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Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes Inc

Community foundation of elmira-corning and the finger lakes, inc.

$3.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
84
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$233k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$3.3MArts & Culture$3.1MEducation$1.3MAnimals$895kFood & Nutrition$607kHealth$534kHousing & Shelter$467kYouth Development$315kOther$0
02FY2025 · 84 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 84 grants below total $2,124,741, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,006,352 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $881,611 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $150k
  • $10k–50k53 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $957k
$15,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$84M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHEMUNG COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS INC DBA CLEMENS CENTER$232,700
CHEMUNG COUNTY CHILD CARE COUNCIL INC$125,660
FRIENDS OF WOODLAWN CEMETERY OF ELMIRA INC$118,000
PRO ACTION OF STEUBEN AND YATES INC$88,810
THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES$77,970
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC$70,640
SOUTHEAST STEUBEN COUNTY LIBRARY$65,450
HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER$62,000
FAMILY SERVICES OF CHEMUNG COUNTY INC$60,672
TANGLEWOOD NATURE CENTER & MUSEUM$55,270
SOUTHEASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$47,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES STEUBENLIVINGSTON$45,500
NEW YORK FOUNDATION$38,554
THE REGIONAL SCIENCE & DISCOVERY CENTER INC$38,350
CORNING PAINTED POST SCHOOL DISTRICT$35,943
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HANDS OF LOVE USA: $50k → 8%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE: $20k → 13%GLOVE HOUSE INC: $16k → 15%VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $14k → 16%GLOVE HOUSE INC: $15k → 15%PROGRAM FOR PEACE: $13k → 15%CASA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC: $24k → 13%CASA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC: $22k → 13%CASA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC: $21k → 13%CASA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC: $19k → 13%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $63k → 15%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $62k → 15%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $54k → 15%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $51k → 15%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $51k → 15%PRO ACTION OF STEUBEN AND YATES INC: $220k → 13%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $51k → 15%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $50k → 15%PRO ACTION OF STEUBEN AND YATES INC: $102k → 13%PRO ACTION OF STEUBEN AND YATES INC: $100k → 13%PRO ACTION OF STEUBEN & YATES INC: $94k → 13%PRO ACTION OF STEUBEN AND YATES INC: $89k → 13%PRO ACTION OF STEUBEN AND YATES: $52k → 13%YMCA OF HORNELL NEW YORK INC: $18k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $45k → 13%ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC: $102k → 15%ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC: $71k → 15%ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC: $54k → 15%FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $35k → 13%ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC: $38k → 15%ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC: $35k → 15%ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC: $35k → 15%ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC: $34k → 15%FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $29k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $28k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $27k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $26k → 13%HIS HAVEN: $19k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER INC: $18k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER INC: $18k → 15%FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $21k → 13%NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER INC: $17k → 15%NONNIE HOOD PARENT RESOURCE CENTER INC: $20k → 13%NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER INC: $15k → 15%CORNING COMFORT CARE INC DBA BAMPA'S HOUSE: $18k → 13%HIS HAVEN: $15k → 15%HIS HAVEN: $13k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS - FINGER LAKES CHAPTER: $16k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
PA
CT
CO
NE
VA
NC
SC
DC
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 95 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

95 repeat relationships: 63 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

95
80

Total granted

$11M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+10%

Still filing today

73%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $252k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CHEMUNG COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS INC CLEMENS CENTER
    7× · 2019–2025 · $896k · revenue +5%
  • CC
    CHEMUNG COUNTY CHILD CARE COUNCIL INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $802k · revenue +46%
  • CC
    CHEMUNG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA
    7× · 2019–2025 · $698k · revenue +91% · 25% of their budget

Funded once

  • DL
    DORMANN LIBRARY
    one grant, 2023 · $135k · revenue -45%
  • HO
    HANDS OF LOVE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -81%
  • EC
    ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2020 · $40k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Cny Works Inc

To bring businesses, job seekers and training providers together to provide skilled workers for every business and employment for every job seeker.

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2
Adirondack North Country Association Inc

Support regional economic development in new york's 14 northernmost counties

Food & Nutrition
3
Food Bank of Central New York

Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…

Food & Nutrition
4
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster sustainable economic growth through service to our members, strategic advocacy, workforce development, destination marketing, and quality of life investments. Our vision is an inclusive…

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5
Cny Fair Housing Inc

We work to eliminate housing discrimination, promote open communities, and ensure equal access to housing opportunity for all people in central and northern new york.

