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Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc

We bring people and resources together to build a more equitable tompkins county by inspiring diverse philanthropy, catalyzing collaborations and championing inclusion and justice.

$4.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
115
Itemized grants FY2025
143
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$2.1M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$11,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$145,272
Organizations funded a year
67 to 143
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$32M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthOther
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 arriving105$2.1M10%
FY2024143$4.6M36%
FY2023106$1.9M18%
FY2022105$2.2M30%
FY202189$2.1M29%
FY202070$1.8M23%
FY201967$1.6M36%
FY201869$1.5Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$2.8MHuman Services$2.2MHealth$1.8MArts & Culture$1.7MFood & Nutrition$1.7MEnvironment$1.4MInternational$1.1MReligion$938kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Greater Ithaca Activities Center Inc$929,718822%
First Unitarian Society$660,8368n/a
The Catholic Charities Food Bank of the Southern Tier$546,0738n/a
Golden Opportunity Go Inc$538,130860%
Center for Transformative Action$520,87483%
Southside Community Center Inc$456,551820%
Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services Inc$379,25683%
The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc$361,13663%
Tompkins County Public Library Foundation Inc$317,171814%
The Village at Ithaca Inc$308,806825%
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All grantees of Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Greater Ithaca Activities Center Inc$929,718822%
First Unitarian Society$660,8368n/a
The Catholic Charities Food Bank of the Southern Tier$546,0738n/a
Golden Opportunity Go Inc$538,130860%
Center for Transformative Action$520,87483%
Southside Community Center Inc$456,551820%
Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services Inc$379,25683%
The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc$361,13663%
Tompkins County Public Library Foundation Inc$317,171814%
The Village at Ithaca Inc$308,806825%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$307,61680%
Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale Inc$295,83081%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester$281,8588n/a
Hospicare & Palliative Care Services of Tompkins County Inc$278,40172%
Nutrition for the Elderly in Tompkins County Inc$269,68984%
Cooperative Extension Assoc in the State of New York$258,4217n/a
United Way of Tompkins County Inc$241,643312%
State Theatre of Ithaca Inc$238,91987%
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc$229,33740%
Finger Lakes Reuse Inc$226,16572%
Family & Children's Service of Ithaca Inc$197,87771%
Loaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc$174,99087%
Ithaca Health Alliance Inc$164,655810%
Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes Inc$145,54141%
Cascadilla Boat Club Ltd$145,272144%
Groton Public Library$140,49687%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$135,09310%
Sciencenter Discovery Museum$134,30581%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$131,59310%
The Carter Center Inc$131,59310%
Ocean Conservancy$131,38310%
Earthjustice$131,38310%
International Committee of the Red Cross$131,38310%
Population Connection$131,38311%
Engenderhealth Inc$131,38310%
United States Association for UNHCR$131,38310%
Handicap International$131,38310%
Running to Places Theatre Company Ltd$131,183716%
National Park Foundation$130,00080%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$129,55420%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$129,55420%
Challenge Industries Inc$120,00071%
Opportunities Alternatives and Resources of Tompkins County$116,83864%
Threefold Education Foundation and School$112,50070%
Ithaca Welcomes Refugees Inc$111,829710%
Family Reading Partnership$106,500712%
Seneca Falls Library$104,64783%
Seymour Public Library District$103,94881%
The Advocacy Center of Tompkins County$101,76971%
Child Development Council of Central New York Inc$100,65052%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$100,00010%
Aurora Free Library$96,770810%
Hazard Library Association$96,401817%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$91,23410%
Friends of the Ithaca Youth Bureau$90,350456%
Amplify Equity Inc$90,00037%
Paleontological Research Institution$86,72051%
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc$85,750423%
Tompkins Learning Partners Inc$85,15083%
Community Science Institute Inc$84,772411%
Cayuga Medical Center Foundation$82,55084%
Kitchen Theatre Company Inc$75,92563%
Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County Inc$74,85059%
The Southworth Library Association$74,25086%
Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes$73,76058%
Drop-In Center Inc$73,32642%
Youth Farm Project Inc$70,40049%
Newfield Public Library$69,277610%
Lansing Community Library$69,11065%
Khuba International$69,100412%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Ithaca and Tompkins County$67,38061%
Tompkins County Senior Citizens Council$66,13663%
Phillips Free Library$64,23075%
Friends of Stewart Park Inc$63,400513%
Kendal at Ithaca Inc$61,00050%
South Sudan Nation Bldrs$60,00048%
Displaced Homemakers Center of Tc Inc$58,95043%
Tompkins County Spca$58,81451%
Ithaca Community Childcare Center Inc$56,31041%
Cortland Free Library$56,16352%
Civic Ensemble Inc$55,100511%
Tompkins County Mental Health Association Incorporated$53,89935%
Love Living at Home Inc$53,821512%
Tompkins County Workers Center Inc$53,65079%
Free Science Inc$51,250414%
Alliance of Families for Justice Inc$50,25044%
Summit Church United Methodist Church$50,0001n/a
Road Runners Club of America Inc$50,00031%
The Ironman Foundation Inc$50,00012%
Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming Inc$48,67054%
Belize Zoo and Neotropical Conservancy Inc$47,80049%
Ithaca College$47,35030%
Edith B Ford Memorial Library$46,3013n/a
Lodi Whittier Library$45,42448%
