· Private foundation
Alvin & Ruth Thiem Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $39k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $124k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $301k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $95,000 |
| NAZARETH COLLEGE | $90,000 |
| SUNY BROCKPORT | $60,000 |
| UNIV OF ROCHESTER - NURSING PROGRAM | $56,000 |
| FLAUM EYE INST AT UNIVERSITY OF ROC | $40,000 |
| ROBERTS WESLEYAN COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| GOLISANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $17,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY AT LOLLYPOP FARM | $12,000 |
| WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING | $10,000 |
| WILLOW CENTER | $10,000 |
| AQUINAS INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| HOCHSTEIN MUSIC SCHOOL | $8,500 |
| ST PAUL'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL | $8,500 |
| JEWISH HOME FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH OUTREACH PROGR | $7,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SJST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY8× · 2017–2024 · $889k · revenue +29%
NAZARETH UNIVERSITY9× · 2017–2025 · $758k · revenue +17%- RWROBERTS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY9× · 2017–2025 · $203k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- WDWILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +83%
- BSBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAone grant, 2020 · $1k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The rochester general college of health careers is dedicated to preparing adult learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to pursue health careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning.
At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…
The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…
La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Molloy university, an independent catholic university, rooted in the dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service, and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. through transformative education,…
Roosevelt university is an independent, non-profit, metropolitan university and national leader in educating socially conscious citizens for active and dedicated lives as leaders in their professions and their communities. the university's…
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Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Rockhurst is a comprehensive university and a supportive community that forms lifelong learners in the catholic, jesuit, liberal arts tradition who engage with the complexities of our world and serve others as compassionate, thoughtful…
Northeastern seminary strives to be a vibrant source for christian theological formation whose students are formed in a biblical vision of gracious christianity and impact wholeness to the world in an expansive array of vocations and…
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds ST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NAZARETH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ROBERTS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE AQUINAS INSTITUTE OF ROCHESTER ↗
- Who funds WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds JEWISH SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368) ↗
- Who funds WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Alvin & Ruth Thiem Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alvin & Ruth Thiem Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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