christmas party and 1k for canalfest
$5,000
Capitol Theatre · Rome, NY · 2023
To preserve the moller theater organ
$5,000
Rescue Mission of Rome · Rome, NY · 2023
Updated computer system to assist with their programming needs
$5,000
Rome Cemetery Association · Rome, NY · 2023
Remove and replace the front sidewalk and extend the side entrance sidewalk
$4,860
Copper City Community Foundationsenior Citizens Council of Rome Ny · Rome, NY · 2024
Ada compliant door
$4,821
Boy Scouts of America · Utica, NY · 2022
Renovation of "the bike barn"
$4,820
Rescue Mission of Rome · Rome, NY · 2024
Stove
$4,500
Boy Scouts of America · Utica, NY · 2024
Fishing docks
$4,000
Rome Cemetery Association · Rome, NY · 2025
Work done on maintenance barn
$4,000
The Salvation Army · Rome, NY · 2025
Red kettle event
$4,000
American Red Cross · Albany, NY · 2023
Blood services
$4,000
American Red Cross · Albany, NY · 2022
Blood services
$4,000
Rotary Club of Rome Ny · Rome, NY · 2022
Christmas party/canalfest aas scholarships
$3,600
Capitol Theatre · Rome, NY · 2022
Organ restoration
$3,500
Rome Art & Community Center · Rome, NY · 2023
Fire pit gathering area
$3,220
Jervis Public Library · Rome, NY · 2023
Exterior painting for the wood house/jervis house
$3,000
Rome Community Concert Band · Rome, NY · 2025
2024 programming of alliance classical players
$3,000
American Red Cross - Mohawk Valley Chapter · Albany, NY · 2024
Blood services program
$3,000
Rome Community Concert Band · Rome, NY · 2024
2024 programming of alliance classical players
$3,000
Humane Society of Rome · Rome, NY · 2022
Two outdoor storage sheds to hold supplies and equipment
$3,000
Rome Art & Community Center · Rome, NY · 2022
One full color copy machine
$2,906
Humane Society of Rome · Rome, NY · 2024
Security system
$2,800
Boy Scouts of America · Utica, NY · 2023
Design for disabeled persons trail
$2,800
Senior Citizen Council of Rome Ny Inccopper City Community Fndn · Rome, NY · 2022
Facility repairs
$2,500
Keys · Sherrill, NY · 2025
Valerie's smile project
$2,500
Keys · Sherrill, NY · 2024
Valerie's smile project
$2,500
Rome Community Concert Band · Rome, NY · 2023
2024 programming of alliance classical players
$2,500
The Keys Program · Sherrill, NY · 2023
Valerie's smile project
$2,300
Rome Community Concert Band · Rome, NY · 2022
2023 programming of alliance classical players
$2,000
Dollars for Scholars · Rome, NY · 2025
2- $1,000 scholarships
$2,000
Dollars for Scholars · Rome, NY · 2024
2- $1,000 scholarships
$2,000
Dollars for Scholars · Rome, NY · 2023
2- $1,000 scholarships
$2,000
The Salvation Army · Rome, NY · 2023
Red kettle event
$2,000
Dollars for Scholars · Rome, NY · 2022
2- $1,000 scholarships
$1,200
The Keys Program · Sherrill, NY · 2022
Musical therapy sessions to hospital patients
$1,000
Rotary Club of Rome Ny · Rome, NY · 2023
Christmas party/canalfest
$500
Wreaths Across America · Ava, NY · 2025
Wreaths for graves of veterans
$500
Cure Sanfilippo Foundation · Rome, NY · 2022
7th annual fundraiser for a cure
$450
Wreaths Across America · Ava, NY · 2023
Wreaths for graves of veterans
$450
Wreaths Across America · Ava, NY · 2022
Wreaths for graves of veterans
$200
Wreaths Across America · Ava, NY · 2024
Wreaths for graves of veterans

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