New York · Public charity
Capital Communications Cares Foundation
Financial support for education endeavors, community enrichment and children's causes within the capital district area.
- $901k
- Granted FY2022
- 49
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $727k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 48
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 60% of the organizations Capital Communications Cares Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $459k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 48 | $727k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 47 | $688k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $299k | 52% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $277k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $519k | 58% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $176k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Rivers Family Services Inc | $180,837 | 5 | 1% |
| Vanderheyden Hall Inc | $150,813 | 4 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $114,413 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Disability Servicesinc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Catherine's Center for Children | $74,983 | 6 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northeast New York | $74,791 | 6 | 1% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of the Capital District (4416) | $72,418 | 5 | 0% |
| Things of My Very Own Inc | $60,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Bluelight Development Group Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 15% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $55,735 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 61 grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($835k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Capital Communications Cares 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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc · Sunmark Charitable Community Foundation · Review Foundation · Mvp Health Plan Inc · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc · The Troy Savings Bank Charitable Fo · Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Capital Communications Cares Foundation with peer funders
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About Capital Communications Cares Foundation
- How much does Capital Communications Cares Foundation give?
- Capital Communications Cares Foundation reported 49 itemized grants totaling $726,862, out of $900,737 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 48 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Capital Communications Cares Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Health (20%), Education (15%).
- Who are Capital Communications Cares Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Northern Rivers Family Services Inc ($181k), Vanderheyden Hall Inc ($151k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($114k).
- Does Capital Communications Cares Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Capital Communications Cares Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc, Price Chopper's Golub Foundation, United Way of the Greater Capital Region.
- Where is Capital Communications Cares Foundation based?
- Capital Communications Cares Foundation is based in NY.
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