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6
Cny Arts Inc

CNY Arts' mission is to promote, support, and celebrate arts and culture in Central New York.

Arts & Culture
7
Western Ny Coalition of Farmworker Serving Agencies Inc

To promote justice, dignity, and equity for migrants and farmworkers through advocacy, education, outreach, and direct services. We empower our communities to achieve self-sufficiency by fostering collaboration among partners.

Human Services
8
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
9
Center for Elder Law & Justice Inc

To improve the quality of life for elderly, disabled and low-income persons in the western new york area through the provision of free civil legal services. the primary goal is to use the legal system to assure that clients may live…

Crime & Legal
10
The Central New York Land Trust Inc

The central new york land trust seeks to preserve and protect natural areas in order to provide our communities clean water, clean air, wildlife habitat, and a chance to connect with the land.

Environment
11
Unity House of Cayuga County Inc

Unity house's mission is to empower and enrich the lives of people in recovery, coping with a mental illness, and/or diagnosed with a developmental disability. this is accomplished by offering supports and services in an inclusive,…

Health
12
Center for the Arts of Homer Inc

Providing cultural and educational programs to the homer, new york community. to enhance the quality of life for the people of the central new york community that preserves and enriches local culture and provides stewardship for a…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Catharine Valley Trail. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

130 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 130 of the 197 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/130
Grantees still filing
79/130
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHEMUNG COUNTY CHILD CARE COUNCIL INC: $801,596 · OtherCHEMUNG COUNTY CHILD CARE COUNCIL INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER: $388,485 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTERCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER: $200,365 · OtherTHE CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $195,023 · OtherONE SEVENTY ONE CEDAR INC: $192,159 · OtherTHE ROCKWELL MUSEUM: $192,114 · Other+117 more: $3,223,147 · Other+117 moreCHEMUNG COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS INC CLEMENS CENTER: $895,733 · Arts & CultureCHEMUNG COUNTY PERFORMI…THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC: $464,773 · Arts & CultureTHE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE…CORNING ELMIRA MUSICAL ARTS INC ORCHESTRA OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES: $330,238 · Arts & CultureCORNING ELMIRA MUSICAL …Regional Science and Discovery Center: $172,279 · Arts & CultureRegional Science and Di…FRIENDS OF WOODLAWN CEMETERY OFELMIRA INC: $155,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF WOODLAWN CEM…+15 more: $513,871 · Arts & Culture+15 morePRO ACTION OF STEUBEN AND YATES INC: $665,810 · Human ServicesPRO ACTION OF STEUBEN…HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $382,620 · Human ServicesHORSEHEADS FAMILY RES…ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC OF CHE: $369,418 · Human ServicesECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY …Family Service Society Inc: $218,369 · Human ServicesFamily Service Societ…CASA of the Southern Tier Inc: $107,966 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER: $90,185 · Human Services+21 more: $420,916 · Human Services+21 moreSOUTHEAST STEUBEN COUNTY LIBRARY: $310,480 · EducationDORMANN LIBRARY: $135,100 · EducationBOOKS IN HOMES USA INC: $83,500 · EducationFINN ACADEMY AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL: $66,955 · EducationCORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $63,300 · EducationELMIRA COLLEGE: $41,600 · EducationCHEMUNG COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT: $27,700 · Education+5 more: $63,496 · EducationCHEMUNG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA: $698,458 · Animals+1 more: $15,525 · AnimalsARBOR HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT: $134,425 · HealthFAMILY SERVICES OF CHEMUNG COUNTY INC: $109,427 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $35,487 · HealthHEALTH AND WELFARE COUNCIL OF LONG ISLAND INC: $25,000 · HealthFINGER LAKES HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY: $18,000 · HealthVALOIS LOGAN & HECTOR VOLUNTEER FIRE CO INC: $14,875 · Health+3 more: $20,310 · HealthTANGLEWOOD NATURE CENTER & MUSEUM INC: $194,671 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE CHEMUNG RIVER WATERSHED INC: $58,347 · EnvironmentThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $25,000 · Environment+1 more: $7,500 · Environment
Other$5,192,889Arts & Culture$2,531,894Human Services$2,255,284Education$792,131Animals$713,983Health$357,524Environment$285,518

