New York · Private foundation
Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation
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.
- $820k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 22
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $273k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $820k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $806k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $211k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daemen University | $367,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul of Buffalo & Western New York Inc | $276,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Feedmore Wny Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $162,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Jericho Road Ministries Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wny Heroes Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Economic Development Group Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Night People Inc | $95,000 | 3 | 2% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daemen University | $367,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul of Buffalo & Western New York Inc | $276,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Feedmore Wny Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $162,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Jericho Road Ministries Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wny Heroes Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Economic Development Group Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Night People Inc | $95,000 | 3 | 2% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bais Lubavitch Inc | $6,000 | 4 | n/a |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pets for Vets Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Honors Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kevin Guest House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($260k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation
- How much does Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation give?
- Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $819,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 22 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Education (21%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Daemen University ($367k), Society of St Vincent de Paul of Buffalo & Western New York Inc ($276k), Feedmore Wny Foundation Inc ($175k).
- Does Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation 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 Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc, James H Cummings Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation based?
- Bernard & Estelle Siegel Foundation is based in NY.
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