New York · Private foundation
River Farm America Foundation
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.
- $850k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations River Farm America Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $850k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $607k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $630k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $710k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $595k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $520k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $450k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $303k | 32% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Museum at Saratoga | $1,378,500 | 9 | 35% |
| Equine Advocates Incorporated | $872,500 | 9 | 6% |
| Franklin Community Center Inc | $422,500 | 9 | 9% |
| Rebuilding Together Saratoga County Inc | $193,250 | 9 | 2% |
| Wellesley College | $155,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation Inc | $155,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Shelters of Saratoga Inc | $125,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Jake's Help From Heaven Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Saratoga Sponsor-A-Scholar | $112,500 | 9 | 9% |
| Emma Willard School | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Museum at Saratoga | $1,378,500 | 9 | 35% |
| Equine Advocates Incorporated | $872,500 | 9 | 6% |
| Franklin Community Center Inc | $422,500 | 9 | 9% |
| Rebuilding Together Saratoga County Inc | $193,250 | 9 | 2% |
| Wellesley College | $155,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation Inc | $155,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Shelters of Saratoga Inc | $125,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Jake's Help From Heaven Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Saratoga Sponsor-A-Scholar | $112,500 | 9 | 9% |
| Emma Willard School | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Saratoga Plan Inc | $44,500 | 8 | 0% |
| North Shore Animal League America Inc | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Albany Academies Inc | $27,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Inc | $26,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Albany Therapeutic Riding Center Inc | $26,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Second Chance Thoroughbreds Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Animal Farm Foundation Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Actt Naturally Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Wamc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
River Farm America Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Saratoga Casino Hotel Foundation Inc · The Adirondack Trust Company Community Fund · Alfred Z Solomon Testamentary Trust · The Mitzen Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · The Robert and Lisa Moser Family Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Hannah M Adler Testamentary Trust · The Swyer Family Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation
How this is measured
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About River Farm America Foundation
- How much does River Farm America Foundation give?
- River Farm America Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $850,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does River Farm America Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Animals (23%), Education (12%).
- Who are River Farm America Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Children's Museum at Saratoga ($1.4M), Equine Advocates Incorporated ($873k), Franklin Community Center Inc ($423k).
- Does River Farm America Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does River Farm America 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 River Farm America Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation, Saratoga Casino Hotel Foundation Inc.
- Where is River Farm America Foundation based?
- River Farm America Foundation is based in NY.
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