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Foundations that fund nonprofits in Ithaca, NY

924 private foundations reported 1,654 grants to organizations in Ithaca, New York, on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $103M in all. 24 of them are based in Ithaca.

Foundations924
Based in Ithaca24
Grants on record1,654
Their typical grant$5,000

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Foundations based in Ithaca

10 of the 24 local foundations that reported grants to Ithaca organizations: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of such grants on their latest return.

  • Park Foundation Inc

    Ithaca, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $30.4M in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 98 Total there $3.8M Typical grant $50,000 Describes how to apply
    • Center for Transformative Action - General operating support$165,000
    • Historic Ithaca Inc - Project support$150,000
    • Finger Lakes Reuse Inc - General operating support$143,000

  • Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County

    Ithaca, NY · latest return: tax year 2025
    Gave $214K in 2025
    Grants in Ithaca 49 Total there $169K Typical grant $2,600 Describes how to apply
    • Downtown Ithaca Children's Center - Awards, contributions & operations$9,000
    • YMCA of Ithaca and Tompkins County - Awards, contributions & operations$7,500
    • Cornell Cooperative Extension - Awards, contributions & operations$7,500

  • Norathco Foundation

    Ithaca, NY · latest return: tax year 2025
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 32 Total there $78K Typical grant $2,000 Preselected recipients only
    • Friends of Stewart Park - General support$10,000
    • Wharton Studio Museum - General support$10,000
    • 7th Art CorporationCinemapolis - General support$5,000
  • Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 15 Total there $21K Typical grant $1,500 Preselected recipients only
    • Tompkins County Public Libarary Foundation - Unrestricted$2,650
    • Cayuga Chamber Orchestra - Unrestricted$2,500
    • Opus Ithaca School of Music - Unrestricted$2,000

  • Social Service League of Ithaca Inc

    Ithaca, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $16K in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 12 Total there $14K Typical grant $1,120 Describes how to apply
    • United Way of Tompkins County - To further the organization's purpose$2,000
    • Mutual Aid Tompkins - To further the organization's purpose$1,700
    • Child Development Council of Central NY - To further the organization's purpose$1,500

  • Maguire Foundation Inc

    Ithaca, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 11 Total there $9,800 Typical grant $300 Preselected recipients only
    • Hospice & Palliative Care Services - The 20th women swimmin' for hospicare$5,000
    • Just Be Cause Center - Donation$2,500
    • Hummelstown Chemical Fire Company - Donation - chill challenge$300

  • Steven and Marcy Schaeffer Family Foundation Inc

    Ithaca, NY · latest return: tax year 2025
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 9 Total there $156K Typical grant $12,000 Preselected recipients only
    • Ithaca Welcomes Refugees Inc - To support refugees resettling in tompkins county$65,000
    • Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County - To support the arts$24,000
    • The Cherry Arts - To supports arts & entertainment$15,000

  • The Greene-Milstein Family Foundation

    Ithaca, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $215K in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 9 Total there $24K Typical grant $1,500 Describes how to apply
    • Ithaca Reform Temple-Congregation Tikkun - Charitable support$5,000
    • Ithaca Public Education Initiative - Charitable suppport$5,000
    • Friends of Stewart Park - Charitable support$3,000

  • George V and Jean a Smith Charitable Trust Ust

    Ithaca, NY · latest return: tax year 2025
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 8 Total there $92K Typical grant $8,400 Preselected recipients only
    • Legacy Foundation - Charitable$50,400
    • Franziska Racker Center - Charitable$12,600
    • Child Development Council of CNY Inc - Charitable$8,400

  • Celia Jewell Tt Fbo Seven Charities Dtd 124

    Ithaca, NY · latest return: tax year 2025
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 6 Total there $45K Typical grant $7,571 Preselected recipients only
    • United Way of Tompkins County - Charitable$7,571
    • SPCA of Tompkins County - Charitable$7,571
    • Legacy Foundation Tompkins Community Bank - Charitable$7,571

Other foundations giving most in Ithaca

Based elsewhere, by the number of grants to Ithaca organizations on their latest return; profiles in our foundation directory first. Each shows its largest grants there.