Ulysses Philomathic Library$45,21062%
Center for the Arts at Ithaca Inc$43,50041%
Seventh Art Corporation of Ithaca$43,02642%
Temple Beth-El$42,2795n/a
Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers Inc$41,852521%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$40,03010%
Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Inc$39,32018%
Discover Cayuga Lake Inc$38,75043%
The Ithaca Voice Inc$38,65035%
Seamen's Church Institute of Newport$38,320111%
Educate the Children Inc$38,32019%
National Maritime Historical Society$38,32013%
United Nations Foundation Inc$38,32010%
Witness for Peace$38,320113%
Human Rights Watch Inc$38,32010%
Physicians for Social Responsibility$38,32012%
Democratic Socialists of America Fund Inc$38,320110%
Operation Smile Inc$38,32010%
Museum of African American History$38,32010%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$38,32010%
Tri-Cities Opera Company Inc$38,32014%
Drug Policy Alliance$38,32010%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$38,32010%
Greenpeace Fund Inc$38,32010%
Pathfinder International$38,32010%
United Negro College Fund Inc$38,32010%
The Sentencing Project$38,32010%
Saoirse Pastures Inc$38,0004n/a
St John's Community Services$37,37340%
The Salvation Army$36,9006n/a
No Mas Lagrimas - No More Tears Inc$36,6003n/a
Finger Lakes Library System$36,09541%
The Center for Community Transportation Inc$35,60032%
John Dau Foundation$35,00031%
Coddington Road Community Center Inc$33,09031%
Interlaken Public Library$32,51557%
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network Inc$32,39037%
Lodi Public Library Foundation$32,316236%
Ithaca Community Recovery$31,25048%
Ohio State University Foundation$30,00010%
Christ the King Lutheran Church$30,0001n/a
Senior Lifestyle Solutions of Ithaca Inc$30,0001n/a
Community School of Music and Arts Inc$29,60033%
Finger Lakes Toy Library Inc$28,390413%
Midstate Education and Service Foundation$28,00037%
Gadabout Transportation Services Inc$27,20050%
Cornell University$27,00030%
Community Unity Music EducationProg$27,00038%
Williams College$26,50030%
First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca$25,8001n/a
Special Olympics New York Inc$25,50030%
Roger Williams University School of Law$25,00010%
American Association for State and Local History$25,00011%
Food Justice Projects Inc$25,000231%
Tappan Spaulding Memorial Library$24,758413%
The Learning Web Inc$24,45022%
Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins & Cortland Counties$24,20023%
Ithaca Childrens Garden Inc$23,83132%
Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts Inc$23,29035%
Doula Access Initiative$22,762319%
Shared Kitchen Ithaca Inc$22,00026%
Discovery Trail Inc$20,35232%
Friendship Donations Network$20,300310%
Reach Project Inc$20,23422%
Caroline Asp Inc$20,000211%
The History Center in Tompkins County Inc$18,52121%
Waterloo Library and Historical Society Inc$18,50014%
A Network for Grateful Living Inc$18,31731%
Groton Community Cupboard$17,5002n/a
Historic Ithaca Inc$17,10023%
Rudolf Steiner Fellowship Fdn Inc$17,00020%
Ithaca Community Radio Inc$16,20025%
Ithacare Center Service Company Inc$16,00020%
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church$15,5001n/a
Ithaca Waldorf School$15,25021%
Ithaca Downtown Bus Improv District Inc$15,05021%
Ithaca City School District$15,0001n/a
Ladies' Unio N Benevolent Society$15,000137%
Edith B Ford Memorial Library$14,50024%
Varna Community Assoc$13,45024%
Unity House of Cayuga County Inc$13,00020%
Cady Library$12,6882n/a
Waverly Free Library$12,50025%
Ithaca Public Education Initiative Inc$12,50023%
Wskg Public Telecommunications Council$12,24620%
Ithaca Alpha House Center Inc Dba Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services$12,00010%
Alcohol and Drug Council of Tompkins County Inc$11,99510%
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism$11,9481n/a
Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service of TC Inc$11,90012%
Nicaraguan Mission Project$11,810118%
Catholic Committee of the South$11,8101n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$11,7001n/a
Berkshire Free Library$11,37328%
Service in Unity Inc$11,0001n/a
Unbroken Promise Initiative Inc$10,500116%
St Paul Lutheran Church$10,0001n/a
Baden Powell Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$10,00011%
Area Congregations Together Inc$10,000117%
Native Renewables Inc$10,00010%
Ballet and Books$10,000117%
The Street Dog Coalition$10,00011%
Second Wind Cottages Inc$10,00013%
United States Catholic Conference$10,0001n/a
Givedirectly Inc$10,00010%
Lansing Food Pantry Inc$10,000117%
Path$10,00010%
Friends of Givat Haviva$10,00010%
Alliance for Childhood Inc$10,000142%
Enfield Community Council Inc$10,00018%
Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County Inc$10,00011%
The Clear Fund$10,00010%
National Math Foundation Inc$10,000111%
Immaculate Conception Church$9,7961n/a
New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches Inc$9,75013%
Nami-Fingerlakesinc$9,54418%
Port Byron Library Inc$8,76016%
Jewish Learning Institute Inc$8,2001n/a
Groton Community Cupboard$8,0711n/a
Franziska Racker Centers Inc$8,00010%
Tompkins County Area Development Foundation Inc$7,500113%
Friends of Powers Library Inc$7,5001n/a
St James Ame Zion Church Inc$7,5001n/a
Sustainable Finger Lakes Inc$7,05514%
The Cherry Arts Inc$7,00012%
Stablework Corp$6,6001n/a
Diversity Consortium of Tompkins County Inc$6,500158%
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc$6,50010%
Affiliated Choruses of Ithaca Inc$6,2981n/a
Springport Free Library$6,20715%
First Congregational Church$6,1001n/a
Candor Free Library$6,0651n/a
Groton Central School District$6,0001n/a
First Assembly of God$6,0001n/a
Go Ithaca$6,00011%
Diocese of Rochester$6,0001n/a
Coburn Free Library$6,00014%
Finca International Inc$6,00010%
Cayuga Trail Club Inc$6,000125%
Brooktondale Community Center$6,0001n/a
Lansing Lunchbox Inc$5,706113%
Shared Journeys Inc$5,42014%
Words Into Deeds Inc$5,4021n/a
Sustainable Markets Foundation$5,38810%
Multicultural Resource Center Inc$5,3001n/a
Opus Ithaca School of Music$5,25011%
Social Ventures Inc Co Jeff Furman$5,25014%

