· Private foundation
Howard Drescher 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k27 grants · $138k
- $10k–50k18 grants · $351k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ROMAN | $45,000 |
| Road to Emmaus Ministry | $40,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF CNY | $30,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES CNY | $25,000 |
| INTERFAITH WORKS | $25,000 |
| CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS | $21,000 |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY | $20,000 |
| ASTURIAS MALDONADO FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| INTERFAITH WORKS OF CNY INC | $20,000 |
| YEAZEL CATHOLIC EDUCATION FUND | $15,000 |
| LeMoyne College - Loyola Hall | $15,000 |
| HOPE FOR BEREAVED INC | $13,000 |
| BLESSED SACRAMENT SCHOOL CHAR SCH TRUST | $12,000 |
| SARAH'S GUEST HOUSE | $10,000 |
| JOSEPH'S HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC | $10,000 |
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 (FY19–25, $307k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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.
60 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 13 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, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HFHope for Bereaved Inc7× · 2019–2025 · $63k · revenue +18%
- GEGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC7× · 2019–2025 · $58k · revenue +97%
- YMYoung Men's Christian Association of Central New York Inc4× · 2019–2022 · $50k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- ATA TINY HOME FOR GOOD INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +170%
- FFFUND FOR JOHN HOPKINS MEDICINEone grant, 2024 · $10k
- CGCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INCone grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue -4%
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.
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.
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…
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,…
Jewish home of central new york senior apartment's mission is to assure maximum independence and dignity offering a broad range of the highest quality of health, residential and community services. jewish home of central new york senior…
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.
Our mission is to help individuals achieve their highest level of capability and increase opportunities for their future success. we are committed to person-centered, family focused services.
Alongside our parnters, we keep families experiencing homelessness together by offering housing and compassionate support as they find work to find their way back home.
Mid-york senior homes is a 72 unit housing complex that provides affordable housing to senior citizens.
To be the leading provider of behavioral and physical healthcare through compassionate and quality services in our community.
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…
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.
The lutheran service society of new york is a not-for-profit organization providing various social services to individuals and families in the western new york area. these services include programs for the developmentally disabled and…
How this is measured
33 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. 33 of the 86 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 Hope for Bereaved Inc ↗
- Who funds KENYA EDUCATION FUND ↗
- Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Central New York Inc ↗
- Who funds The Humane Association of CNY Inc ↗
- Who funds Musical Associates of Central New York ↗
- Who funds FAITH HERITAGE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CONTACT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Salt City Harvest Farm Inc ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH WORKS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds Native American Heritage Association ↗
- Who funds SARAH'S GUEST HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC ↗
- Who funds MARKUS PAUL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH WORKS ↗
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: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Herbert S and Eleanore L Howard Charitable Foundation · The Dorothy and Marshall M Reisman Foundation · The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc · Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc · Allyn Family Foundation Inc · The Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Equitable Foundation Inc · Frank and Frances Revoir Foundation · United Way of Central New York Inc · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Howard Drescher Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Howard Drescher Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Committee On Temporary Shelter Inc: 52% of income from government
- Interfaith Works: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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