New York · Private foundation
Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 50
- Grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 36 to 56
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $487k 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 | 44 | $1.1M | 64% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $920k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $843k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $905k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 56 | $850k | 61% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $464k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 46 | $200k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $259k | 28% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utica City School District | $351,155 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Rome | $215,435 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Utica New York | $168,082 | 4 | n/a |
| Mid York Library System | $146,568 | 1 | 5% |
| Town of Webb | $145,509 | 2 | n/a |
| Rome City School District | $82,047 | 5 | n/a |
| Integrated Community Alternatives Network Inc | $80,052 | 3 | 0% |
| The Midtown Utica Community Center Inc | $70,433 | 4 | 45% |
| Camden Central School District | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coliseum Soccer Club Inc | $46,476 | 3 | 6% |
Show all 44 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utica City School District | $351,155 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Rome | $215,435 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Utica New York | $168,082 | 4 | n/a |
| Mid York Library System | $146,568 | 1 | 5% |
| Town of Webb | $145,509 | 2 | n/a |
| Rome City School District | $82,047 | 5 | n/a |
| Integrated Community Alternatives Network Inc | $80,052 | 3 | 0% |
| The Midtown Utica Community Center Inc | $70,433 | 4 | 45% |
| Camden Central School District | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coliseum Soccer Club Inc | $46,476 | 3 | 6% |
| Rome Baseball Association Inc | $43,950 | 2 | 55% |
| Boonville Youth Athletic Association Inc | $32,606 | 1 | n/a |
| New Hartford Wrestling Club | $31,908 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Town Library | $30,722 | 2 | 31% |
| Mohawk Valley Sports Club Inc | $28,436 | 3 | 11% |
| Upstate Cerebral Palsy Inc | $27,518 | 1 | 0% |
| Rome Youth Hockey Association | $25,765 | 2 | 28% |
| Friends of Woodcraft Inc | $24,961 | 1 | n/a |
| Kelberman Center Inc | $24,378 | 2 | 0% |
| Camden Little League Inc | $20,400 | 1 | 28% |
| Utica Lady Knicks Inc | $14,933 | 1 | 62% |
| Center for Family Life and Recovery Inc | $14,918 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Federation of the Mohawk Valley Inc | $14,316 | 1 | 1% |
| The Root Farm Inc | $14,242 | 3 | 1% |
| Rome Girls Softball League Inc | $12,485 | 1 | 9% |
| The Neighborhood Center Inc | $11,986 | 1 | 0% |
| Krajisnik Football Club Inc | $11,558 | 2 | 3% |
| The Utica Center for Development Inc | $11,280 | 1 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $11,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Sauquoit Valley Youth Association Inc | $9,820 | 1 | n/a |
| Krajisnik Soccer Club Inc | $9,166 | 2 | n/a |
| Wilsons Cops and Kids | $9,024 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Rome Youth Baseball | $8,059 | 1 | n/a |
| District 3 Wrestling | $6,774 | 1 | n/a |
| Leatherstocking Ballet Inc | $6,213 | 1 | n/a |
| Utica Academy of Science Charter School | $5,628 | 2 | n/a |
| New Hartford Central School District | $5,378 | 1 | n/a |
| House of the Good Shepherd | $5,055 | 1 | 0% |
| J-Rob Foundation | $4,578 | 1 | n/a |
| Kirkland Art Center Inc | $4,430 | 1 | 1% |
| Westmoreland Youth Baseball & Softball Association Inc | $1,620 | 1 | n/a |
| Wholesome Living Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cny Bmx | $1,420 | 2 | n/a |
| Didymus Thomas Memorial Library | $936 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 191 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc · Bank of Utica Foundation Inc · Indium Corporation and Macartney Family Foundation Inc · Utica National Group Foundation Inc · United Way of the Mohawk Valley Inc · Rome Community Foundation · Joseph and Inez E Carbone Foundation · The Rob Esche Save of the Day Foundation Inc · Hazen B Hinman Sr Foundation Inc · The James H Wurz Jr and Edward T Wurz Sr Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc
- How much does Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc give?
- Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc reported 50 grants totaling $1,059,515 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 56 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (61%), Education (20%), Public Benefit (9%).
- Who are Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Utica City School District ($351k), City of Rome ($215k), City of Utica New York ($168k).
- Does Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc, Bank of Utica Foundation Inc, Indium Corporation and Macartney Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc based?
- Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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