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The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$256k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
34
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 34
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$1.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving39$256k21%
FY202434$214k32%
FY202333$215k39%
FY202227$189k22%
FY202128$119k96%
FY20206$17kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$496kYouth Development$139kHealth$84kHuman Services$74kEducation$62kAnimals$53kEnvironment$42kPhilanthropy$19kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Genesee-Orleanse Regional Arts Council$35,00032%
Genesee Country Museum$32,50040%
Seneca Park Zoo Society$32,50040%
Writers & Books Inc$32,50042%
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc$30,00040%
Keys Corp$30,00043%
A Magical Journey Thru Stages Inc$27,50042%
Flower City Arts Center Inc$27,50032%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Rochester Inc$26,50040%
Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance Inc$26,00047%
University of Rochester$26,00040%
Deep Arts Inc$25,000414%
The Center for Youth Services Inc$24,00030%
Rochester City Ballet Inc$24,00032%
Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc$23,74030%
The Landmark Society of Western New York Inc$22,75041%
Push Physical Theatre Inc$22,00033%
The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To$20,50040%
Finger Lakes Opera Inc$19,50042%
Villa of Hope$17,92030%
Girls Rock Rochester INC$17,60033%
Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association$16,50033%
Macedon Public Library$16,49031%
Clyde Savannah Public Library$15,00041%
The Corn Hill Waterfront & Navigation Foundation$15,000217%
Autismup Inc$14,50020%
Endless Highway Inc$12,50031%
Cayuga Museum of History & Art Inc$12,50022%
Borinquen Dance Theatre Inc$12,50026%
Rainbow Junction Ltd$12,25021%
Camp Puzzle Peace$10,57041%
Rochester Museum & Science Center$10,15020%
Geva Theatre Center Inc$10,00020%
DASAP Inc$10,000111%
Assisi Institute$10,0001n/a
Girl Scouts of Western New York Inc$8,50020%
Auburn Public Theater Inc$8,50020%
Merry-Go-Round Playhouse Inc$8,50020%
Geneva Music Festival Inc$7,50013%
Hillside Family of Agencies$7,5001n/a
Hope Hall$7,50010%
Shake on the Lake Inc$7,50013%
Ant Alliance Inc$7,0001n/a
Women's Foundation of Genesee Valley Inc$6,00021%
Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester Inc$6,00010%
Rochester Ecology Partners Inc$6,00011%
Golisano Autism Center Inc$5,00010%
Cameron Community Ministries Inc$5,00011%
Refugees Helping Refugees Inc$5,00011%
Garth Fagan Dance Inc$5,0001n/a
Gateways Music Festival Inc$5,00011%
Gatesinger Company Ltd$4,3002n/a
Rose Free Library$3,50012%
Wilson Commencement Park$3,50011%
Livingston County Historical Society$3,5001n/a
The Little Theatre Film Society Inc$2,50010%
Rochester Oratorio Society Inc$2,05011%
Chip Holt Nature Center Inc$1,9001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($163k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGenesee-Orleanse Regional Arts Council: $35,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetGenesee Country Museum: $32,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSeneca Park Zoo Society: $32,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWriters & Books Inc: $32,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetRochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKeys Corp: $30,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetA Magical Journey Thru Stages Inc: $27,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetFlower City Arts Center Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Rochester Inc: $26,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJoseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance Inc: $26,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDeep Arts Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetThe Center for Youth Services Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRochester City Ballet Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMary Cariola Children's Center Inc: $23,740 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Landmark Society of Western New York Inc: $22,750 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPush Physical Theatre Inc: $22,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetThe Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To: $20,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFinger Lakes Opera Inc: $19,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetVilla of Hope: $17,920 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGirls Rock Rochester INC: $17,600 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetCanandaigua Lake Watershed Association: $16,500 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetMacedon Public Library: $16,490 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetClyde Savannah Public Library: $15,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetThe Corn Hill Waterfront & Navigation Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetAutismup Inc: $14,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEndless Highway Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCayuga Museum of History & Art Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBorinquen Dance Theatre Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetRainbow Junction Ltd: $12,250 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCamp Puzzle Peace: $10,570 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetRochester Museum & Science Center: $10,150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGeva Theatre Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDASAP Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western New York Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAuburn Public Theater Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMerry-Go-Round Playhouse Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGeneva Music Festival Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHope Hall: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShake on the Lake Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetWomen's Foundation of Genesee Valley Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJewish Community Center of Greater Rochester Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRochester Ecology Partners Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGolisano Autism Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCameron Community Ministries Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRefugees Helping Refugees Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGateways Music Festival Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRose Free Library: $3,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 51.

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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.

Rochester Area Community FoundationNY77.7× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · The Joan and Harold Feinbloom Supporting Foundation Inc

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.

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About The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc

How much does The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc give?
The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc reported 39 grants totaling $256,193 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 34 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (49%), Youth Development (14%), Health (8%).
Who are The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Genesee-Orleanse Regional Arts Council ($35k), Genesee Country Museum ($33k), Seneca Park Zoo Society ($33k).
Does The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rochester Area Community Foundation, Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, Esl Charitable Foundation.
Where is The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc based?
The Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 71 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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