New York · Private foundation
The Little Family 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.
- $792k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $776k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations The Little Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 | 12 | $749k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $776k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $444k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.1M | 87% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $180k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Parents United Inc | $915,727 | 3 | 79% |
| Rise High Inc | $470,798 | 4 | 74% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $366,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Schenectady Inner City Ministry Inc | $260,902 | 1 | 10% |
| Better Community Neighborhoods Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Re-Igniting Our Faith Foundation Inc | $59,974 | 3 | n/a |
| Army Emergency Relief | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Arts Center and Theatre of Schenectady Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mom Starts Here Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 17% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Parents United Inc | $915,727 | 3 | 79% |
| Rise High Inc | $470,798 | 4 | 74% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $366,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Schenectady Inner City Ministry Inc | $260,902 | 1 | 10% |
| Better Community Neighborhoods Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Re-Igniting Our Faith Foundation Inc | $59,974 | 3 | n/a |
| Army Emergency Relief | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Arts Center and Theatre of Schenectady Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mom Starts Here Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Schenectady Inc | $25,642 | 2 | 1% |
| City Mission Inc | $25,013 | 1 | 64% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clarkson University | $10,170 | 2 | 0% |
| Dharithree USA Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Charity Global Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family and Child Service of Schenectady | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Fathers Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Public Garden Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reading Is Fundamental Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($757k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Little Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Little Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Little Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Little Family Foundation Inc reported 18 itemized grants totaling $775,722, out of $791,722 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Little Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (12%), Education (11%), Youth Development (5%).
- Who are The Little Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Young Parents United Inc ($916k), Rise High Inc ($471k), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($367k).
- Does The Little Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Little Family 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 Little Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wright Family Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc, United Way of the Greater Capital Region.
- Where is The Little Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Little Family Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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