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The Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes Inc

The mission of the arts council of the southern finger lakes, inc.

$505k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$189kCommunity Improvement$70kEducation$60kHuman Services$44kYouth Development$17kEnvironment$6kReligion$6k
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $193,640, the rows itemized in this filing. The $504,818 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $311,178 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $161k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $32k
$8,800
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES PRIDE$11,400
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM$11,050
STEELE MEMORIAL LIBRARY (CHEMUNG COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT)$10,000
Individual grant recipient$9,700
FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC$9,530
360 PRONOIA$9,500
CORNING HIGH SCHOOL PTSA$9,250
WATKINS GLEN PROMOTIONS$9,100
ENDLESS MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL$9,100
COBURN FREE LIBRARY$9,000
SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER$8,890
KEYNOTE CHORUS$8,800
ABBY'S PAWS FOR A CAUSE INC$8,500
NEWARK VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$7,400
THE OLEAN THEATRE WORKSHOP$7,200
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $49k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 14%ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM: $11k → 15%FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $10k → 13%CORNING PRIDE INC: $6k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $6k → 13%ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM: $6k → 15%FAMILY SERVICE SOCIETY INC: $5k → 13%SOUTHERN TIER INDIA CULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $6k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$161k · 9 repeat orgs$231k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
12

Total granted

$161k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+6%

Still filing today

89%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CHEMUNG COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT
    4× · 2020–2025 · $29k · revenue +19%
  • FS
    Family Service Society Inc
    3× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +25%
  • DS
    DUTTON S PETERSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $19k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • AB
    AZURE BLUE ART
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • EL
    ELMIRA LITTLE THEATRE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +6%
  • SN
    SENECA NATION OF INDIANS
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Northern York County Historical & Preservation Society
—
2
Seneca Falls Performing Arts Center
Arts & Culture
3
Fulton County Historical Society

Museum provides general public with displays and information about the history of Fulton County New York.

—
4
Festivals Fredonia Inc

Festivals Fredonia contributes to a high quality of life in Fredonia and surrounding communities by presenting lively recreation and cultural opportunities for residents and visitors The five core festivals stimulate tourism highlight…

Unclassified
5
Cultures Arts Festivals and Events of Erie

Organized to bring the City of Eries vision to life through fun, engaging events that celebrate our diverse cultures and welcoming, vibrant neighborhoods.

Arts & Culture
6
Schuyler County Community Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Putnam Arts Council

Development and fostering of the arts in putnam county, new york

Arts & Culture
8
Greater Erie Economic Development Corporation
—
9
Ontario County Historical Society

Provide various educational, cultural, and museum programs and services to area residents and tourists in order to promote an appreciation of ontario county, ny.

