New York · Private foundation
Paul a Saffrin 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.
- $572k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Paul a Saffrin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $172k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $572k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $662k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $675k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $570k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $485k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daemen University | $800,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kenmore Mercy Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Via Visually Impaired Advancement | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Punt Pediatric Cancer Collaborative Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Explore & More a Children's Museum | $200,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Jericho Road Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orchard Park Youth Rugby Club Inc | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Bison Children's Scholarship Fund Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Judges and Police Conference of Erie County Ny | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($728k), not named here.
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: Scott Bieler Foundation Inc · Nfada Charitable Foundation · Buffalo Sabres Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · The Western New York Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Paul a Saffrin Foundation
- How much does Paul a Saffrin Foundation give?
- Paul a Saffrin Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $571,666 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Paul a Saffrin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (39%), Health (35%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Paul a Saffrin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Daemen University ($800k), Kenmore Mercy Foundation ($500k), Via Visually Impaired Advancement ($300k).
- Does Paul a Saffrin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul a Saffrin Foundation 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 Paul a Saffrin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Scott Bieler Foundation Inc, Nfada Charitable Foundation, Buffalo Sabres Foundation.
- Where is Paul a Saffrin Foundation based?
- Paul a Saffrin Foundation is based in NY.
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