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The Bernard F Conners Foundation at a glance

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The Bernard F Conners 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.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$48kEducation$28kHealth$24kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kFood & Nutrition$5kRecreation & Sports$4kCommunity Improvement$3kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$275k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Notre Dame Club of NENY$1,000
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation$1,000
Individual grant recipient$700
Friends of Niskayuna High School Baseball Inc$600
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION: $250 → 10%Lake George Association: $250 → 10%Friends of Niskayuna High School Baseball Inc: $600 → 12%ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION - INVASIVE SPECIE PREV FUND: $450 → 13%BRITISH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT CORP: $3k → 14%ADIRONDACK EXPLORER: $2k → 16%THE AUTHOR'S GUILD: $250 → 17%St Lawrence University: $2k → 18%Notre Dame Club of NENY: $1k → 13%Alzheimers Association: $250 → 14%St Peter's Hospital Foundation: $250 → 8%Friends of Niskayuna High School Baseball Inc: $500 → 12%Notre Dame Club of NENY: $500 → 13%Notre Dame Club of NENY: $500 → 13%Schenectady AOH: $700 → 12%THE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%Schenectady AOH: $500 → 12%University of Albany Foundation: $11k → 14%THE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION: $9k → 17%Schenectady Ancient Order of Hibernians: $400 → 12%New York State Writers Institute: $10k → 14%THE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION: $7k → 17%University of Albany Foundation: $10k → 14%Crohn's & Colitis Foundation: $1k → 17%NYS TROOPERS FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%New York State Writers Institute: $5k → 14%NYS TROOPERS FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%New York State Writers Institute: $2k → 14%NYS TROOPERS FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%NYS Troopers Benefit Fund: $2k → 14%NYS Troopers Benefit Fund: $500 → 14%NYS Sheriff's Institute: $500 → 14%Saint Peter's Hospital Foundation: $10k → 14%St Peter's Hospital Foundation: $10k → 14%THE ALBANY ACADEMIES: $2k → 14%Albany Med Foundation: $1k → 14%Academy of the Holy Names: $1k → 14%Albany Institute of History & Art: $500 → 14%Fort Orange Club: $500 → 14%Regional Food Pantry: $5k → 14%LOVE-15: $500 → 14%MOHAWK HUDSON HUMANE SOCIETY: $1k → 14%Niskayuna Athletics Booster Club Inc: $600 → 14%Rosie's Love: $500 → 14%Newspapers in Education: $300 → 14%StGregory's School: $2k → 14%SHAKER HERITAGE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $500 → 14%GREATER LOUDONVILLE ASSOCIATION: $500 → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
SD
IN
NJ
CA
DC
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$102k · 16 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
35

Total granted

$102k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+3%

Still filing today

50%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TP
    THE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $26k · revenue +78%
  • UA
    UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $21k · revenue +65%
  • SP
    ST PETER'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • RF
    Regional Food Pantry
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • BA
    BRITISH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT CORP
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • SS
    StGregory's School
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
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
Adirondack Mountain Club Inc

Adk is the only non-profit organization in new york state dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and responsible recreational use of the new york state forest preserve and other parks, wild lands, and waters vital to our members and…

Environment
2
The Adirondack Council Inc

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…

Environment
3
Adirondack North Country Association Inc

Support regional economic development in new york's 14 northernmost counties

Food & Nutrition
4
Albany County Historical Association

To preserve, present and promote the history and culture of Albany County, New York

Arts & Culture
5
Lake George Land Conservancy Inc

Dedicated to permanently preserve the natural, scenic and recreational resources of the Lake George Basin.

Environment
6
Albany General Hospital Foundation

The foundation's specific purpose is to solicit, receive, and maintain gifts of money and property, and to make decisions on the distributions of such money and property, to support albany general hospital and health svcs in the general…

Health
7
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
8
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

See schedule onylcvef's mission is to educate, engage and empower new yorkers to be effective advocates on behalf of the environment from clean energy and funding for parks, to solid waste and green buildings. first, we educate new yorkers…

Environment
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Gardiner Library Board of Trustees

The Gardiner Library Board of Trustees operates the public library that serves the Town of Gardiner and the surrounding areas of New York State.

Education
12
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University At Albany Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Niskayuna High School Baseball. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 53 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST PETER'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherST PETER'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCNew York State Writers Institute: $17,000 · OtherNew York State Writers InstituteNYS TROOPERS FOUNDATION: $7,000 · OtherNYS TROOPERS FOUNDATIONRegional Food Pantry: $5,000 · OtherRegional Food PantryBRITISH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT CORP: $3,000 · Other+33 more: $21,400 · Other+33 moreTHE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $26,000 · EducationTHE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INCUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $21,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATIONST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationADIRONDACK EXPLORER INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART: $600 · Arts & CultureThe Lake George Association Inc: $250 · Arts & CultureAlbany Pro Musica Inc: $200 · Arts & CultureADIRONDACK CENTER FOR WRITING INC: $100 · Arts & CultureLAKE PLACID OLYMPIC MUSEUM: $100 · Arts & CultureCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $250 · HealthFRIENDS OF NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: $1,100 · Recreation & SportsMOHAWK & HUDSON RIVER HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE PAUL ROBERT CAREY FOUNDATION: $200 · Philanthropy
Other$73,400Education$49,500Arts & Culture$2,750Health$1,250Recreation & Sports$1,100Animals$1,000Philanthropy$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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $26,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST PETER'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK EXPLORER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALBANY ACADEMIES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: $1,100 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMOHAWK & HUDSON RIVER HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNISKAYUNA ATHLETICS BOOSTER CLUB INC: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AUTHORS GUILD INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFORT ORANGE CLUB: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHORE OWNERS' ASSOCIATION OF LAKE PLACID: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Lake George Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlbany Pro Musica Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAKER ROAD - LOUDONVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PAUL ROBERT CAREY FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetADIRONDACK CENTER FOR WRITING INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE PLACID OLYMPIC MUSEUM: $100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCITY MISSION OF SCHENECTADY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Ge Aerospace Foundati…Keeler Motor Car Comp…David & Candace Weir …Neil Jane William Est…Review FoundationAdirondack FoundationThe Community Foundat…Price Chopper's Golub…The Trombly FoundationMassry Charitable Fou…John D Picotte Family…Kiwi Foundation
Ge Aerospace FoundationCT16.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · Keeler Motor Car Company Charitable Foundation · David & Candace Weir Foundation · Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation Inc · Review Foundation · Adirondack Foundation · The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · The Trombly Foundation · Massry Charitable Foundation Inc · John D Picotte Family Foundation (Formerly Equinox Foundation) · Kiwi 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 Bernard F Conners Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bernard F Conners Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 53 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-PF 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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