—
10
Dutchess County Art Association Inc

To foster and perpetuate appreciation of the visual arts

—
11
New York State Old Tyme Fiddlers Associ

non-profit arts corporation

Arts & Culture
12
Seward Arts Council
—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Steuben County Conference & Visitors Bureau Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gowanda's Historic Hollywood Theater Ltd. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 40 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AZURE BLUE ART: $10,486 · OtherAZURE BLUE ARTSEVEN GENERATIONS OF STEWARDS INC: $10,000 · OtherSEVEN GENERATIONS OF STEWARDS INCSENECA NATION OF INDIANS: $10,000 · OtherSENECA NATION OF INDIANSIndividual grant recipient: $9,700 · OtherIndividual grant recipient360 PRONOIA INC: $9,500 · Other360 PRONOIA INCSVARAS INC: $9,500 · OtherSVARAS INCCORNING HIGH SCHOOL PTSA: $9,250 · OtherCORNING HIGH SCHOOL PTSACoburn Free Library: $9,000 · OtherCoburn Free LibraryKEYNOTE CHORUS: $8,800 · OtherKEYNOTE CHORUSABBYS PAWS FOR A CAUSE: $8,500 · OtherABBYS PAWS FOR A CAUSEGREATER OLEAN INC: $7,500 · OtherKEUKA PEACEFUL ROOTS INC: $7,200 · OtherORPHEUS CHORALE: $6,750 · OtherCANTATA SINGERS OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC: $6,070 · OtherTHE PARK CHURCH: $5,800 · Other607 UNITY UNLIMITED INC: $5,200 · OtherTHE KIRBY BAND INC: $5,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherSTEUBEN COUNTY CONFERENCE & VISITORS BUREAU INC: $5,000 · OtherGOWANDA'S HISTORIC HOLLYWOOD THEATER LTD: $18,800 · Arts & CultureGOWANDA'S HISTORIC HOLL…COMMUNITY ARTS OF ELMIRA INC: $12,650 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY ARTS OF ELMIR…ELMIRA LITTLE THEATRE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureELMIRA LITTLE THEATRE I…ENDLESS MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $9,100 · Arts & CultureENDLESS MOUNTAIN MUSIC …Newark Valley Historical Society: $7,400 · Arts & CultureNewark Valley Historica…OLEAN THEATRE WORKSHOP INC: $7,200 · Arts & CultureOLEAN THEATRE WORKSHOP …Regional Science and Discovery Center: $6,370 · Arts & CultureRegional Science and Di…TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON…JOHN W JONES MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureJOHN W JONES MUSEUMFamily Service Society Inc: $20,328 · Human ServicesFamily Service So…CORNING PRIDE INC: $17,400 · Human ServicesCORNING PRIDE INCECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC OF CHE: $17,050 · Human ServicesECONOMIC OPPORTUN…SOUTHERN TIER INDA CULTURAL ASSOC: $6,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN TIER IND…CHEMUNG COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT: $29,149 · EducationCHEMUNG COUNTY …DUTTON S PETERSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $18,885 · EducationDUTTON S PETERS…ELMIRA COLLEGE: $5,800 · EducationELMIRA COLLEGECORNING GAFFER DISTRICT INC: $16,300 · Community ImprovementCORNING G…WATKINS GLEN PROMOTIONS INC: $9,100 · Community ImprovementWATKINS G…RANDOLPH AREA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $6,700 · Community ImprovementRANDOLPH …SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $8,890 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHEMUNG RIVER WATERSHED INC: $6,200 · Environment
Other$148,456Arts & Culture$81,520Human Services$60,778Education$53,834Community Improvement$32,100Youth Development$8,890Environment$6,200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHEMUNG COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT: $29,149 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Service Society Inc: $20,328 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDUTTON S PETERSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $18,885 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetGOWANDA'S HISTORIC HOLLYWOOD THEATER LTD: $18,800 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCORNING PRIDE INC: $17,400 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC OF CHE: $17,050 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCORNING GAFFER DISTRICT INC: $16,300 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY ARTS OF ELMIRA INC: $12,650 over 2y, 18% of budgetELMIRA LITTLE THEATRE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetENDLESS MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $9,100 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCoburn Free Library: $9,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $8,890 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetGREATER OLEAN INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetOLEAN THEATRE WORKSHOP INC: $7,200 over 1y, 27% of budgetRANDOLPH AREA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $6,700 over 1y, 24% of budgetRegional Science and Discovery Center: $6,370 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetELMIRA COLLEGE: $5,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEUBEN COUNTY CONFERENCE & VISITORS BUREAU INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetJOHN W JONES MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budget
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.

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.

Community Foundation …Tioga Downs Regional …The Triangle FundCorning Incorporated …The Anderson Foundati…Meier Family Foundati…The Hilliard Foundati…United Way of the Sou…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes IncNY28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes Inc · Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation Inc · The Triangle Fund · Corning Incorporated Foundation · The Anderson Foundation Inc · Meier Family Foundation · The Hilliard Foundation Inc · United Way of the Southern Tier Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 40 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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