New York · Private foundation
The Palmer Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $104k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations The Palmer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $102k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $83k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $80k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $23k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $50 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Willow Domestic Violence Center of Greater Rochester Inc | $19,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Rochester Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Victor Community Church | $5,550 | 3 | n/a |
| Boca Grande United Methodist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Episcopal Seniorlife Communities Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Golisano Autism Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hillside Children's Center | $2,572 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Willow Domestic Violence Center of Greater Rochester Inc | $19,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Rochester Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Victor Community Church | $5,550 | 3 | n/a |
| Boca Grande United Methodist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Episcopal Seniorlife Communities Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Golisano Autism Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hillside Children's Center | $2,572 | 2 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Board of Directors of Wittenberg College | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Victor Fire Department Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Palmer Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · The Gap Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Palmer Family Foundation
- How much does The Palmer Family Foundation give?
- The Palmer Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $104,032 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Palmer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (49%), Health (11%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are The Palmer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To ($150k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($20k), Willow Domestic Violence Center of Greater Rochester Inc ($19k).
- Does The Palmer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Palmer Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Palmer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc, Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Palmer Family Foundation based?
- The Palmer Family Foundation is based in NY.
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