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Adirondack Foundation

ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION (the "foundation") is a community foundation and a tax-exempt, not-for-profit, autonomous, publicly supported, philanthropic institution formed for the following purposes:1. To serve as a permanent collection of endowed and other funds benefiting adirondack communities, their institutions and residents, including…

$9.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
313
Itemized grants FY2025
132
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$8.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$425,000
Organizations funded a year
76 to 178
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$118M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Adirondack Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $515k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving161$8.1M27%
FY2024132$4.5M23%
FY2023128$4.4M27%
FY2022138$4.0M34%
FY2021160$3.6M31%
FY2020178$3.2M54%
FY201989$1.9M46%
FY201876$1.4M38%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$8.7MArts & Culture$5.8MEnvironment$4.9MHealth$2.1MHuman Services$1.8MCommunity Improvement$1.6MFood & Nutrition$1.6MRecreation & Sports$1.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Lawrence University$1,370,31090%
Bruce L Crary Foundation Inc$1,243,000349%
Little Peaks Inc$1,223,224645%
The Lake Placid Association for Music Drama and Art Inc$1,034,69595%
Adirondack Land Trust Inc$953,70196%
Adirondack Historical Association$847,70092%
Lake Placid Central School District$843,6099n/a
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts$809,83762%
Northern Forest Center Inc$723,00065%
Paul Smiths College$691,73390%
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All grantees of Adirondack Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Lawrence University$1,370,31090%
Bruce L Crary Foundation Inc$1,243,000349%
Little Peaks Inc$1,223,224645%
The Lake Placid Association for Music Drama and Art Inc$1,034,69595%
Adirondack Land Trust Inc$953,70196%
Adirondack Historical Association$847,70092%
Lake Placid Central School District$843,6099n/a
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts$809,83762%
Northern Forest Center Inc$723,00065%
Paul Smiths College$691,73390%
Homestead Development Corporation$651,200410%
Adirondack Medical Center Foundation$605,15094%
Adkactionorg Inc$541,559829%
Pendragon Inc$486,42499%
The Adirondack Council Inc$475,50094%
National Association of Community and Restorative Justice$458,000581%
Infant Jesus of Prague Inc$453,5339100%
Trudeau Institute Inc$379,20082%
Adirondack Explorer Inc$360,26087%
Cloudsplitter Foundation$350,00022%
American Friends of Christ Church Inc$340,406711%
Northern Forest Atlas Foundation Inc$338,000948%
Shore Owners' Association of Lake Placid$316,467371%
Adirondack North Country Association Inc$296,23786%
YMCA of Plattsburgh Inc$291,00073%
Town of Newcomb$280,0006n/a
Mercy Care for the Adirondacks Inc$279,00098%
The Fort Ticonderoga Association$275,00052%
Tupper Lake Central School District$273,2509n/a
Saranac Lake Rotary Foundation Inc$263,794658%
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks Inc$251,985812%
New York Ski Educational Foundation Inc$241,82081%
North Country Spca Inc$220,48599%
Epilepsy Foundation of Northeastern New York Inc$220,00055%
Malone Recreation Foundation Inc$200,000374%
Child Care Coordinating Council of the North Country Inc$194,17092%
North Country Community College Foundation Inc$192,00064%
Play Adk Inc$185,000638%
Lphsa Inc$184,13515%
The Lake Placid Sinfonietta Inc$183,818914%
Northwood School$183,00071%
Clifton-Fine Central School District$182,5009n/a
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends$181,6484n/a
Lakeside Preschool Inc$170,100521%
Clifton Fine Economic Development Corporaton$164,650968%
Lake George Land Conservancy Inc$160,00041%
Church of St Luke the Beloved Physician$150,0003n/a
Newcomb Historical Museum$150,000322%
Ticonderoga Alumni Association$144,9451n/a
St Paul's School$143,00050%
Essex Food Hub Inc$141,50022%
Tupper Lake Public Library$135,936814%
Wilderness Health Care Foundation Inc$135,000920%
Cranberry Lake Volunteer Fire Dept$135,0009n/a
High Peaks Education Foundation$131,000315%
Town of Keene$125,6001n/a
United Way of the Adirondack Region Inc$121,19442%
Clifton Community Library$120,0008n/a
North Country Ministry$118,5005n/a
Adirondack Economic Development Corp$117,50055%
Northern Lights Guardianship Inc$117,000411%
Saranac Lake Central School District$116,8515n/a
