New York · Private foundation
Elaine P & Richard U Wilson 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.
- $28k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Elaine P & Richard U Wilson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 6 | $28k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $93k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $99k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $93k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $98k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $102k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $210k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $145k | 56% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Eastman Museum | $218,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $215,000 | 5 | 1% |
| University of Rochester | $157,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Seneca Park Zoo Society | $138,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Geva Theatre Center Inc | $116,700 | 7 | 1% |
| Rochester Fringe Festival Inc | $110,000 | 7 | 2% |
| The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To | $20,750 | 4 | 0% |
| The Berkeley Carroll School | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| American Horse Trials Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foodlink Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Eastman Museum | $218,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $215,000 | 5 | 1% |
| University of Rochester | $157,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Seneca Park Zoo Society | $138,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Geva Theatre Center Inc | $116,700 | 7 | 1% |
| Rochester Fringe Festival Inc | $110,000 | 7 | 2% |
| The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To | $20,750 | 4 | 0% |
| The Berkeley Carroll School | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| American Horse Trials Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foodlink Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oasis Adaptive Sports Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 8% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Harley School | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rochester Museum & Science Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mary McDowell Friends School | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Equicenter Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($146k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elaine P & Richard U Wilson 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: Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Waldron Rise Foundation Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation · The Riedman Foundation
How this is measured
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About Elaine P & Richard U Wilson Foundation
- How much does Elaine P & Richard U Wilson Foundation give?
- Elaine P & Richard U Wilson Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $28,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Elaine P & Richard U Wilson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (71%), Animals (23%), Civil Rights (3%).
- Who are Elaine P & Richard U Wilson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: George Eastman Museum ($219k), Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc ($215k), University of Rochester ($157k).
- Does Elaine P & Richard U Wilson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elaine P & Richard U Wilson 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 Elaine P & Richard U Wilson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation, Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc.
- Where is Elaine P & Richard U Wilson Foundation based?
- Elaine P & Richard U Wilson Foundation is based in NY.
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