New York · Private foundation
Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $244k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 50
- Grants FY2026
- 49
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $47,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 47 to 58
- FY2018 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $4.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 6% of the organizations Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 49 | $244k | 20% |
| FY2025 | 49 | $268k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 50 | $291k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 56 | $314k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 56 | $291k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $548k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 47 | $300k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 49 | $310k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Rochester | $564,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Rochester Fringe Festival Inc | $323,000 | 9 | 13% |
| Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc | $188,050 | 9 | 0% |
| Syracuse University | $110,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Senior Life | $95,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Jewish Senior Life Foundation Inc | $66,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Jewish Family Service of Rochester Inc | $56,800 | 9 | 1% |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trillium Health Inc | $41,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Geva Theatre Center Inc | $40,850 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 88 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($788k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Waldron Rise Foundation Inc · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation · The Florence M Muller Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust
- How much does Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust give?
- Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust reported 50 grants totaling $244,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 58 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2025.
- What does Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (30%), Arts & Culture (20%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: University of Rochester ($564k), Rochester Fringe Festival Inc ($323k), Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc ($188k).
- Does Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, Rochester Area Community Foundation, Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation.
- Where is Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust based?
- Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust is based in NY.
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