· Private foundation
Kenmore Rotary Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KENMORE MERCY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| GREATER FALLS COUNCIL BSA | $9,150 |
| KENMORE ROTARY CHARITIES INC | $9,000 |
| ELMLAWN MEMORIAL PARK FOUNDATION | $6,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
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 (FY18–18, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 13% of Kenmore Rotary Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 96% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 81%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- KRKENMORE ROTARY CHARITIES INC3× · 2017–2024 · $14k · revenue +411%
- BSBUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES2× · 2017–2023 · $14k · revenue +54%
CRADLE BEACH INC2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +59%
Funded once
- KMKEN-TON MEALS ON WHEELSone grant, 2020 · $12k
- HFHEARTS FOR THE HOMELESS OF WNY INCone grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue -5%
- GNGREAT NIAGARA FRONTIER COUNCIL BSAone grant, 2022 · $8k
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.
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.
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.
The organization provides charitable relief in the form of emergency shelter, material needs, and compassionate care for the homeless and persons in need in the eastern niagara county, new york area.
Endeavor western new york identifies and selects high-impact entrepreneurs in and around buffalo and rochester, ny and provides them access to a global network of markets, industry leaders, investors, and talent, helping to expand their…
Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.
Chartered as an educational institution by new york state in 1957, the society provides education and programming & conservation, fundraising, special events, public relations and marketing, and membership to monroe county's seneca park…
Promotion of environmental protection
The Gardiner Library Board of Trustees operates the public library that serves the Town of Gardiner and the surrounding areas of New York State.
New york restoration project ("nyrp") believes that nature is a fundamental right of every new yorker. nyrp works collaboratively with residents in communities across the five boroughs to renovate gardens, restore parks, plant trees,…
To acquire, remediate, and steward lands along wny's waterfronts prioritizing public access.
We. empower. veterans. the veterans one-stop center of wny, inc. is the region's premiere veterans service and advocacy not-for-profit collaborative agency empowering veterans, veteran families and service members in achieving economic…
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…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 46 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 KENMORE MERCY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KENMORE ROTARY CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES ↗
- Who funds HEARTS FOR THE HOMELESS OF WNY INC ↗
- Who funds CRADLE BEACH INC ↗
- Who funds THE SUMMIT CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Kenmore Volunteer Fire Department Inc ↗
- Who funds HOME BENEATH OUR FEET INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE PROJECT OF WNY INC ↗
- Who funds AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM ↗
- Who funds JAMES V AND FAY P RYAN PARAMEDIC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD RECOVERY NETWORK 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: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The John R Oishei Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kenmore Rotary Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kenmore Rotary Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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