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Employees' Federated Community Service

Charitable bequests

$109k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.3MArts & Culture$68kYouth Development$58kEnvironment$49kHuman Services$34kHealth$32kHousing & Shelter$29kFood & Nutrition$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $60,210, the rows itemized in this filing. The $109,060 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $48,850 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
$8,210
Median grant
1
States reached
$62k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NY$45,000
BALTIMORE WOODS NATURE CENTER$8,210
THE UPSTATE FOUNDATION$7,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CLEAR PATH FOR VETS: $6k → 11%RESCUE MISSION: $13k → 14%CLEAR PATH FOR VETS: $5k → 11%RESCUE MISSION: $6k → 14%CHARITY FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 14%PEACE - BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS: $15k → 14%CNY DIAPER BANK: $5k → 14%CNY DIAPER BANK: $5k → 14%UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: $11k → 14%THE UPSTATE FOUNDATION: $7k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 10 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
9

Total granted

$1.6M
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+71%

Still filing today

80%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +8%
  • PE
    PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $52k · revenue +24%
  • BW
    BALTIMORE WOODS NATURE CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $49k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • GL
    GOOD LIFE PHILANTHROPIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +192%
  • MH
    MAUREEN'S HOPE FOUNDATIONINCgraduated
    2× · 2021–2024 · $6k · revenue +205%
  • JH
    JOSEPH'S HOUSE FOR WOMEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +115%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
2
Unity House of Cayuga County Inc

Unity house's mission is to empower and enrich the lives of people in recovery, coping with a mental illness, and/or diagnosed with a developmental disability. this is accomplished by offering supports and services in an inclusive,…

Health
3
Accesscny Inc

Accesscny offers personcentered services that empower individuals of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential as part of our shared community. services are provided with dedication, compassion, innovation, and commitment. the…

Health
4
Carefirst Ny Inc

It is the mission of carefirst ny, inc. to affirm life through extraordinary, compassionate support and care to patients and families in chemung, steuben and schuyler counties.

—
5
Cny Fair Housing Inc

We work to eliminate housing discrimination, promote open communities, and ensure equal access to housing opportunity for all people in central and northern new york.

—
6
Home Headquarters Inc

Home headquarters, inc is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1996. over the past 25 years, home headquarters has been committed to creating housing and related opportunities and services in upstate new york…

Housing & Shelter
7
Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corporation

The mission of the organization is to enhance and build resilient diverse communities, by supporting economic growth, creative community-based initiatives, and quality housing services in the neighborhoods it serves.

Housing & Shelter
8
Downtown Syracuse Foundation Inc

To conduct research, identify best policies and practices, secure resources and implement programs and projects to support the revitalization of downtown syracuse.

Community Improvement
9
United Way of New York State

To strengthen the capacity of local united ways through their charitable human service activities to be leaders in achieving results that improve the lives of all new yorkers.

Philanthropy
10
Invest Buffalo Niagara Foundation Inc

Invest buffalo niagara foundation, inc. is a vehicle to solicit charitable contributions to develop programs, collaborate with, and provide funding to organizations that advance and encourage economic development in western new york.

Community Improvement
11
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
12
Syracuse Urban Partnership Inc
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central New York Inc; the most unlike its peers is Responsive to Our Community Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $1,326,942 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC+2 more: $11,000 · PhilanthropyPEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC: $52,207 · Human ServicesTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $18,496 · Human ServicesTHE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $17,550 · Human ServicesCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $11,530 · Human ServicesCentral New York Diaper Bank: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesBALTIMORE WOODS NATURE CENTER INC: $48,610 · EnvironmentWCNY FOUNDATION INC: $40,325 · EducationGOOD LIFE PHILANTHROPIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · EducationSU THEATRE CORPORATION D/B/A SYRACUSE STAGE: $22,000 · Arts & CultureMOVE ALONG INC: $10,312 · OtherSYRACUSE STAGE: $5,500 · OtherHope for Bereaved Inc: $5,000 · OtherJOSEPH'S HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $5,914 · OtherResponsive to Our Community Inc: $5,000 · OtherST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER: $5,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $16,402 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$1,337,942Human Services$114,783Environment$48,610Education$46,325Arts & Culture$22,000Other$36,726Food & Nutrition$16,402

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $1,326,942 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetPEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC: $52,207 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE WOODS NATURE CENTER INC: $48,610 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetWCNY FOUNDATION INC: $40,325 over 5y, 44% of budgetSU THEATRE CORPORATION D/B/A SYRACUSE STAGE: $22,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $18,496 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $17,550 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $16,402 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $11,530 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCentral New York Diaper Bank: $10,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetGOOD LIFE PHILANTHROPIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAUREEN'S HOPE FOUNDATIONINC: $6,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetJOSEPH'S HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $5,914 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetPAIGE'S BUTTERFLY RUN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Bereaved Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetResponsive to Our Community Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Central New York Comm…Jim and Juli Boeheim …Herbert S and Eleanor…The John Ben Snow Fou…JM McDonald Foundatio…The Dorothy and Marsh…Allyn Family Foundati…Mother Cabrini Health…Baxter International …John Ben Snow Memoria…Price Chopper's Golub…Equitable Foundation …
Central New York Community Foundation IncNY29.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc · Herbert S and Eleanore L Howard Charitable Foundation · The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · The Dorothy and Marshall M Reisman Foundation · Allyn Family Foundation Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Baxter International Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Equitable 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Employees' Federated Community Service funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Employees' Federated Community Service. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 20 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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