Tupper Arts Inc$111,000312%
Historic Saranac Lake$108,71247%
Joint Council for Economic Opportunity of Clinton and Franklin Counties Inc$108,25060%
Ausable Freshwater Center Incorporated$106,62575%
The Salvation Army$105,5005n/a
Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation$100,00021%
Lawyers Defending American Democracy Inc$100,000113%
Flying Change Foundation Inc$97,0001n/a
Ticonderoga Central School District$94,4807n/a
Adirondack Center for Writing Inc$92,724813%
North Elba Community Christmas Fund$89,9009n/a
Central Adirondack Partnership for the 21st Century Inc$89,874226%
Housing Assistance Program of Essex County Inc$88,50041%
St Eustace Episcopal Church$87,0007n/a
Ecumenical Council of Saranac Lake Inc$82,500621%
Literacy Volunteers of Clinton Essex and Franklin Counties Inc$82,150712%
Adirondack Tri-County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Inc$81,49611%
Villanova University$80,00030%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$80,00020%
Saranac Lake Civic Center Inc$80,00013%
Colorado Springs Pro-Housing Partnership$80,000121%
Adirondack Community Action Programs Inc$79,72050%
Lake Placid Community Beautificatio Association Inc$78,403147%
The Lake George Association Inc$78,00041%
Village of Tupper Lake$76,0004n/a
The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc$75,00042%
Families First in Essex County Inc$72,03071%
Ready4real Inc$71,500496%
Arise of Northern New York Inc$70,0003n/a
Adirondack Architectural Heritage Inc$65,77542%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$61,00020%
Pride of Ticonderoga Inc$60,00032%
University of San Diego$60,00030%
Keene Valley Hose and Ladder Company$60,000611%
Family YMCA of the Glens Falls Area Inc$59,10061%
International Rescue Committee INC$59,00040%
Tri Lakes Humane Society Inc$58,100211%
Lake Placid Food Pantry and Thrift Shop Inc$57,193115%
350org$56,65080%
Adirondack Public Observatory Inc$56,176313%
Lp-Ec Quality Destination Inc$56,00046%
The Toledo Museum of Art$56,00040%
Rural Law Center of New York Inc$55,20031%
Hudson Headwaters Health Foundation Inc$55,00045%
North Country School Inc$55,00050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$53,84630%
United States Fund for Unicef$53,84630%
Keene Valley Library Association$53,50073%
The Joshua Fund Inc$53,000610%
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks$51,50570%
Ticonderoga Reviltalization Alliance$51,00042%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$50,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Free and Fair Litigation Group Inc$50,0001n/a
Adirondack Mountain Club Inc$49,28460%
Vermont Public Radio$48,85060%
Ausable Valley Central School District$48,2004n/a
Nysarc Inc Franklin-Hamilton Counties Chapter D/B/A Adirondack Arc$48,14930%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$47,84630%
Adirondack Community Outreach Center Inc$47,500313%
Seagle Music Colony Inc D/B/A Seagle Festival$47,00032%
Lake Placid Public Library$46,36135%
Cvph Foundation Inc$46,20061%
Saranac Central School District$46,1714n/a
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc$46,00040%
Au Sable Forks Free Library Assoc$46,000230%
Berkshire Choral International Inc$45,50041%
Malone Central School District$45,3544n/a
Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation$45,00036%
Behavioral Health Services North Inc$41,30030%
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$41,00020%
Wonderhaven$40,00023%
Field & Fork Network$40,00022%
Craigardan Inc$40,00042%
Victim Outreach Inc$40,00013%
Vermont Law School$40,00030%
Tendercare Tot Center Inc$40,000113%
Direct Relief$39,84630%
Lake Placid Land Conservancy$39,565411%
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution$38,3001n/a
St Agnes Church$37,8304n/a
Lake Placid Olympic Museum$37,1651n/a
Restorative Approaches to Intimate Violence$36,000156%
Invasive Solutions Dive Company LLC$35,9042n/a
Servants of the Word Inc$35,00031%
School for Advanced Research$35,00030%
Toledo Symphony$35,0004n/a
Reach Out and Read Inc$35,00040%
Ogdensburg Boys & Girls Club Inc$35,00023%
Appleby Foundation Inc$33,550314%
Point Positive Inc$32,500246%
Town of Chester Public Library$32,2102n/a
Crane Mountain Valley Horse Rescue Inc$32,00047%
Upper Saranac Lake Foundation Inc$31,13433%
United States Catholic Conference$31,0002n/a
Essex County Chapter Nysarc$30,60030%
College for Every Student Inc$30,40031%
Plattsburgh College Foundation Inc$30,18030%
Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications$30,00030%
Smithsonian Institution$30,00020%
St Cecilia Club Inc$30,00025%
