New York · Private foundation
Symons Foundation Inc
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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Symons Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 8 | $10k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $4k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $9k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $11k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $14k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $20k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catskill Animal Sanctuary Inc | $10,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ulster County Spca | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Cat Inc | $2,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Ithaca College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Als Recovery Fund | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Inc | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Bard College | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catskill Animal Sanctuary Inc | $10,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ulster County Spca | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Cat Inc | $2,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Ithaca College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Als Recovery Fund | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Inc | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Bard College | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Grief Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Takoda Service Dogs Inc | $300 | 1 | 1% |
| Delta Upsilon Educational Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Symons Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Ge Aerospace Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Symons Foundation Inc
- How much does Symons Foundation Inc give?
- Symons Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $9,540 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Symons Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (86%), Education (10%), Health (2%).
- Who are Symons Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Catskill Animal Sanctuary Inc ($11k), Cornell University ($5k), Ulster County Spca ($3k).
- Does Symons Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Symons Foundation Inc 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 Symons Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, Verizon Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Symons Foundation Inc based?
- Symons Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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