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Northern New York Community Foundation Inc

To inspire and celebrate giving, steward resources honorably, and foster vibrant north country communities.

$4.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
112
Itemized grants FY2024
73
Organizations funded FY2023
37%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$11,043
Largest grant, FY2024
$173,125
Organizations funded a year
42 to 104
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$173M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Northern New York Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $775k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY2024still arriving108$2.7M24%
FY202373$2.3M37%
FY2022104$2.1M38%
FY202175$1.7M31%
FY202080$2.5M43%
FY201964$2.6M55%
FY201842$1.2M71%
FY201742$1.8Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$4.4MHuman Services$2.8MReligion$2.0MArts & Culture$2.0MEducation$1.8MEnvironment$909kRecreation & Sports$795kPublic Benefit$490kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
WV
MD
TN
DC
MS
AL
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 235 grantees
All grantees of Northern New York Community Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Young Men's Christian Association of Watertown Ny Inc$1,480,408713%
River Hospital Inc$1,172,85153%
Samaritan Medical Center$752,17350%
Volunteer Transportation Center Inc$590,534213%
Thousand Islands Land Trust Inc$556,82477%
Hospice Foundation of Jefferson County Inc$401,884621%
Crescent Yacht Club$386,220216%
Clarkson University$366,01360%
The Samaritan Medical Center Foundation of Northern New York Inc$362,190610%
Grace House Inc$351,93276%
Watertown Urban Mission$351,07578%
Hospice of Jefferson County Inc$276,86027%
Friends of Lewis County Hospice Inc$270,530497%
Wilderness Health Care Foundation Inc$270,000263%
Lowville Academy and Central School - Superintendent$265,4047n/a
First Presbyterian Church of Watertown$258,7566n/a
The Arc Jefferson-St Lawrence Foundation Inc$248,907513%
The Antique Boat Museum$247,66272%
Thousand Islands Performing Arts Fund Inc$204,17777%
The Salvation Army$175,7504n/a
The Orchestra Association of Northern New York Inc$166,215625%
Hammond Presbyterian Church$165,5234n/a
Lewis County Hospital Foundation Inc$154,500222%
The Loretto Foundation$150,00054%
Frederic Remington Art Museum$143,75169%
Cape Vincent Community Food Pantry Inc$143,250557%
St Lawrence Valley Educational Television Council Inc$142,56262%
Thomas Jefferson University$140,00040%
Save the River Inc$133,10785%
Gouverneur First United Methodist Church$125,0255n/a
Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton$119,0006n/a
Handweaving Museum and Arts Center$117,96856%
St Lawrence University$115,80040%
Double Play Sports Community Center Inc$114,500310%
Jefferson Community College Foundation Inc$106,97046%
Heuvelton Historical Association$100,000147%
North Country Children's Museum$96,800413%
Thompson Park Conservancy Inc$96,15353%
United Way of Northern New Yorkinc$92,94144%
Trinity Episcopal Church$88,2256n/a
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints$86,1003n/a
Traditional Arts in Upstate New York In$85,50067%
Lyme Community Foundation$80,800437%
Cranberry Lake North Shore Hub Inc$79,650491%
St John's Episcopal Church - Massena$73,7753n/a
Cyc Junior Division Inc$68,098369%
Canton College Foundation Inc$65,85921%
Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired of Jefferson County$64,558397%
Children's Home of Jefferson County$62,50050%
Cape Vincent Village Green Inc$61,0002n/a
First Presbyterian Church of Canton$60,2003n/a
Lowville Food Pantry Inc$58,691415%
Compassionate Care$58,250125%
Potsdam Central School District$56,6355n/a
North Country Family Health Center Inc$56,07830%
Friends of the Nature Center Inc$55,000215%
Adirondack Mennonite Camping Association$54,30053%
Food Bank of Central New York$51,80020%
Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust$51,64824%
Lawrenceville Volunteer Fire Dept$50,0001n/a
Catholic Community of Cvrch$50,0001n/a
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$46,00020%
Erwin Library and Institute$45,47068%
Roman Catholic Church of St Mary in Canton Ny$45,0002n/a
Potsdam College Foundation Inc$44,25050%
Victims Assistance Center of Jefferson County Inc$44,14841%
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg Ny$43,4504n/a
Jefferson County Spca$42,31133%
Fort la Presentation Company$42,000331%
