· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k16 grants · $305k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $545k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT SARATOGA | $200,000 |
| EQUINE ADVOCATES | $195,000 |
| FRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER | $50,000 |
| WELLESLEY COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| REBUILDING TOGETHER - SARASOTA COUNTY | $30,000 |
| JAKE'S HELP FROM HEAVEN | $30,000 |
| WHISKERS ANIMAL BENEVOLANT LEAGUE | $30,000 |
| SHELTERS OF SARATOGA | $25,000 |
| OLD FRIENDS OF CABIN CREEK | $25,000 |
| UOC ODYSSEY PROGRAM | $25,000 |
| SARATOGA SPRINGS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| SARATOGA HISTORY MUSEUM | $25,000 |
| REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NY | $20,000 |
| ALBANY THERAPETIC RIDING CENTER | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those 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 +79% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT SARATOGA9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +219% · 35% of their budget
- EAEQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATED9× · 2017–2025 · $873k · revenue +183%
- FCFRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC9× · 2017–2025 · $423k · revenue +157%
Funded once
- TATHE ALBANY ACADEMIES INCone grant, 2021 · $28k · revenue -14%
- A(ADT (AUTUMN GIVING) COMMUNITY FUNDone grant, 2019 · $5k
- MHMOHAEK HUDSON HUMANE SOCIETYone grant, 2022 · $5k
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.
None
To improve the physical, mental, and emotional health of veterans and service members with post-traumatic stress by providing a healing, equine- assisted experience utilizing off-the-track thoroughbreds.
To promote harness racing with special regard to the saratoga springs, new york area and promote the welfare of its members.
Conserve, enhance, and celebrate our distinctive catskill sanctuary through sustainable horticulture, responsible land stewardship, and innovative educational programming
To forever conserve the forests, farmlands, waters and wild places that advance the quality of life of our communities and the ecological integrity of the adirondacks.
Established in 1986, Saratoga Therapeutic Equestrian Program (STEP) is a charitable not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, registered in New York State and located at New Forest Equestrian Centre in Glenville, NY. STEP is dedicated to…
To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.
Our mission is giving hope to the hopeless. snarr northeast focuses on those animals least likely to receive another chance based on physical disabilities, illness and varied medical needs. we strive to prove these animals in need have the…
In 1984, saratoga bridges opened the first accessible community-based home in the county for people with developmental disabilities. subsequently, our residential program has grown tremendously. our goal is to teach residents to become…
The mission of the SPCA of Tompkins County is to protect companion animals. We are a no-kill shelter dedicated to preventing animal cruelty and overpopulation. We promote responsible pet stewardship by providing education, counseling and…
The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 39 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 THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT SARATOGA ↗
- Who funds EQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds FRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER SARATOGA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds Wellesley College ↗
- Who funds SARATOGA SPRINGS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SHELTERS OF SARATOGA INC ↗
- Who funds JAKE'S HELP FROM HEAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds SARATOGA SPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR ↗
- Who funds EMMA WILLARD SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds SARATOGA PLAN INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds THE ALBANY ACADEMIES INC ↗
- Who funds THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALBANY THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE ADIRONDACK TRUST COMPANY COMMUNITY FUND ↗
- Who funds SECOND CHANCE THOROUGHBREDS INC ↗
- Who funds Animal Farm Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ACTT NATURALLY INC ↗
- Who funds WAMC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization River Farm America Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from River Farm America Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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