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Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc

Erie canalway heritage fund, inc.

$236k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$253kCommunity Improvement$250kPublic Benefit$201kEnvironment$65kRecreation & Sports$38kHuman Services$27kEducation$19kPhilanthropy$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $230,529, the rows itemized in this filing. The $235,529 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,000 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 $10k3 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $138k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
$19,552
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
35 GRANTS 5000$65,495
CANAL SOCIETY OF NYS$42,750
THE ARC OF WAYNE$26,500
SCHENECTADY CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY$24,000
VILLAGE OF FORT EDWARD$19,552
CHITTENANGO LANDING CANAL BOAT MUSE$12,800
TOWN OF LYONS$12,760
VILLAGE OF BROCKPORT$9,500
THE VILLAGE OF SCHUYLERVILLE$8,922
CORN HILL NAVIGATION$8,250
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%ROCHESTER ACCESSIBLE ADVENTURES: $5k → 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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 35% of Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 65%.

Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$438k · 8 repeat orgs$484k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
34

Total granted

$438k
$383k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+16%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsEnvironmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • EC
    ERIE CANALWAY HERITAGE FUND INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $212k · revenue +91%
  • CS
    CANAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK STATE INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $63k · revenue +72%
  • BUFFALO MARITIME CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $38k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • TO
    TOWN OF MACEDON
    one grant, 2023 · $24k
  • TO
    TOWN OF MANLIUS
    one grant, 2023 · $24k
  • TE
    THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +8%
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
Columbia County Historical Society Inc

The organization operates a historical society and three museums as well as a library for historical research.

Arts & Culture
2
Albany County Historical Association

To preserve, present and promote the history and culture of Albany County, New York

Arts & Culture
3
Newcomb Historical Museum

The organization was formed to safeguard and share existing and future collections related to the social, cultural, and economic history of the high peaks adirondack region in and around the township of newcomb in essex county, new york.

Arts & Culture
4
The Historical Society of Rockland

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a museum and educational organization dedicated to engaging diverse audiences in a dynamic dialogue about the rich historical heritage of the county.

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5
Niagara County Historical Society Inc

The niagara history center preserves, promotes and interprets the diverse heritage of the people, places and events to niagara county and the erie canal. we are a colloborative community resource for lifelong learning for current and…

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6
Lockport Locks Heritage District Corporation

The lockport locks heritage district corporation collaborates with private and public organizations to provide the premier erie canal experience for visitors.

Community Improvement
7
Fulton County Historical Society

Museum provides general public with displays and information about the history of Fulton County New York.

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8
Huntington Historical Society

Preserving the ongoing heritage of the Town of Huntington

Arts & Culture
9
Ontario County Historical Society

Provide various educational, cultural, and museum programs and services to area residents and tourists in order to promote an appreciation of ontario county, ny.

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10
Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry

Operation of a historical museum. provide education to adults and children about the history of the seneca river and its importance in the industrialization of seneca county

Arts & Culture
11
The History Center in Tompkins County Inc

The History Center in Tompkins County, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to preserve and encourage access to its unique collections, while designing learning experiences and services that create opportunities for people to…

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12
St Lawrence County Historical Association Inc

Museum for the acquisition, conservation and exhibition of historical artifacts of st. lawrence county, new york.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Erie Canal Museum; the most unlike its peers is National Audubon Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CORN HILL WATERFRONT & NAVIGATION FOUNDATION: $39,342 · OtherTHE CORN HILL WATERFRONT & NAVIGATION FOUND…TOWN OF LYONS: $36,811 · OtherTOWN OF LYONSWayne County Chapter NYSARC Inc The Arc Wayne: $26,500 · OtherWayne County Chapter NYSARC Inc The Arc Way…TOWN OF MACEDON: $24,000 · OtherTOWN OF MACEDONTOWN OF MANLIUS: $24,000 · OtherTOWN OF MANLIUSVILLAGE OF WATKINS GLEN: $20,000 · OtherVILLAGE OF WATKINS GLENVILLAGE OF FORT EDWARD: $19,552 · OtherVILLAGE OF FORT EDWARDSCHENECTADY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $19,362 · OtherSCHENECTADY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARYCITY OF AMSTERDAM: $18,077 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $12,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $12,000 · Other+13 more: $104,658 · Other+13 moreERIE CANALWAY HERITAGE FUND INC: $212,269 · Community ImprovementERIE CANALWAY HERITAGE FUND I…BUFFALO NIAGARA CONVENTION CENTER MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $12,900 · Community ImprovementBUFFALO NIAGARA CONVENTION CE…+2 more: $14,467 · Community Improvement+2 moreCANAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK STATE INC: $63,050 · Arts & CultureCANAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK …SCHENECTADY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $24,000 · Arts & CultureSCHENECTADY COUNTY HISTORI…THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM: $20,015 · Arts & CultureTHE ERIE CANAL MUSEUMEXPLORE & MORE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $16,954 · Arts & CultureEXPLORE & MORE A CHILDREN'…MUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE: $14,850 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND S…ROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER: $14,000 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE…CHITTENANGO LANDING CANAL BOAT MUSEUM: $12,800 · Arts & CultureCHITTENANGO LANDING CANAL …NATIONAL ABOLITION HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM: $12,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ABOLITION HALL OF…SCHOHARIE RIVER CENTER INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureSCHOHARIE RIVER CENTER INCNATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $7,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,300 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO MARITIME CENTER INC: $37,500 · Recreation & SportsParks & Trails New York Inc: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsHUDSON CROSSING PARK INC: $11,500 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF STEWART PARK INC: $5,900 · Recreation & SportsWESTERN NEW YORK LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $12,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $10,865 · EnvironmentLOCKPORT NEW YORK ROTARY FOUNDATION: $15,631 · PhilanthropyRochester Accessible Adventures: $5,113 · Human Services
Other$356,302Community Improvement$239,636Arts & Culture$212,469Recreation & Sports$69,900Environment$22,865Philanthropy$15,631Human Services$5,113

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetERIE CANALWAY HERITAGE FUND INC: $212,269 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetCANAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK STATE INC: $63,050 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetTHE CORN HILL WATERFRONT & NAVIGATION FOUNDATION: $39,342 over 4y, 19% of budgetBUFFALO MARITIME CENTER INC: $37,500 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetWayne County Chapter NYSARC Inc The Arc Wayne: $26,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCHENECTADY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $24,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM: $20,015 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetEXPLORE & MORE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $16,954 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLOCKPORT NEW YORK ROTARY FOUNDATION: $15,631 over 1y, 58% of budgetParks & Trails New York Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE: $14,850 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER: $14,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBUFFALO NIAGARA CONVENTION CENTER MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $12,900 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN NEW YORK LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ABOLITION HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM: $12,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetSCHOHARIE RIVER CENTER INC: $12,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHUDSON CROSSING PARK INC: $11,500 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $10,865 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLUMBER CITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,467 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE COHOES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF STEWART PARK INC: $5,900 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetROME HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,300 over 1y, 3.5% 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.

The Community Foundat…The William G Pomeroy…JM McDonald Foundatio…Community Foundation …Rochester Area Commun…New York Council for …Preservation League o…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · The William G Pomeroy Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation · New York Council for the Humanities · Preservation League of New York State · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Erie Canalway Heritage Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%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
    13report 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 48 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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