· Private foundation
Marguerite Traphagen Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 · FY2026
- Under $10k7 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROCHESTER CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $18,000 |
| VILLA OF HOPE | $3,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES FAMILYCOMMUNITY SVCS | $3,000 |
| OPEN DOOR MISSION INC | $3,000 |
| CANCER ACTION - GILDA'S CLUB ROCHESTER | $1,500 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER | $1,500 |
| HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES | $1,500 |
| AL SIGL FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of its 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 +7% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2026, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FIFOODLINK INC6× · 2020–2025 · $19k · revenue +52%
HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES4× · 2023–2026 · $5k · revenue +90%- BIBENINCASA INC3× · 2020–2022 · $3k · revenue +7%
Funded once
Save The Children Federation Incone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -13%- GCGOLISANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITALone grant, 2020 · $4k
- FOFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INCone grant, 2024 · $1k · 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.
It is the mission of carefirst ny, inc. to affirm life through extraordinary, compassionate support and care to patients and families in chemung, steuben and schuyler counties.
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.
The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…
The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention was incorporated in 2002 in the State of New York as a non-for-profit organization to provide individuals, many of whom are medically underserved - with access to the highest quality…
Lenox hill hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations…
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
Community health action of staten island' drives dramatic improvements in the health of new yorkers.
Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…
The rochester general college of health careers is dedicated to preparing adult learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to pursue health careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning.
To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.
North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…
Glen cove hospital is part of northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality geriatric care; educating the current and future…
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 23 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 ROCHESTER CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
- Who funds FOODLINK INC ↗
- Who funds ROCHESTER HOPE FOR PETS ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES ↗
- Who funds Cancer Action Inc DBA Cancer Support Community Rochester ↗
- Who funds BENINCASA INC ↗
- Who funds AL SIGL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
- Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
- Who funds MR GREY'S STRAYS 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: United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Marguerite Traphagen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marguerite Traphagen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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