New York · Public charity
Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc
Erie canalway heritage fund, inc. Works to preserve the extraordinary canal corridor heritage, to promote the corridor as a world class tourism destination, and to foster vibrant communities connected by the waterway.
- $236k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $231k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,552
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $65,495
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 | 10 | $231k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $205k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $167k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $186k | 79% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $38k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $31k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $18k | 100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc | $212,269 | 3 | 5% |
| Canal Society of New York State Inc | $63,050 | 3 | 4% |
| The Corn Hill Waterfront & Navigation Foundation | $39,342 | 4 | 19% |
| Buffalo Maritime Center Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Town of Lyons | $36,811 | 3 | n/a |
| Wayne County Chapter NYSARC Inc The Arc Wayne | $26,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Schenectady County Historical Society | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Town of Macedon | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Manlius | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Erie Canal Museum | $20,015 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 44 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc | $212,269 | 3 | 5% |
| Canal Society of New York State Inc | $63,050 | 3 | 4% |
| The Corn Hill Waterfront & Navigation Foundation | $39,342 | 4 | 19% |
| Buffalo Maritime Center Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Town of Lyons | $36,811 | 3 | n/a |
| Wayne County Chapter NYSARC Inc The Arc Wayne | $26,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Schenectady County Historical Society | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Town of Macedon | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Manlius | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Erie Canal Museum | $20,015 | 1 | 3% |
| Village of Watkins Glen | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Fort Edward | $19,552 | 1 | n/a |
| Schenectady County Public Library | $19,362 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Amsterdam | $18,077 | 2 | n/a |
| Explore & More a Children's Museum | $16,954 | 2 | 0% |
| Lockport New York Rotary Foundation | $15,631 | 1 | 58% |
| Parks & Trails New York Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Museum of Innovation and Science | $14,850 | 1 | 1% |
| Rochester Museum & Science Center | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Buffalo Niagara Convention Center Management Corporation | $12,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum | $12,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Western New York Land Conservancy Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum | $12,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Schoharie River Center Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Hudson Crossing Park Inc | $11,500 | 1 | 6% |
| City of Little Falls | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $10,865 | 1 | 0% |
| Village of Medina | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Fairport Ida | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Women's Hall of Fame Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Village of Brockport | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Village of Schuylerville | $8,922 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Saratoga | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Albany Symphony Orchestra Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lumber City Development Corporation | $7,467 | 1 | 1% |
| The Cohoes Local Development Corporation | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Montgomery County | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Madison County | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rochester Accessible Adventures | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Schoharie Crossing Friends Of | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Stewart Park Inc | $5,900 | 1 | 2% |
| Rome Historical Society Inc | $5,300 | 1 | 3% |
| City of Fulton | $5,236 | 1 | n/a |
| Rochester Accessible Adventures | $5,113 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 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.
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How this is measured
About Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc
- How much does Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc give?
- Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $230,529, out of $235,529 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Community Improvement (27%), Public Benefit (22%).
- Who are Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc ($212k), Canal Society of New York State Inc ($63k), The Corn Hill Waterfront & Navigation Foundation ($39k).
- Does Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc, The William G Pomeroy Foundation, JM McDonald Foundation Inc.
- Where is Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc based?
- Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc is based in NY.
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