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De French Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$260k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 35
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$4.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations De French Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthOther
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
FY2024still arriving35$260k20%
FY202335$299k29%
FY202233$286k52%
FY202129$236kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$356kPhilanthropy$150kArts & Culture$97kFood & Nutrition$84kPublic Safety & Disaster$73kHuman Services$72kRecreation & Sports$50kHealth$49kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Cayuga County Inc$120,000447%
The Cayuga County Community College Foundation Inc$110,00043%
Le Moyne College$80,00040%
Calvary Food Pantry Cny$42,000412%
Seymour Library$30,00023%
Auburn Education Foundation Inc$30,000215%
Abc Cayuga Inc$30,00022%
King Ferry Food Pantry Inc$25,00043%
Cayuga Community College$25,0001n/a
Mercyworksincorporated$23,00041%
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All grantees of De French Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Cayuga County Inc$120,000447%
The Cayuga County Community College Foundation Inc$110,00043%
Le Moyne College$80,00040%
Calvary Food Pantry Cny$42,000412%
Seymour Library$30,00023%
Auburn Education Foundation Inc$30,000215%
Abc Cayuga Inc$30,00022%
King Ferry Food Pantry Inc$25,00043%
Cayuga Community College$25,0001n/a
Mercyworksincorporated$23,00041%
Mercy Flight Central Inc$21,00040%
Auburn Public Theater Inc$20,85041%
Cayuga Museum of History & Art Inc$20,00032%
Girl Scouts of Nypenn Pathways Inc$18,50030%
Fort Hill Cemetery Association Inc$17,50027%
Cayuga County Habitat for Humanity$17,50037%
Berea College$17,50040%
Union Springs Soccer Club Inc$13,500412%
Peachtown Elementary School$12,00041%
City of Auburn$12,0002n/a
Faatz-Crofut Home for the Elderly Inc$11,00020%
Westminster Presbyterian Church$11,0002n/a
Unity House$10,0001n/a
Transportation Project for Cayuga County Inc$10,00022%
Cayuga-Syracuse Presbytery Home for the Elderly Inc Dba Westminster Manor$10,00011%
Fourtown First Aid Squad Inc$10,00011%
Literacy Volunteers of Cayuga Co Inc$9,50042%
Tyburn Academy of Mary Immaculate Inc$9,32521%
Arise Child & Family Service Inc$8,00020%
Auburn Sports Boosters Inc$7,70025%
Owasco Watershed Lake Assoc Inc$7,50025%
Unity House of Cayuga County Inc$5,00010%
Seward House Museum$5,0001n/a
Wells College$5,00010%
Cayuga County Community Health Network Inc$5,00011%
Matthew House Inc$5,00011%
Auburn Hockey Club Inc$4,00014%
The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc$3,00010%
Mozaic$3,00011%
Port Byron Little League Inc$2,80016%
The Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse$2,50010%
The Frontenac Historical Society & Museum$1,5001n/a
Moravia Hope Pantry Inc$1,30011%
Skaneateles Early Childhood Center Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($247k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

De French Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Cayuga County Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 47% of budgetThe Cayuga County Community College Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetLe Moyne College: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCalvary Food Pantry Cny: $42,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetSeymour Library: $30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAuburn Education Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetAbc Cayuga Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetKing Ferry Food Pantry Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetMercyworksincorporated: $23,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMercy Flight Central Inc: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAuburn Public Theater Inc: $20,850 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCayuga Museum of History & Art Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetGirl Scouts of Nypenn Pathways Inc: $18,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFort Hill Cemetery Association Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetCayuga County Habitat for Humanity: $17,500 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetBerea College: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Springs Soccer Club Inc: $13,500 over 4y, 12% of budgetPeachtown Elementary School: $12,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetFaatz-Crofut Home for the Elderly Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTransportation Project for Cayuga County Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCayuga-Syracuse Presbytery Home for the Elderly Inc Dba Westminster Manor: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFourtown First Aid Squad Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers of Cayuga Co Inc: $9,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetTyburn Academy of Mary Immaculate Inc: $9,325 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetArise Child & Family Service Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAuburn Sports Boosters Inc: $7,700 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetOwasco Watershed Lake Assoc Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetUnity House of Cayuga County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWells College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCayuga County Community Health Network Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMatthew House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAuburn Hockey Club Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMozaic: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPort Byron Little League Inc: $2,800 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetThe Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMoravia Hope Pantry Inc: $1,300 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSkaneateles Early Childhood Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 38.

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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 Stanley W Metcalf Foundation IncNY83.4× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Stanley W Metcalf Foundation Inc · Fred L Emerson Foundation Inc · Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Columbian Foundation Inc · Allyn Family Foundation Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · The Cayuga Foundation Pfdn · The Dr Joseph F Karpinski Sr Foundation · United Way of Cayuga County Inc · Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc · The Schwartz Family Foundation Inc · Kinney Drugs 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 De French Foundation Inc

How much does De French Foundation Inc give?
De French Foundation Inc reported 35 grants totaling $260,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 35 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does De French Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Philanthropy (11%), Arts & Culture (7%).
Who are De French Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: United Way of Cayuga County Inc ($120k), The Cayuga County Community College Foundation Inc ($110k), Le Moyne College ($80k).
Does De French Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does De French Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as De French Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Stanley W Metcalf Foundation Inc, Fred L Emerson Foundation Inc, Central New York Community Foundation Inc.
Where is De French Foundation Inc based?
De French 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 63 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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