Hamilton County Industrial Development Agency$30,0002n/a
Nami North Texas$30,00019%
The Strand Center for the Arts$30,00052%
Boquet Valley Central School District$30,0003n/a
Bridges to Life$30,00022%
International Medical Corps$29,84610%
Alight$29,84610%
New York University$29,84610%
United Negro College Fund Inc$29,84610%
Mercy Corps$29,84610%
Action Against Hunger - USA$29,84610%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$29,84610%
Catholic Relief Services$29,8461n/a
Keene Central School$29,7402n/a
Essex County$29,5002n/a
Keene Valley Congregational Ucc$29,0004n/a
Chateaugay Central School District$28,8804n/a
Franklin County Economic Development Corporation$27,70024%
Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club$27,60031%
Brigid Project Inc$27,500330%
Long Lake Rescue Squad Inc$27,500214%
John Brown Lives Inc$27,00039%
Rotary International$26,9331n/a
Shelburne Farms$26,00020%
American Friends Service Committee$26,0003n/a
Adirondack Health Institute Inc$26,00020%
Small Tales Day Care Center Inc$25,90032%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Ogdensburg$25,00011%
St Lawrence County Community Development Program Inc$25,00010%
Amer Tr for Oxford Univ & Eastman 067381-000$25,00010%
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc$25,00010%
Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts$25,0001n/a
Ut Southwestern Health Systems$25,00011%
Elizabethtown Lewis Emergancy$25,00022%
Help Sami Kick Cancer Foundation Inc$25,000132%
Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation$25,00021%
First United Methodist Church$25,0002n/a
Elizabethtown Community Hospital$25,00030%
Christmas Bureau Incorporated$25,000121%
White Plains Hospital Medical Center$25,00010%
Paine Memorial Free Library$25,00029%
Santa Cruz Childrens Museum of Discovery$25,00016%
Humanity's Team$25,00012%
The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Inc$25,00020%
Literacy Volunteers of America - Essex and Franklin Counties Inc$24,7521n/a
Raquette Lake Fire Dept Inc$24,70515%
North Creek Railway Depot Preservation Association$24,1531n/a
The New York Times Communities Fund$24,00030%
Fresh Air Fund$24,00030%
St Regis Falls Central School District$23,8903n/a
High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care In$23,25020%
Mountain Lake Children's Residence Inc$23,03810%
Champlain Childrens' Learning Center Inc$23,00033%
Empowerment Works Inc$23,0001n/a
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$22,50020%
Blue Mountain Center$21,66024%
Peru Free Library$21,30429%
Protect the Adirondacks Inc$20,50024%
Part of the Solution$20,00010%
Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department Inc$20,00018%
Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System$20,00011%
Homeward Bound USA Inc$20,00011%
Ticonderoga Montcalm Street Partnership Inc$20,000225%
Health Workforce Collaborative Inc$20,000131%
American Indian College Fund$20,00020%
Technoserve Inc$20,0001n/a
Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc$20,00030%
American Civil Liberties Union Inc$20,00010%
Lake Champlain- Lake George Regional Planning Board$20,0002n/a
Wells Volunteer Ambulance$20,0001n/a
Thomas Shipman Memorial Youth Ctr I$20,00029%
Family Counseling Center of Fulton County Inc$20,00010%
Mission Edge San Diego$20,00010%
Essex County Industrial Development Agency Inc$20,00023%
Adirondack Trail Improvement Society Inc$20,00025%
Adirondack Research Consortium$20,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood of the North Country New York Inc$19,99530%
Franklin-Essex-Hamilton Boces$19,0002n/a
Town of Johnsburg Library Foundation Inc$18,8003n/a
United Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country Inc$18,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$18,00010%
Willsboro Heritage Society Inc$17,5001n/a
Warrenwashington County Homeless Youth Coalition Inc$17,50021%
Tupper Lake Community Food Pantry$17,0001n/a
Kiwanis Club of Lake Placid$16,1201n/a
Salmon River Central School$16,0002n/a
Lake PlacidNorth Elba Historical Society Inc$16,00022%
Respite Sailing for Cancer Inc$15,89024%
STRIDE Inc$15,57513%
Adirondack Housing Development Corp$15,50028%
Elizabethtown Social Center Inc$15,45022%
Indian Lake Community Development Corporation$15,2502n/a
Town of Long Lake$15,0002n/a
Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates Inc Dba Adirondack Rail Trail Assn$15,000113%
Leaveners Community Foundation Inc$15,0001n/a
Silver Bay Association for Christian Conferences and Training$15,00020%
Cooperative Extension Assoc in the State of New York$15,0001n/a
