New York · Private foundation
Eastman 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.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $39k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Eastman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 8 | $25k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $43k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $108k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $44k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $88k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $45k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $70k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $91k | 42% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Buffalo and Erie County | $232,801 | 9 | 0% |
| Roswell Park Alliance Foundation | $82,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Medaille University | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Kevin Guest House Inc | $51,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Buffalo State College Foundation Inc | $16,265 | 1 | 0% |
| New Era Cap Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buffalo Fine Arts Academy | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $7,650 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hilary Grace Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 3% |
| City Mission Society Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Buffalo and Erie County | $232,801 | 9 | 0% |
| Roswell Park Alliance Foundation | $82,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Medaille University | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Kevin Guest House Inc | $51,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Buffalo State College Foundation Inc | $16,265 | 1 | 0% |
| New Era Cap Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buffalo Fine Arts Academy | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $7,650 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hilary Grace Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 3% |
| City Mission Society Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ecmc Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Buffalo Sabres Foundation | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Erie County Law Enforcement Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 7% |
| The Salvation Army | $2,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Skin Cancer Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Italian-American Police Assn of Wny | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Nichols School of Buffalo | $995 | 1 | 0% |
| Jack G Rogers Foundation | $750 | 2 | n/a |
| Amherst Youth Foundation Inc | $750 | 1 | 1% |
| Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bison Children's Scholarship Fund Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Buffalo Fenians Gaelic Footballclub | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| 716 Squash Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wny Heroes Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($154k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Eastman 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: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · The Baird Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · Equitable Foundation Inc · Rich Family Foundation · Zeron Foundation · Demakos Foundation · The Osc Charitable Foundation · Cullen Foundation of Western New York Inc · Buffalo Sabres Foundation · James H Cummings Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Eastman Foundation
- How much does Eastman Foundation give?
- Eastman Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $25,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Eastman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (37%), Health (26%), Education (20%).
- Who are Eastman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Buffalo and Erie County ($233k), Roswell Park Alliance Foundation ($83k), Medaille University ($60k).
- Does Eastman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Eastman 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 Eastman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation, The Baird Foundation.
- Where is Eastman Foundation based?
- Eastman Foundation is based in NY.
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