Upper Ny Annual Conference of the U$41,1004n/a
Garnseys Feral Acres Inc$41,000510%
Indian River Lakes Conservancy$40,96526%
Adams Revitalization Committee Inc$40,150228%
Florida West Coast Symphony Inc dba Sarasota Orchestra$40,00030%
St James School$40,0002n/a
Mississippi Food Network Inc$40,00040%
Parishville-Hopkinton Central School$39,7123n/a
Jefferson County Historical Society$39,60845%
Village of Dexter$39,3974n/a
Grasse River Heritage Area Development Corporation$38,000357%
St Lawrence County Arts Council$36,64824%
Planned Parenthood of the North Country New York Inc$35,50920%
Beaver River Central School District$35,5006n/a
Wanakena Historical Association$35,3423n/a
Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center Foundation Inc$35,25732%
Stewpot Community Services Inc$35,00030%
Bayside Cemetery Association$34,500212%
Lowville Rural Cemetery Association$33,20968%
Village of Boonville$32,6003n/a
Hearts for Youth Inc$31,648226%
Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service Inc$30,94022%
Gardenshare Inc$30,769310%
Lewis County Agricultural Society$30,50023%
AIDS Community Resources Inc D/B/A Acr Health$30,43920%
St Andrew's Episcopal School$30,0003n/a
North Country Library System$29,76321%
St Lawrence Valley Renewal House for Victims of Family Violence Inc$28,95031%
Ogdensburg Boys & Girls Club Inc$28,49632%
Lisbon Cemetery Association Inc$28,3153n/a
Lewis County Historical Society$28,13746%
Churches of Canton Inc$27,5542n/a
Strong Roots Charitable Foundation$27,500114%
Morristown Gateway Museum$27,500223%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc Thousand Islands Area$27,000112%
Canton Day Care Center Inc$26,40023%
Ontario Bays Initiative Inc$26,350332%
Zion Episcopal Church$26,0001n/a
Zion Episcopal Church$26,0001n/a
Reading Room Assoc of Gouverneur Ny$25,000115%
Point Vivian Preservation Corporation$25,0001n/a
St Lawrence Health Foundation Inc$25,00011%
First Presbyterian Church of Potsdam$25,0001n/a
Gouverneur Hospital$25,00010%
Congregation Beth El$25,0001n/a
Northern Regional Center for Independent Living Inc$24,60020%
Wwcl Inc$24,5001n/a
Community Action Planning Council of Jefferson County Inc$23,90220%
First Baptist Church$23,6002n/a
United Helpers Foundation$23,50035%
Lewis County Humane Society Inc$23,21624%
Village of Canton$23,0502n/a
Dexter Historical Society$21,3963n/a
Carthage Area Hospital Foundation Inc$21,14834%
Priority Wellness Campaign$21,0002n/a
Friends of Hepburn Library of Colton Inc$21,0001n/a
Immaculate Heart Central Schoool$21,0002n/a
St Lawrence Power & Equipment Museum$21,00025%
University of Rochester$20,79030%
The Resolution Center Inc$20,30017%
Hospice of St Lawrence Valley Inc$20,22511%
Roswell P Flower Memorial Library$20,06237%
The Associates of the University of Toronto Inc$20,00020%
Canton Minor Hockey Inc$20,000115%
Hale Cemetery Association Inc$20,0002n/a
Historical Association of Sout$20,000219%
Town of Morristown$20,0002n/a
New Hope Baptist Church$20,0003n/a
Delta Lake Bible Conference Center Inc$19,5003n/a
Dexter Volunteer Fire Department Inc$19,3001n/a
Edwards Arts Council Inc$19,0002n/a
Hawn Memorial Library$19,00027%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$18,21110%
First Presbyterian Church of Lowville$17,1101n/a
Snowbelt Housing Company Inc$17,00021%
The American Legion$16,20010%
Clayton Jazz Festival$16,0002n/a
North Country Conservation- Education Associates Inc$15,9001n/a
Boonville Black River Canal Museum$15,6502n/a
Gouverneur Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc$15,20821%
Harmonny Performing Arts Community Inc$15,100260%
The Heritage Foundation$15,00020%
St Anthonys Church$15,0001n/a
Gouverneur Historical Association$15,0002n/a
Friends of Higley Flow State Park Inc$15,0001n/a
Watertown City Schools$14,7142n/a
St Patrick's Church$14,0001n/a
First Presbyterian Church of Ogdensburg$14,0001n/a
Macsherry Library$13,98318%
Alexandria Community Thrift Store I$13,300112%
Kinney Drugs Foundation Inc$13,00021%
Galilee United Methodist Church$13,0001n/a
St Lawrence County Community Development Program Inc$12,80010%
South Jefferson Central School District$12,6201n/a
Northpole Fire Company Inc$12,10415%
Clayton Council of Churches$12,0001n/a
First United Methodist Church of Norfolk$11,8001n/a
Thrive Wellness and Recovery Inc$11,74820%
United Service Organizations Inc$11,51820%
Asbury United Methodist Church$11,3101n/a
United Church of Cape Vincent$11,0431n/a