  • Amazonsmile Foundation

    Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 163 Total there $12K Typical grant $57 Preselected recipients only
    • Tompkins County SPCA - General support$2,207
    • Farm Animal Rights Movement - General support$465
    • Loaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc - General support$411

  • Fidelity Foundation

    Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $156.2M in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 36 Total there $58K Typical grant $400 Describes how to apply
    • Cornell University - Fidelity matching gifts to education$7,000
    • Cornell University - Fidelity matching gifts to education$7,000
    • Cornell University - Fidelity matching gifts to education$6,000

  • The Simons Foundation Inc

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 18 Total there $2.8M Typical grant $72,000 Preselected recipients only
    • Cornell University - Support for arxiv mmodernization$1,544,180
    • Cornell University - Arxiv operating gift$375,000
    • Cornell University - Cell-Type-Specific interactome disruption prioritize risk missense mutations for asd$285,000

  • Gates Foundation

    Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $6.3B in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 10 Total there $6.9M Typical grant $500,000 Describes how to apply
    • Cornell University - K-12 education; postsecondary education; research and learning opportunities$1,710,500
    • Cornell University - Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; nutrition$1,023,968
    • Cornell University - Agricultural development; research and learning opportunities$892,569

  • Laura and John Arnold Foundation

    Houston, TX · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 7 Total there $664K Typical grant $122,776 Preselected recipients only
    • Cornell University - To analyze how well the medicare advantage star rating system measures and incentivizes quality.$297,575
    • Cornell University - To produce a centralized nursing home data repository and customized data reporting tool to support state and…$215,511
    • Cornell University - The project uses interrupted time series, difference-in-differences, and synthetic control methods to…$57,499

  • The Pershing Square Foundation

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 6 Total there $1M Typical grant $250,000 Preselected recipients only
    • Cornell University - The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize$250,000
    • Cornell University - The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize$250,000
    • Cornell University - Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research$250,000

  • The Northrop Grumman Foundation

    Falls Church, VA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $12.4M in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 6 Total there $2,015 Typical grant $500 Describes how to apply
    • Cornell University - General operating grants & matching gifts.$1,000
    • Cornell University - General operating grants & matching gifts.$500
    • Cornell University - General operating grants & matching gifts.$200

  • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $622.6M in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 5 Total there $2.1M Typical grant $46,950 Describes how to apply
    • Cornell University - Developing rapidly responsive community-engaged research on media-messaging and narrative-change strategies…$1,509,603
    • Cornell University - Examining whether collateral consequence policies harm health and exacerbate racial health inequities for…$242,524
    • Cornell University - Exploring the impact of financialization and structural racism on the conditions women workers of color face…$172,530

  • The Heising-Simons Foundation

    Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 5 Total there $831K Typical grant $149,104 Preselected recipients only
    • Cornell University - To collect in-situ data at the greenland ice sheet margin during the winter season$398,891
    • Cornell University - For the research and related work of ligia fonseca coelho in connection with the 51 pegasi b fellowship…$145,855
    • Cornell University - For the research and related work of zach ulibarri in connection with the 51 pegasi b fellowship program$145,798

  • Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 5 Total there $16K Typical grant $600 Preselected recipients only
    • Cornell University - Matching contribution (general operating support)$10,857
    • Cornell University - Matching contribution (general operating support)$3,940
    • Hillel at Cornell Inc - Matching contribution (general operating support)$608

  • Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation

    Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 4 Total there $619K Typical grant $200,000 Preselected recipients only
    • Cornell University - To support investigation of outstanding problems in quantum materials, including the strong correlation…$306,497
    • Cornell University - In support of investigations of strongly correlated materials and exotic quantum fluids using scanning…$286,636
    • Cornell University Office of Sponsored Programs - To support the research of dr. peter mcmahon.$25,000

  • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

    Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $350M in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 4 Total there $525K Typical grant $150,000 Describes how to apply
    • Cornell University - Environment and Science$175,000
    • Cornell University - Fellowships for Science and Engineering$175,000
    • Cornell University - Environment and Science$87,500

  • Alfred P Sloan Foundation

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $89M in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 4 Total there $300K Typical grant $100,000 Describes how to apply
    • Cornell University - Alfred P. sloan research fellowship for karan mehta in physics$75,000
    • Cornell University - Alfred P. sloan research fellowship for chao-ming jian in physics$75,000
    • Cornell University - Alfred P. sloan research fellowship for rene kizilcec in computer science$75,000

  • Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc

    South Burlington, VT · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $4.2M in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 4 Total there $50K Typical grant $2,000 Describes how to apply
    • Social Ventures Inc - General support$30,000
    • The Village at Ithaca - General support$17,500
    • Tea Leaves Inc - General support$2,500

  • The Pfizer Foundation Inc

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 4 Total there $28K Typical grant $200 Preselected recipients only
    • Cornell University - Matching gifts$27,895
    • Cornell University - Volunteer program$100
    • Cornell Alumni Association - Matching gifts$100

  • The Stanton Foundation

    Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2025
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 3 Total there $329K Typical grant $80,000 Preselected recipients only
    • Cornell University - To achieve charitable purpose$300,500
    • Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine - To achieve charitable purpose$19,287
    • Cornell University - To achieve charitable purpose$9,224

  • The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation

    Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Grants in Ithaca 3 Total there $259K Typical grant $250,000 Preselected recipients only
    • Cornell University - Support for 2023 ai2050 early career fellow$147,897
    • Cornell University - Support for research of 2022 early career fellow$101,038
    • Cornell University - Market of doom: proliferation and the logic of nuclear trade$10,000

  • Russell Sage Foundation

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $6.4M in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 3 Total there $185K Typical grant $37,500 Describes how to apply
    • Cornell University - Socioeconomic and racial disparities in drivers license suspension$86,902
    • Cornell University - The context and life course of racial/ethnic identities among multiracial...$83,519
    • Cornell University - Long-Term effects of universal free school meal policies$15,000

  • The Henry Luce Foundation Inc

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $49.3M in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 3 Total there $176K Typical grant $50,000 Describes how to apply
    • Cornell University - Support for 24 Clare Boothe Luce undergraduate STEM research awards$100,000
    • Cornell University - Support for collaboration among academic institutions and scholars$75,000
    • Cornell University - General Operating Support$750

  • The Commonwealth Fund

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $31.3M in 2024
    Grants in Ithaca 3 Total there $89K Typical grant $15,000 Describes how to apply
    • Cornell University - Skirting the Medical-Loss-Ratio with Vertical Integration: Do Medicare Prescription Drug Plans Overpay Their…$79,919
    • Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Inc - Roper Center Membership 2024-25$4,815
    • Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Inc - Roper Center Membership 2023-24$4,650

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Ithaca organizations several of these foundations fund

Organizations in Ithaca that received grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.

OrganizationFundersGrants total
Cornell University22$15,548,217
Center for Transformative Action5$402,267
Ithaca Health Alliance5$59,203
The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc5$53,281
Family and Children's Service of Ithaca Inc5$38,115
Ithaca College4$167,340
Finger Lakes Reuse Inc4$149,029
Friends of Stewart Park Inc4$65,500
Greater Ithaca Activities Center Inc4$14,017
Family Reading Partnership4$7,278

How to use this list

A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations with a Ithaca, NY address. Local foundations often give mostly close to home and are usually the most realistic first prospects for a small nonprofit; large national foundations listed here may fund only a few institutions in the city. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Open a profile for all of a funder's grants and any application instructions.

Of these 924 foundations, 271 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.

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