· Private foundation
Helen and Ritter Shumway Fdn
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k23 grants · $508k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM | $50,000 |
| DUCKS UNLIMITED INC | $40,000 |
| SAVE THE RIVER | $40,000 |
| SHELBURNE MUSEUM | $40,000 |
| HISTORIC DEERFIELD INC | $37,500 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE | $35,000 |
| ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC | $30,000 |
| WINTERTHUR MUSEUM | $25,000 |
| GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| ABILIS INC | $20,000 |
| HILLSIDE CHILDRENS CENTER | $20,000 |
| SENECA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| GENESEE COUNTRY VILLAGE & MUSEUM | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATHE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM6× · 2020–2025 · $255k · revenue +211%
- STSAVE THE RIVER INC6× · 2020–2025 · $203k · revenue +21%
- HDHISTORIC DEERFIELD INC6× · 2020–2025 · $198k · revenue +40%
Funded once
- DUDUCKS UNLIMITED INCone grant, 2020 · $30k
- NLNAPLES LIBRARYone grant, 2022 · $25k
MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INCone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The mission of the rochester museum and science center is to create a better world through inspiring curiosity, exploration, and engagement across history, science, culture, and the natural world.
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
Situated on the banks of the hudson river in yonkers, new york, the hudson river museum's mission is to engage, inspire, and connect diverse communities through the power of the arts, sciences, and history.
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.
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
The purpose of the montauk historical society is to collect, restore, preserve and display historically significant buildings, objects and writings and to preserve and share the history and cultures of montauk and the east end for this and…
The connecticut river museum's mission is to deepen appreciation of the river's history and to inspire its stewardship by providing unique educational and recreational experiences to diverse audiences.
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…
Inspire joyful exploration of science and nature through engaging experiences, unique resources, and exceptional staff.
The maritime aquarium at norwalk seeks to ignite a connection to long island sound and the ocean to enrich the lives of all people and inspire action to protect our blue planet.
How this is measured
26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 41 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds THE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE RIVER INC ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC DEERFIELD INC ↗
- Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
- Who funds SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds SENECA PARK ZOO SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
- Who funds ABILIS INC ↗
- Who funds THE GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE SPENCE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds HERRESHOFF MARINE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds GENESEE COUNTRY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds GREENWICH HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds New York Museum of Transportation ↗
- Who funds GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC ↗
- Who funds Genesee Valley Audubon Society ↗
- Who funds The Lake George Association Inc ↗
- Who funds HUNT HOLLOW RACE TEAM INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds THE AQUINAS INSTITUTE OF ROCHESTER ↗
- Who funds THE NORMAN HOWARD SCHOOL ↗
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: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Ibm International Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Helen and Ritter Shumway Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Helen and Ritter Shumway Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.
- Abilis Inc: 74% of income from government
- Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
- Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
- Historic Deerfield Inc: 0% of income from government
- Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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