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Bank of Utica Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$605k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
114
Grants FY2025
101
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,100
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
73 to 101
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Bank of Utica Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving113$599k11%
FY2024101$543k10%
FY2023101$547k50%
FY202291$525k19%
FY202176$513k11%
FY202073$461k14%
FY201980$498k15%
FY201875$368k8%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$960kArts & Culture$813kPhilanthropy$429kHuman Services$428kEducation$264kHousing & Shelter$190kCommunity Improvement$177kAnimals$106kOther$0

Top grantees

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

Show all 107 grantees
All grantees of Bank of Utica Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute$330,00040%
Economic Development Growth Enterprises Corporation$136,50090%
Central Association for the Blind Inc$111,00090%
Mohawk Valley Health System Foundation$110,00011%
Utica University$106,00090%
Utica Zoological Society Inc$101,50063%
United Way of the Mohawk Valley Inc$87,00032%
Utica Public Library$70,50091%
Utica Neighborhood Housing Service Inc$67,50081%
Sculpture Space Inc$55,00094%
The Boilermaker Road Race Inc$54,00092%
Hope House Inc$47,50090%
The Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse$44,50060%
Abraham House$33,75091%
Jctod Outreach Inc D/B/A Johnson Park Center$31,50060%
The Rescue Mission of Utica Inc$30,00030%
Business Training Institute Inc$27,90090%
Central New York Conservancy$27,00069%
The Utica Center for Development Inc$24,40090%
On Point for College Inc$22,50090%
Oneida County Historical Society Inc$20,00063%
Mohawk Valley Latino Association$19,20094%
For the Good Inc$19,00092%
Landmarks Society of Greater Utica Inc$18,45094%
Utica Monday Nite Corporation$17,50046%
Mid Utica Neighborhood Preservation Corporation$16,250932%
Presbyterian Homes Foundation Inc$16,00062%
The Midtown Utica Community Center Inc$13,50092%
Resource Center for Independent Living Inc$11,50030%
Mohawk Valley Performing Arts Inc D/B/A Mohawk Valley Ballet$10,900719%
4 Elements Studio Inc$10,25051%
Kelberman Center Inc$10,00090%
Compassion Coalition Inc$9,00030%
House of the Good Shepherd$9,00090%
Oneida Square Project$8,9006n/a
Rcil Inc$8,7506n/a
The Neighborhood Center Inc$8,55080%
The Salvation Army$8,5009n/a
The Womens Fund of Herkimer & Oneida County Inc$8,00032%
Thomas M Lindsey Memorial Foundation Inc$8,0003n/a
Friends of the Arc Foundation Inc$7,50024%
Center for Family Life and Recovery Inc$7,10060%
Mohawk Valley Blues Society$7,0008n/a
Uptown Theater for Creative Arts Inc$6,25044%
Rome Art and Community Center$6,05070%
Dunham Public Library$5,7007n/a
Players of Utica Inc$5,38092%
Thea Bowman House Inc$5,25090%
Greater Winfield Medical Building Inc$5,0001n/a
Human Technologies Corporation$5,00090%
Military Order of the Purple Heart of the USA$4,5005n/a
Utica Road Runners Inc$4,25091%
Olmsted City of Greater Utica Inc$4,00022%
Hospice & Palliative Care Inc$4,00090%
Blacque Acres$4,0003n/a
Wilsons Cops and Kids$3,2504n/a
Great American Irish Festival$3,0003n/a
Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$2,75070%
Woodshill Inc$2,75033%
State University of New York Polytechnic Institute Foundation Inc$2,50030%
Capitol Civic Center Inc$2,50020%
Integrated Community Alternatives Network Inc$2,50030%
Temple Emanu-El$2,5001n/a
St Pauls Baptist Church$2,3505n/a
Utica St Patricks Day Parade Inc$2,2501n/a
Rome Rescue Mission Inc$2,20090%
Future Foundation of Utica New York Inc$2,0002n/a
Other Side of Utica Inc$2,0002n/a
Skating Club of Utica-Whitestown Inc$2,0002n/a
Anita's Stevens Swan Humane Society$2,00040%
Masonic Medical Research Laboratory$1,80030%
B Sharp Musical Club Inc$1,80034%
Hope Chapel a M E Zion Church$1,5503n/a
Rebuilding the Village$1,50031%
Connor's Way Inc$1,50031%
Utica Royalties Inc$1,50021%
Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency Inc$1,50030%
Nysarc Inc Oneida-Lewis Chapter$1,25010%
Rome Baseball Association Inc$1,04022%
Mohawk Valley Sports Charities Inc$1,0003n/a
Central New York Community Solutions In$1,0001n/a
Utica Fire Department Historical So$1,0001n/a
Empowered Pathways Inc$1,00010%
Mohawk Valley Economic Development District Inc$1,00010%
Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc$1,0001n/a
Operation Sunshine Inc$1,0001n/a
Mohawk Valley Community College Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The Arts Guild of Old Forge Inc$1,00010%
Utica Food Pantry Inc$1,00020%
Upstate Caring Partners Holding Company Inc$1,0001n/a
Bosnian American Community Association$1,0003n/a
Mohawk Valley Frontiers Club$1,00011%
Emmaus House Inc$1,00022%
The Chamber Music Society of Utica$80030%
108th Infantry Regimental Assocation$7503n/a
Leatherstocking Ballet Inc$5001n/a
Oneida Square Arts District Association Inc$5001n/a
Bosanski Behar Inc$5002n/a
Oneida Improvement Committee Inc$5002n/a
People First$5001n/a
Main Street First Inc$5001n/a
Proctor Football Boosters Inc$50016%
Rome Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Madison County Historical Society$25010%
Peace Together Project Inc$2501n/a
Utica Rotary Service Inc$2501n/a