Lewis County Opportunities Inc$10,90820%
Volunteer Transportation Center Foundation Inc$10,90015%
Nysarc Inc St Lawrence County Chapter$10,87510%
Greater Watertown-North Country Chamber of Commerce Inc$10,50012%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges$10,00010%
Constable Hall Association Inc$10,00018%
Glenville State University Foundation Inc$10,00010%
St Philip's Episcopal Church$10,0001n/a
Vermont Academy$10,00010%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return$10,00010%
United Helpers Care Inc$10,00010%
Paul Smiths College$10,00010%
Childwold Memorial Presbyterian Church$10,0001n/a
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$10,00010%
The Dalraida Church of Christ Montgomery Alabama$10,0001n/a
East Hounsfield Library & Civic Association$10,0001n/a
United Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country Inc$10,00010%
Little League Baseball Inc$10,0001n/a
Hofstra University$10,00010%
New York State Ranger School Alumni Association Inc$10,000110%
Ogdensburg History Museum$10,0001n/a
Maple Ridge Center Inc$10,00013%
Friends of Jerusalem College of Technology Ltd$10,00010%
St Lawrence Land Trust Inc$10,000111%
Lowville Free Library$9,54015%
Densmore Church Inc$9,00019%
Police Activities League of Massena Inc$9,00012%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$9,00010%
Town of Orleans$8,8141n/a
Potsdam Snack Pack Program$8,7501n/a
Society of St Patricks Church$8,5001n/a
Happy Period North Country$8,4001n/a
Dpao Foundation Inc$8,04313%
Constableville Library Association$8,0001n/a
St Elizabeths Church$8,0001n/a
Canton Free Library$7,86011%
Helping Hands of Potsdam Inc$7,50017%
Holistic Life Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Catholic Relief Services$7,2501n/a
Boonville Cemetery Association Inc$7,000110%
Wilna Champion Transportation Assoc$7,000110%
St Lawrence County Historical Association Inc$7,00014%
Paynter Senior Center Inc$6,95017%
North Country Prenatalperinatal Council Inc$6,89810%
The Railway Historical Society of Northern Ny$6,585145%
Massena Meals on Wheels Inc$6,54014%
Cape Vincent Local Development Corporation$6,00016%
Gracious Friends Animal Sanctuary Inc$6,0001n/a
Cape Vincent Arts Council Inc$6,000151%
Utica University$6,00010%
Lewis County Amatuer Hockey Association Inc$6,0001n/a
St Andrew's Church$6,0001n/a
Boonville Fire Company$6,00016%
Western Town Library$6,00016%
Ogdensburg Snackpack Program Inc$5,500124%
Village of Constableville$5,5001n/a
Dodge-Pratt Northam Art & Community Center Inc$5,50016%
Sacred Heart Foundation$5,40012%
Potsdam Humane Society Inc$5,19511%
Adirondack Central School$5,0221n/a
Gouverneur Central School District$5,0001n/a
Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg$5,0001n/a
Pulaski Wesleyan Church$5,0001n/a
Thousand Islands Central School$5,0001n/a
Elmcrest Children's Center Inc$5,00010%

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($849k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Northern New York Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 18 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 153 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Watertown Ny Inc: $1,480,408 over 7y, 13% of budgetRiver Hospital Inc: $1,172,851 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetSamaritan Medical Center: $752,173 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVolunteer Transportation Center Inc: $590,534 over 2y, 13% of budgetThousand Islands Land Trust Inc: $556,824 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetHospice Foundation of Jefferson County Inc: $401,884 over 6y, 21% of budgetCrescent Yacht Club: $386,220 over 2y, 16% of budgetClarkson University: $366,013 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Samaritan Medical Center Foundation of Northern New York Inc: $362,190 over 6y, 9.5% of budgetGrace House Inc: $351,932 over 7y, 6.0% of budgetWatertown Urban Mission: $351,075 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetHospice of Jefferson County Inc: $276,860 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetFriends of Lewis County Hospice Inc: $270,530 over 4y, 97% of budgetWilderness Health Care Foundation Inc: $270,000 over 2y, 63% of budgetThe Arc Jefferson-St Lawrence Foundation Inc: $248,907 over 5y, 13% of budgetThe Antique Boat Museum: $247,662 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetThousand Islands Performing Arts Fund Inc: $204,177 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetThe Orchestra Association of Northern New York Inc: $166,215 over 6y, 25% of budgetLewis County Hospital Foundation Inc: $154,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetThe Loretto Foundation: $150,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetFrederic Remington Art Museum: $143,751 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetCape Vincent Community Food Pantry Inc: $143,250 over 5y, 57% of budgetSt Lawrence Valley Educational Television Council Inc: $142,562 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetThomas Jefferson University: $140,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSave the River Inc: $133,107 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetHandweaving Museum and Arts Center: $117,968 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetSt Lawrence University: $115,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDouble Play Sports Community Center Inc: $114,500 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetJefferson Community College Foundation Inc: $106,970 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetHeuvelton Historical Association: $100,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetNorth Country Children's Museum: $96,800 over 4y, 13% of budgetThompson Park Conservancy Inc: $96,153 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetUnited Way of Northern New Yorkinc: $92,941 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetTraditional Arts in Upstate New York In: $85,500 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetLyme Community Foundation: $80,800 over 4y, 37% of budgetCranberry Lake North Shore Hub Inc: $79,650 over 4y, 91% of budgetCyc Junior Division Inc: $68,098 over 3y, 69% of budgetCanton College Foundation Inc: $65,859 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAssociation for the Blind & Visually Impaired of Jefferson County: $64,558 over 3y, 97% of budgetChildren's Home of Jefferson County: $62,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLowville Food Pantry Inc: $58,691 over 4y, 15% of budgetCompassionate Care: $58,250 over 1y, 25% of budgetNorth Country Family Health Center Inc: $56,078 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Nature Center Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetAdirondack Mennonite Camping Association: $54,300 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetFood Bank of Central New York: $51,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust: $51,648 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $46,000 over 2y, 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 153.

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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.

Kinney Drugs Foundation IncNY45.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kinney Drugs Foundation Inc · United Way of Northern New Yorkinc · The Delaney Bay Fund Inc · The Sweetgrass Foundation · Corning Incorporated Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Pratt-Northam Foundation · Jane E Deline Foundation · St Lawrence County Ida - Local Development Corporation · The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc · Andrew & Jeanine McNally Charitable 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 Northern New York Community Foundation Inc

How much does Northern New York Community Foundation Inc give?
Northern New York Community Foundation Inc reported 112 itemized grants totaling $2,673,746, out of $4,475,553 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 104 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Northern New York Community Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (26%), Human Services (16%), Religion (12%).
Who are Northern New York Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Young Men's Christian Association of Watertown Ny Inc ($1.5M), River Hospital Inc ($1.2M), Samaritan Medical Center ($752k).
Does Northern New York Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Northern New York Community Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kinney Drugs Foundation Inc, United Way of Northern New Yorkinc, The Delaney Bay Fund Inc.
Where is Northern New York Community Foundation Inc based?
Northern New York Community Foundation Inc 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 260 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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