· Private foundation
Joe and Sue Degeorge 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k63 grants · $84k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF YATES COUNTY | $20,000 |
| THE LIVING WELL | $15,000 |
| THE LIVING WELL DINNER SPONSORSHIP | $5,000 |
| UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF ROCHESTER | $5,000 |
| KEUKA COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $5,000 |
| YATES COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $3,000 |
| KEUKA COMFORT CARE HOME | $3,000 |
| SAUNDERS FINGER LAKES MUSEUM | $2,000 |
| SHELBURNE FARMS | $2,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS | $2,000 |
| MODEST BEDIENT MEMORIAL LIBRARY | $1,000 |
| ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| ARTS CENTER OF YATES CO | $1,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.
68 repeat relationships: 57 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 6 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HSHUMANE SOCIETY OF YATES COUNTY6× · 2020–2025 · $600k · revenue +406% · 32% of their budget
- KCKEUKA COMFORT CARE HOME INC6× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +17%
- FHFRIENDSHIP HOUSE INC5× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- RHRUSH HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOLSone grant, 2023 · $91k
- YCYATES CHURCH - THE GIVING TEAMone grant, 2023 · $10k
- MFMIDDLESEX FOOD PANTRYone grant, 2024 · $1k
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.
Through immersive experiences, we enrich life today by connecting people with history, art, and nature.
The central new york land trust seeks to preserve and protect natural areas in order to provide our communities clean water, clean air, wildlife habitat, and a chance to connect with the land.
Zoo new york, by example and action, provides knowledge and motivation for conserving nature in new york state through science-based natural and cultural experiences.
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 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 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…
The new york society library was founded in 1754 by the new york society, a civic-minded group formed in the belief that the availability of books would help the city of new york to prosper.
Adk is the only non-profit organization in new york state dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and responsible recreational use of the new york state forest preserve and other parks, wild lands, and waters vital to our members and…
Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…
Woodland pond, inc. dba woodland pond at new paltz, was created to construct and operate a continuing care retirement community (the "ccrc") named woodland pond at new paltz, under article 46 of new york state public health law.the ccrc…
Genesee Land Trust preserves and protects natural lands and waterways that enhance the quality of life in the Greater Rochester region - providing wildlife habitat, locally grown food, and connections to nature.
The Kensico Cemetery is a non-sectarian not-for-profit membership corporation and as such is a regulated cemetery corporation under New York State law. It consists of 460 acres dedicated to cemetery use. It is a service organization…
How this is measured
34 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. 34 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 HUMANE SOCIETY OF YATES COUNTY ↗
- Who funds KEUKA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds KEUKA COMFORT CARE HOME INC ↗
- Who funds YATES COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds FOODLINK INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds WILD WINGS INC ↗
- Who funds FARM SANCTUARY INC ↗
- Who funds PENN YAN PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds PIRATE TOY FUND INC ↗
- Who funds ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds THE LANDMARK SOCIETY OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
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 · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Esl Charitable Foundation · Harold & Joan Feinbloom Family Foundation · Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joe and Sue Degeorge Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joe and Sue Degeorge Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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