Kirkland Art Center Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 93 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Bank of Utica Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMunson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute: $330,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetEconomic Development Growth Enterprises Corporation: $136,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCentral Association for the Blind Inc: $111,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMohawk Valley Health System Foundation: $110,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUtica University: $106,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUtica Zoological Society Inc: $101,500 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetUnited Way of the Mohawk Valley Inc: $87,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetUtica Public Library: $70,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetUtica Neighborhood Housing Service Inc: $67,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSculpture Space Inc: $55,000 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetThe Boilermaker Road Race Inc: $54,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetHope House Inc: $47,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse: $44,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAbraham House: $33,750 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetJctod Outreach Inc D/B/A Johnson Park Center: $31,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Rescue Mission of Utica Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBusiness Training Institute Inc: $27,900 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCentral New York Conservancy: $27,000 over 6y, 8.6% of budgetThe Utica Center for Development Inc: $24,400 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOn Point for College Inc: $22,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOneida County Historical Society Inc: $20,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetMohawk Valley Latino Association: $19,200 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetFor the Good Inc: $19,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetLandmarks Society of Greater Utica Inc: $18,450 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetUtica Monday Nite Corporation: $17,500 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetMid Utica Neighborhood Preservation Corporation: $16,250 over 9y, 32% of budgetPresbyterian Homes Foundation Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetThe Midtown Utica Community Center Inc: $13,500 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetResource Center for Independent Living Inc: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMohawk Valley Performing Arts Inc D/B/A Mohawk Valley Ballet: $10,900 over 7y, 19% of budget4 Elements Studio Inc: $10,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetKelberman Center Inc: $10,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion Coalition Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHouse of the Good Shepherd: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Neighborhood Center Inc: $8,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Womens Fund of Herkimer & Oneida County Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetFriends of the Arc Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetCenter for Family Life and Recovery Inc: $7,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUptown Theater for Creative Arts Inc: $6,250 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetRome Art and Community Center: $6,050 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPlayers of Utica Inc: $5,380 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetThea Bowman House Inc: $5,250 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Technologies Corporation: $5,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUtica Road Runners Inc: $4,250 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetOlmsted City of Greater Utica Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHospice & Palliative Care Inc: $4,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $2,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWoodshill Inc: $2,750 over 3y, 3.2% 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 72.

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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.

The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties IncNY135.6× affinity67 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc · Utica National Group Foundation Inc · Joseph and Inez E Carbone Foundation · Indium Corporation and Macartney Family Foundation Inc · The James H Wurz Jr and Edward T Wurz Sr Foundation · Hazen B Hinman Sr Foundation Inc · United Way of the Mohawk Valley Inc · UpMobility Foundation Inc · The Rob Esche Save of the Day Foundation Inc · Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · The Jeremiah O McCarthy Family 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 Bank of Utica Foundation Inc

How much does Bank of Utica Foundation Inc give?
Bank of Utica Foundation Inc reported 114 grants totaling $605,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 73 and 101 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Bank of Utica Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (21%), Arts & Culture (18%), Philanthropy (10%).
Who are Bank of Utica Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute ($330k), Economic Development Growth Enterprises Corporation ($137k), Central Association for the Blind Inc ($111k).
Does Bank of Utica Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bank of Utica Foundation Inc 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 Bank of Utica Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc, Utica National Group Foundation Inc, Joseph and Inez E Carbone Foundation.
Where is Bank of Utica Foundation Inc based?
Bank of Utica Foundation Inc 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 201 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-PF 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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