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The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$147k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2025
14
Organizations funded FY2024
43%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$77,340
Organizations funded a year
9 to 17
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$8k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving13$147k38%
FY202414$170k43%
FY20239$66k33%
FY202216$85k63%
FY202117$115k47%
FY202011$50kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$223kHuman Services$150kFood & Nutrition$138kHousing & Shelter$41kReligion$30kHealth$20kCrime & Legal$11kArts & Culture$10kOther$0

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University at Buffalo Foundation Inc$177,34020%
The Rural Outreach Center Inc$30,00021%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$27,50050%
Build Promise Inc$25,00012%
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc$20,00040%
Nativitymiguel Middle School of Buffalo$20,0004n/a
Life Impact Inc$18,00011%
Community Missions of the Niagara Frontier Inc$15,00030%
Things of My Very Own Inc$11,00031%
Shelters of Saratoga Inc$11,00030%
Show all 32 grantees
All grantees of The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University at Buffalo Foundation Inc$177,34020%
The Rural Outreach Center Inc$30,00021%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$27,50050%
Build Promise Inc$25,00012%
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc$20,00040%
Nativitymiguel Middle School of Buffalo$20,0004n/a
Life Impact Inc$18,00011%
Community Missions of the Niagara Frontier Inc$15,00030%
Things of My Very Own Inc$11,00031%
Shelters of Saratoga Inc$11,00030%
Every Bottom Covered Inc$10,0001n/a
Nativity Preparatory Academy Associates of Rochester Inc$10,0002n/a
South Buffalo Community Table Inc$10,00026%
Providence Farm Collective Corp$10,00020%
Firefighter Arno Memorial Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Madonna of the Streets Inc$10,00010%
St Adalberts Response to Lovecenter Inc$10,0002n/a
Western New York Public Broadcasting Association$10,00010%
Child and Family Services Foundation$10,00021%
Wny Food Web Inc$10,000281%
Friends of Night People Inc$10,00020%
Villa Maria College of Buffalo$6,00020%
Community Action of Greene County Inc$6,00020%
West Side Community Services Inc$5,00011%
Haven House$5,00010%
Saint's Place$5,00012%
Resurrection Life Fellowship$5,0001n/a
Jewish Family Services of Western New York$5,00010%
Grace Guest House Inc$5,00011%
Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Foodlink Inc$5,00010%
Sheridan Parkside Life Center Inc$5,00013%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($111k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity at Buffalo Foundation Inc: $177,340 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rural Outreach Center Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSleep in Heavenly Peace Inc: $27,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBuild Promise Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetRegional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLife Impact Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCommunity Missions of the Niagara Frontier Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThings of My Very Own Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetShelters of Saratoga Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Buffalo Community Table Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetProvidence Farm Collective Corp: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMadonna of the Streets Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWestern New York Public Broadcasting Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChild and Family Services Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetWny Food Web Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 81% of budgetFriends of Night People Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVilla Maria College of Buffalo: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Action of Greene County Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWest Side Community Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHaven House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSaint's Place: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetJewish Family Services of Western New York: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGrace Guest House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoodlink Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSheridan Parkside Life Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% 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 26.

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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.

The John R Oishei FoundationNY36.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The John R Oishei Foundation · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · Cullen Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · The Western New York Foundation · Foundation 214 Inc · East Hill Foundation · The Frank G Raichle Foundation · Rich Family Foundation · Health Foundation for Western & Central New York

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 Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc give?
The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $147,340 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Human Services (24%), Food & Nutrition (22%).
Who are The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University at Buffalo Foundation Inc ($177k), The Rural Outreach Center Inc ($30k), Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc ($28k).
Does The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Hodgson Russ Charitable 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 The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The John R Oishei Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc.
Where is The Hodgson Russ Charitable Foundation Inc based?
The Hodgson Russ Charitable 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 43 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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