Plattsburgh Cares Inc$15,000214%
Trinity-Pawling School Corporation$15,00020%
American Immigration Council$15,00020%
The Trustees of Princeton University$15,00020%
Clarkson University$15,00020%
Canine Partners for Life$15,0002n/a
Clifton Community Library$15,0001n/a
Pro Publica Inc$15,00020%
Indian Lake Central School District$15,0001n/a
Friends of the Forest Preserve$15,00029%
Mental Health Association of Franklin County Inc$15,00020%
State University of New York at Binghamton$15,0002n/a
Brushton-Moira Central School$15,0001n/a
Crown Point Central School District$15,0002n/a
Warrensburg Emergency Medical Services Inc$15,0001n/a
French Heritage Society Inc$15,00030%
Citizen Advocates Inc$15,00020%
Presbyterian Church USA Foundation$15,0001n/a
American Forest Foundation$15,00020%
Six Nations Iroquois Cultural Center Inc$14,23724%
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$14,00020%
Long Lake Fire Department$14,0001n/a
Chazy Lake Watershed Initiative$14,0002n/a
Schroon Lake Central School District$13,0001n/a
Town of Tupper Lake$13,0001n/a
City of Plattsburgh$12,5002n/a
Beat the Streets Wrestling Inc$12,50011%
Malone Minor Hockey Assoc Inc$12,50024%
American Heart Association Inc$12,00020%
Alice Hyde Medical Center$12,00010%
Cooperative Extension Association in the State of N Y$12,0002n/a
United States Association for UNHCR$12,00020%
Beekmantown Central School District$12,0001n/a
Town of Chateaugay$10,8852n/a
Adirondack Community Church$10,3271n/a
New York Weill Cornell Medical Center Fund Inc$10,00010%
Village of Speculator$10,0001n/a
University of Washington Foundation$10,00020%
Barnard College$10,00010%
Downeast Lakes Land Trust$10,00010%
Friends of the Ack Civic Center Inc$10,0001n/a
Whallonsburg Grange Hall Inc$10,00018%
Catholic Community of Moriah$10,0001n/a
Cooperative Development Fund of Cds$10,00011%
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation$10,00010%
Tupper Lake History Museum$10,000123%
Eagle Island Inc$10,00011%
Roman Catholic Community of St Alexander and St Joseph Parish$10,0001n/a
Tupper Lake Volunteer Ambulance & Emergency Squad Inc$10,0001n/a
Saranac Lake Artworks Inc$10,0001n/a
The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress$10,00010%
Reeling for Recovery$10,0001n/a
Jay Focus Group$10,0001n/a
Slow Food USA Inc$10,0001n/a
Tacoma Art Museum$10,00010%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$10,0001n/a
Tupper Lake Ecumenical Pastor's Fund$10,0001n/a
Indian Lake Theater Inc$10,00015%
Adirondack Adult Center$10,0001n/a
Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art Inc$10,00011%
Ourstorybridge Inc$10,000114%
Lake Placid NY Rotary Foundation In$10,000112%
Long Lake Central School District$10,0002n/a
Lowville Food Pantry Inc$10,00013%
Town of Webb$10,0001n/a
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc$10,00020%
Colby Foundation$10,0001n/a
Akwesasne Housing Authority Inc$10,0001n/a
Lakeside House Inc$10,00011%
Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York$10,00010%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$10,00020%
Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex Board of Cooperative Education$10,0001n/a
Boy Scouts of America 571 Circle Ten Council$10,00020%
Rosemont College of the Holy Child Jesus$10,00010%
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$10,00010%
New York League of Conservation Voters$10,00021%
Foothills Art Society$10,00017%
Tannery Pond Center Inc$10,00015%
Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education Inc$10,00011%
Adirondack Regional Immigration Collaborative Inc$10,0001n/a
Northern Arizona University Foundation$10,00010%
The College of Saint Rose$10,00020%
Muckers Inc Charitable Foundation$10,0001n/a
The World Union for Progressive Judaism Ltd$10,0001n/a
Anna Maria Island Community Center$10,00010%
Raymond J Martin Memorial Foundation Inc$10,000126%
USA Nordic Sport$10,00011%
Ithaca College$10,00020%
Ted K Community Center Plattsburgh Housing Authority$10,0001n/a
Gemma Services$10,00010%
Brushton-Moira Central School$10,0001n/a
Kapi'olani Health Foundation$10,00010%
Saranac Lake Volunteer Rescue Squad$10,00011%
Kevin Guest House Inc$10,0001n/a
Town of Willsboro$10,0001n/a
My Sisters Place Inc$10,00020%
Univ of Conn Health Center Auxiliary$10,000163%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College$10,0001n/a
Southern Adirondack Child Care Network Inc$10,00011%
Suny Adirondack$10,0002n/a
Wake Robin Corporation$10,00010%
Upper Valley Teacher Training Program Inc Dba Upper Valley Educators Institute$10,00021%