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($340k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreater Ithaca Activities Center Inc: $929,718 over 8y, 22% of budgetGolden Opportunity Go Inc: $538,130 over 8y, 60% of budgetCenter for Transformative Action: $520,874 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetSouthside Community Center Inc: $456,551 over 8y, 20% of budgetIthaca Neighborhood Housing Services Inc: $379,256 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $361,136 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetTompkins County Public Library Foundation Inc: $317,171 over 8y, 14% of budgetThe Village at Ithaca Inc: $308,806 over 8y, 25% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $307,616 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRepertoire International de Litterature Musicale Inc: $295,830 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetHospicare & Palliative Care Services of Tompkins County Inc: $278,401 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetNutrition for the Elderly in Tompkins County Inc: $269,689 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetUnited Way of Tompkins County Inc: $241,643 over 3y, 12% of budgetState Theatre of Ithaca Inc: $238,919 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc: $229,337 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFinger Lakes Reuse Inc: $226,165 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetFamily & Children's Service of Ithaca Inc: $197,877 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetLoaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc: $174,990 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetIthaca Health Alliance Inc: $164,655 over 8y, 10% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes Inc: $145,541 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCascadilla Boat Club Ltd: $145,272 over 1y, 44% of budgetGroton Public Library: $140,496 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $135,093 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSciencenter Discovery Museum: $134,305 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $131,593 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $131,593 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $131,383 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEarthjustice: $131,383 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Committee of the Red Cross: $131,383 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPopulation Connection: $131,383 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEngenderhealth Inc: $131,383 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $131,383 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHandicap International: $131,383 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRunning to Places Theatre Company Ltd: $131,183 over 7y, 16% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $130,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $129,554 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $129,554 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChallenge Industries Inc: $120,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetOpportunities Alternatives and Resources of Tompkins County: $116,838 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetThreefold Education Foundation and School: $112,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetIthaca Welcomes Refugees Inc: $111,829 over 7y, 10% of budgetFamily Reading Partnership: $106,500 over 7y, 12% of budgetSeneca Falls Library: $104,647 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetSeymour Public Library District: $103,948 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetThe Advocacy Center of Tompkins County: $101,769 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetChild Development Council of Central New York Inc: $100,650 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAurora Free Library: $96,770 over 8y, 9.6% 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 200.

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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.

Legacy Foundation of Tompkins CountyNY161.8× affinity77 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County · Park Foundation Inc · United Way of Tompkins County Inc · Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund Inc · Triad Foundation Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · City Federation of Women's Organizations Inc · Norathco Foundation · Social Service League of Ithaca Inc · Finger Lakes Library System · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc · Brooks Family Foundation

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 Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc

How much does Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc give?
Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc reported 115 itemized grants totaling $2,101,698, out of $4,283,058 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 67 and 143 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (15%), Human Services (12%), Health (10%).
Who are Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Greater Ithaca Activities Center Inc ($930k), First Unitarian Society ($661k), The Catholic Charities Food Bank of the Southern Tier ($546k).
Does Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County, Park Foundation Inc, United Way of Tompkins County Inc.
Where is Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc based?
Community Foundation of Tompkins County 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 251 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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