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHEMUNG COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS INC CLEMENS CENTER: $895,733 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetCHEMUNG COUNTY CHILD CARE COUNCIL INC: $801,596 over 7y, 7.9% of budgetCHEMUNG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA: $698,458 over 7y, 25% of budgetPRO ACTION OF STEUBEN AND YATES INC: $665,810 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetTHE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC: $464,773 over 7y, 13% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER: $388,485 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $382,620 over 7y, 45% of budgetECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC OF CHE: $369,418 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetCORNING ELMIRA MUSICAL ARTS INC ORCHESTRA OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES: $330,238 over 7y, 27% of budgetSOUTHEAST STEUBEN COUNTY LIBRARY: $310,480 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetFamily Service Society Inc: $218,369 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetTANGLEWOOD NATURE CENTER & MUSEUM INC: $194,671 over 7y, 11% of budgetONE SEVENTY ONE CEDAR INC: $192,159 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetTHE ROCKWELL MUSEUM: $192,114 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetRegional Science and Discovery Center: $172,279 over 7y, 10.0% of budgetK R A M E R FOUNDATION INC: $167,557 over 7y, 36% of budgetFRIENDS OF WOODLAWN CEMETERY OFELMIRA INC: $155,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetDORMANN LIBRARY: $135,100 over 1y, 14% of budgetARBOR HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT: $134,425 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCAREFIRST NY INC: $133,215 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSTEUBEN COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $120,453 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY CAREER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IN: $119,198 over 7y, 20% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF CHEMUNG COUNTY INC: $109,427 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCASA of the Southern Tier Inc: $107,966 over 6y, 13% of budgetNYSARC INC CHEMUNG COUNTY CHAPTER: $101,710 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER: $90,185 over 6y, 15% of budgetQUARRY FARM FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetARNOT ART MUSEUM: $84,095 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetBOOKS IN HOMES USA INC: $83,500 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetSOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $74,793 over 6y, 9.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC: $73,610 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCHEMUNG COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $70,896 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL CHEMUNG COUNTY: $68,730 over 6y, 11% of budgetCORNING PAINTED POST HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $67,200 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetFINN ACADEMY AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL: $66,955 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $63,300 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTRI-CITIES OPERA COMPANY INC: $61,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ARTS OF ELMIRA INC: $59,190 over 4y, 55% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHEMUNG RIVER WATERSHED INC: $58,347 over 5y, 13% of budgetELDRIDGE PARK CAROUSEL PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $57,250 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetHIS HAVEN INC: $56,808 over 4y, 25% of budgetCorning Community Food Pantry: $54,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ADDISON YOUTH CENTER: $53,720 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY PROGRESS INC: $50,252 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetHANDS OF LOVE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetGlenn H Curtiss Museum Of Local History Inc: $49,170 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION: $47,954 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetELMIRA COLLEGE: $41,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
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 CHEMUNG COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS INC CLEMENS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHEMUNG COUNTY CHILD CARE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHEMUNG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA ↗
  • Who funds PRO ACTION OF STEUBEN AND YATES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC OF CHE ↗
  • Who funds CORNING ELMIRA MUSICAL ARTS INC ORCHESTRA OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST STEUBEN COUNTY LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds Family Service Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds TANGLEWOOD NATURE CENTER & MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE SEVENTY ONE CEDAR INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ROCKWELL MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Regional Science and Discovery Center ↗
  • Who funds K R A M E R FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WOODLAWN CEMETERY OFELMIRA INC ↗
  • Who funds DORMANN LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds ARBOR HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds CAREFIRST NY INC ↗
  • Who funds STEUBEN COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CAREER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IN ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICES OF CHEMUNG COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA of the Southern Tier Inc ↗
  • Who funds NYSARC INC CHEMUNG COUNTY CHAPTER ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds QUARRY FARM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARNOT ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds BOOKS IN HOMES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHEMUNG COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL CHEMUNG COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CORNING PAINTED POST HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FINN ACADEMY AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL ↗

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.

United Way of the Sou…Corning Incorporated …The Triangle FundThe Anderson Foundati…Douglas G Anderson Le…The Hilliard Foundati…JM McDonald Foundatio…Tioga Downs Regional …Finger Lakes Performi…Bobbie and John G Ull…Meier Family Foundati…The Arts Council of t…
United Way of the Southern Tier IncNY75.4× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Southern Tier Inc · Corning Incorporated Foundation · The Triangle Fund · The Anderson Foundation Inc · Douglas G Anderson Leigh R Evans Foundation · The Hilliard Foundation Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation Inc · Finger Lakes Performing Provider System Inc · Bobbie and John G Ullman Family Foundation Inc · Meier Family Foundation · The Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    49report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 197 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 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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