The Aopa Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Minerva Central School District$10,0002n/a
Willsboro Essex EMS Inc$9,75213%
Substance Abuse Prevention Team of Essex County Inc$9,64011%
Old Forge Library Association Inc$9,50012%
Willsboro Central School District$9,0001n/a
East Shore Schroon Lake Association$8,980123%
Nahunta Volunteer Fire Dept Aux$8,500152%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$8,5001n/a
St Bernards Church$8,0001n/a
Tri-Lakes Community Alliance Inc$8,0001n/a
Vermont Public Co$8,00010%
Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington Boces$8,0001n/a
Adirondack Regional Federal Credit Union$7,6001n/a
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$7,50010%
Town of Indian Lake$7,5001n/a
Warrensburg Student Enrichment Fund Inc$7,5001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Burlington Vermont Inc$7,50010%
Ballet Sun Valley Inc$7,50011%
Bay Area Nonviolent Communication$7,5001n/a
Friends of the Schroon Lake Public Library Incorporated$7,500124%
North Country Workforce Partnership$7,50011%
St Mary's Church$7,5001n/a
Forest Ranger Foundation Inc$7,5001n/a
Keep Smiling Movement Inc$7,0001n/a
Clinton County Board of Elections$7,0001n/a
Malone Veterans Field Foundation$6,8181n/a
Schroon Lake Community Church Inc$6,7501n/a
Order of Eastern Star of New York$6,5001n/a
Kommunity Youth and Activity Centerinc$6,5001n/a
North Country Healthy Heart Network Inc$6,00011%
Education Foundation of Sarasota County$6,00010%
Canton Day Care Center Inc$6,00011%
Owls Head Mountain View Community Connection Inc$6,0001n/a
Adirondack1000 Islands Sports & Events Commission Inc$5,80010%
Saranac Lake Local Development Corporation$5,0001n/a
Senior Citizens Council of Clinton County Inc$5,00010%
Port Chester Carver Center Inc$5,0001n/a
Keene Emergency Medical Services Inc$5,0001n/a
Northern New York Audubon Inc$5,0001n/a
Parks & Trails New York Inc$5,00010%
Warren-Hamilton Counties Action Committee for Economic Opportunity Inc$5,00010%
Sail Beyond Cancer USA Inc$5,0001n/a
Caritas of Port Chester Inc$5,00011%
Northern Forest Canoe Trail Inc$5,00011%
One-Revolution Foundation$5,00012%
Adirondack Ski Touring Council Inc$5,00016%
Olympic Regional Development Authority$5,0001n/a
Town of Webb Union Free School District$5,0001n/a
Trooper Foundation State of New York Inc$5,00011%
NatureServe$5,00010%
Adirondack Community Housing Trust$5,00014%
North Country Association for the Visually Impaired Inc$5,00012%
Town of Jay Ny$5,0001n/a
Community Food Shelf$5,0001n/a
Cornell University$5,00010%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$5,00010%
Rural Preservation Company of Clinton County Inc$5,00010%
North Country Community College$5,0001n/a
Ausable Club Preservation Foundation$5,00011%
Open Space Institute Inc$5,00010%
Town of Wilmington$5,0001n/a
Mirror Lake Watershed Accociation$5,0001n/a
Center for Constitutional Rights$5,0001n/a
St Alphonsus Holy Name of Jesus Parish$5,0001n/a
Western New York Grantmakers Association Inc Dba Ny Funders Alliance$5,00012%
Trinity Church of Plattsburgh$5,0001n/a
Town of Santa Clara$5,0001n/a
United States Ski Association$5,00010%
Museum of Science & Technology Foundation$5,00010%
American Rivers Inc$5,00010%
Moira New Hope Food Pantry$5,0001n/a
Chabad Lubavitch of Saratoga County Inc$5,0001n/a
Community Work and Independence Inc$5,00010%
Keuka College$5,00010%
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
College Foundation at Delhi Inc$5,00010%
Esf College Foundation Inc$5,00010%
National Immigration Law Center$5,00010%
Rochester Institute of Technology$5,00010%

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($168k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Adirondack Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 24 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Lawrence University: $1,370,310 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBruce L Crary Foundation Inc: $1,243,000 over 3y, 49% of budgetLittle Peaks Inc: $1,223,224 over 6y, 45% of budgetThe Lake Placid Association for Music Drama and Art Inc: $1,034,695 over 9y, 5.0% of budgetAdirondack Land Trust Inc: $953,701 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetAdirondack Historical Association: $847,700 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetAdirondack Lakes Center for the Arts: $809,837 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetNorthern Forest Center Inc: $723,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetPaul Smiths College: $691,733 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHomestead Development Corporation: $651,200 over 4y, 10% of budgetAdirondack Medical Center Foundation: $605,150 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetAdkactionorg Inc: $541,559 over 8y, 29% of budgetPendragon Inc: $486,424 over 9y, 9.2% of budgetThe Adirondack Council Inc: $475,500 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetNational Association of Community and Restorative Justice: $458,000 over 5y, 81% of budgetInfant Jesus of Prague Inc: $453,533 over 9y, 100% of budgetTrudeau Institute Inc: $379,200 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetAdirondack Explorer Inc: $360,260 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetCloudsplitter Foundation: $350,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Christ Church Inc: $340,406 over 7y, 11% of budgetNorthern Forest Atlas Foundation Inc: $338,000 over 9y, 48% of budgetShore Owners' Association of Lake Placid: $316,467 over 3y, 71% of budgetAdirondack North Country Association Inc: $296,237 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetYMCA of Plattsburgh Inc: $291,000 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetMercy Care for the Adirondacks Inc: $279,000 over 9y, 7.9% of budgetThe Fort Ticonderoga Association: $275,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetSaranac Lake Rotary Foundation Inc: $263,794 over 6y, 58% of budgetSagamore Institute of the Adirondacks Inc: $251,985 over 8y, 12% of budgetNew York Ski Educational Foundation Inc: $241,820 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetNorth Country Spca Inc: $220,485 over 9y, 9.1% of budgetEpilepsy Foundation of Northeastern New York Inc: $220,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetMalone Recreation Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 74% of budgetChild Care Coordinating Council of the North Country Inc: $194,170 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetNorth Country Community College Foundation Inc: $192,000 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetPlay Adk Inc: $185,000 over 6y, 38% of budgetLphsa Inc: $184,135 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetThe Lake Placid Sinfonietta Inc: $183,818 over 9y, 14% of budgetNorthwood School: $183,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetLakeside Preschool Inc: $170,100 over 5y, 21% of budgetClifton Fine Economic Development Corporaton: $164,650 over 9y, 68% of budgetLake George Land Conservancy Inc: $160,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetNewcomb Historical Museum: $150,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetSt Paul's School: $143,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEssex Food Hub Inc: $141,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTupper Lake Public Library: $135,936 over 8y, 14% of budgetWilderness Health Care Foundation Inc: $135,000 over 9y, 20% of budgetHigh Peaks Education Foundation: $131,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetUnited Way of the Adirondack Region Inc: $121,194 over 4y, 1.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Cloudsplitter FoundationNY185.9× affinity100 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cloudsplitter Foundation · Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foun · Charles R Wood Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Henry Uihlein II and Mildred a Uihlein Foundation · United Way of the Adirondack Region Inc · Staritch Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Lake Placid Education Foundation · Boquet Foundation Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Adirondack Foundation

How much does Adirondack Foundation give?
Adirondack Foundation reported 313 itemized grants totaling $8,228,115, out of $9,167,394 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 76 and 178 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Adirondack Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Arts & Culture (17%), Environment (14%).
Who are Adirondack Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Lawrence University ($1.4M), Bruce L Crary Foundation Inc ($1.2M), Little Peaks Inc ($1.2M).
Does Adirondack Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Adirondack Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cloudsplitter Foundation, Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foun, Charles R Wood Foundation.
Where is Adirondack Foundation based?
Adirondack Foundation is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 458 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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