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Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship 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.

$249k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
37%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$16,200
Organizations funded a year
9 to 32
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$4.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’24
EducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving28$249k100%
FY202419$230k37%
FY202215$204k53%
FY202117$227k53%
FY20209$169k44%
FY201920$220k45%
FY201832$256k56%
FY201726$200kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.0MScience & Tech$20kEnvironment$14k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MD
NC
SC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Russell Sage College$68,12550%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$64,00040%
Suny Cortland$46,8254n/a
Marist University$37,60020%
Rochester Institute of Technology$35,10030%
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences$29,50020%
Ithaca College$26,50030%
State University of New York College at Purchase$26,0001n/a
Clarkson University$25,50020%
Cornell University$22,00020%
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All grantees of Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Russell Sage College$68,12550%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$64,00040%
Suny Cortland$46,8254n/a
Marist University$37,60020%
Rochester Institute of Technology$35,10030%
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences$29,50020%
Ithaca College$26,50030%
State University of New York College at Purchase$26,0001n/a
Clarkson University$25,50020%
Cornell University$22,00020%
University of Pittsburgh$21,00020%
Syracuse University$20,25020%
California Institute of Technology$20,00010%
Springfield College$18,20010%
The Trustees of the Smith College$17,00010%
Nazareth University$15,60010%
Colgate University$15,00010%
Cazenovia College$12,67530%
Siena University$12,00010%
Bennington College Corporation$10,55010%
Champlain College Incorporated$10,00010%
Northeastern University$10,00010%
St Lawrence University$9,82520%
Hofstra University$9,10010%
University of New England$9,00010%
Emerson College$8,40010%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges$8,20010%
Marymount Manhattan College$8,20010%
Florida Southern College$6,75010%
Trustees of Boston University$6,00010%
Florida Institute of Technology Inc$5,72520%
Trinity College$5,00010%
Hartwick College$5,00010%
Chapman University$4,50010%
Skidmore College$4,10010%
Miami University$3,0001n/a
New York University$3,00010%
Fairfield University$1,50010%
Keuka College$1,50010%
Wingate University$50010%
Utica University$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRussell Sage College: $68,125 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $64,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarist University: $37,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $35,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlbany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: $29,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIthaca College: $26,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetClarkson University: $25,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSyracuse University: $20,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpringfield College: $18,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of the Smith College: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNazareth University: $15,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColgate University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCazenovia College: $12,675 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSiena University: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBennington College Corporation: $10,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChamplain College Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNortheastern University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Lawrence University: $9,825 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHofstra University: $9,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New England: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmerson College: $8,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHobart and William Smith Colleges: $8,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarymount Manhattan College: $8,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Southern College: $6,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Institute of Technology Inc: $5,725 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHartwick College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChapman University: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSkidmore College: $4,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairfield University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKeuka College: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWingate University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUtica University: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Central New York Community Foundation IncNY17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Gazin Norbert L Education Pfdn 101-0628960 · Jessie H Baker Educational Fund · Conrad H & Anna B Gillen Scholarship Fund · Community Foundation of Orange and Sulli · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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About Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn

How much does Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn give?
Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn reported 28 grants totaling $248,819 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (98%), Science & Tech (1%), Environment (1%).
Who are Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Russell Sage College ($68k), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($64k), Suny Cortland ($47k).
Does Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central New York Community Foundation Inc, Gazin Norbert L Education Pfdn 101-0628960, Jessie H Baker Educational Fund.
Where is Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn based?
Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Fdn is based in NY.

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 113 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-PF 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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