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The Schenectady Foundation Inc

The schenectady foundation's mission is to achieve sustainable improvement in the health and welfare of people, organizations and neighborhoods in schenectady county through the investment of philanthropic resources.

$160k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$957kHuman Services$221kCommunity Improvement$185kPublic Safety & Disaster$171kArts & Culture$143kEnvironment$75kRecreation & Sports$66kEducation$62kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $146,526, the rows itemized in this filing. The $159,723 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $13,197 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $87k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$17,824
Median grant
1
States reached
$663k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NENY$60,000
SEAT CENTER$26,045
ALBANY BARN INC$17,824
SCHENECTADY MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY$16,837
CAPITAL REGION LAND BANK$15,820
SYCAMORE COLLABORATIVE$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $305k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SCHENECTADY COMMUNITY ACTION: $131k → 12%SCHENECTADY COMMUNITY ACTION: $60k → 12%SCHENECTADY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $46k → 12%BETHESDA HOUSE: $6k → 12%YWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $32k → 12%CAPITAL DISTRICT YMCA: $30k → 12%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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 10 repeat orgs$345k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
17

Total granted

$1.6M
$345k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+11%

Still filing today

80%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • RF
    REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $891k · revenue +613%
  • SC
    SCHENECTADY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $237k · revenue +6%
  • AB
    Albany Barn Inc
    3× · 2019–2024 · $92k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE WOODLAWN PRESERVE
    one grant, 2019 · $55k
  • SC
    SCHENECTADY COUNTY CHAPTER NYSARC INC
    one grant, 2020 · $37k · revenue -58%
  • YO
    YWCA OF SCHENECTADY
    one grant, 2020 · $32k · revenue +20%
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
Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation

Our mission is to promote downtown schenectady as a premier location for commerce, recreation and residence by enhancing, facilitating and supporting economic growth.

Community Improvement
2
Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corporation

The mission of the organization is to enhance and build resilient diverse communities, by supporting economic growth, creative community-based initiatives, and quality housing services in the neighborhoods it serves.

Housing & Shelter
3
Syracuse Northeast Community Center Inc

The mission of sncc is to engage, grow and connect neighbors.

Recreation & Sports
4
Schenectady Greenmarket Inc

Provide a marketplace to connect farmers and producers to the community, in order to foster sustainable farming, wholesome food, and awareness of our interdependence. To foster and organize the development of farm markets in the City and…

Community Improvement
5
Schenectady Day Nursery Inc

Child day care services

Human Services
6
Food Bank of Central New York

Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…

Food & Nutrition
7
Seneca County Council On Homelessness Inc

Homeless shelter

Human Services
8
Home Headquarters Inc

Home headquarters, inc is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1996. over the past 25 years, home headquarters has been committed to creating housing and related opportunities and services in upstate new york…

Housing & Shelter
9
Schuylkill Community Action

Schuylkill community action is a private, nonprofit corporationincorporated under the laws of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. theprimary purpose of schuylkill community action is to coordinate andfocus all available resources upon the…

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10
Senior Citizens Council of Clinton County Inc

Provide programs and nutrition for senior citizens

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11
Samaritan Center Inc

To coordinate efforts of volunteers to serve food to those in need and to educate the public about the needs of the poor and hungry in the city of syracuse.

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12
Community Capital New York Inc

Community capital is a nonprofit lender that has revitalized communities and transformed lives in the mid-hudson valley, bronx and fairfield county, ct for 36 years. our mission is to foster economic opportunity for underserved individuals…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Better Community Neighborhoods Inc; the most unlike its peers is Revolution Studios Inc. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $890,800 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC+1 more: $18,000 · Food & NutritionFRIENDS OF THE WOODLAWN PRESERVE: $55,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE WOODLAW…SCHENECTADY INNER CITY MINISTRY INC: $53,030 · OtherSCHENECTADY INNER CITY…CREATE Community Studios: $46,347 · OtherCREATE Community Studi…SCHENECTADY COUNTY CHAPTER NYSARC INC: $37,153 · OtherSCHENECTADY COUNTY CHA…CITY MISSION OF SCHENECTADY: $32,645 · OtherCITY MISSION OF SCHENE…SCHENECTADY MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY: $27,187 · OtherSCHENECTADY MUNICIPAL …PATRIOT YOUTH BASKETBALL: $24,500 · OtherPATRIOT YOUTH BASKETBA…SCHENECTADY MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY: $22,531 · OtherSCHENECTADY MUNICIPAL …ELECTRIC CITY FOOD CO-OP: $20,000 · OtherBETTER COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $22,000 · OtherBETTER COMMUNITY NEIGH…CAPITAL ROOTS INC: $20,000 · Other+5 more: $45,500 · Other+5 moreSCHENECTADY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $237,125 · Human ServicesSCHENECTADY COMMU…YWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $31,500 · Human ServicesYWCA OF SCHENECTA…THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT (4416): $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S C…+1 more: $6,000 · Human ServicesLAND REUTILIZATION CORPORATION OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $158,989 · Community ImprovementAlbany Barn Inc: $92,299 · Arts & CultureARTS CENTER AND THEATRE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $22,000 · Arts & CultureSOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND TRAINING CENTER INC: $78,320 · EducationSCHENECTADY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,165 · EducationBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SCHENECTADY INC: $24,438 · Youth Development
Food & Nutrition$908,800Other$405,893Human Services$304,625Community Improvement$158,989Arts & Culture$114,299Education$93,485Youth Development$24,438

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $890,800 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSCHENECTADY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $237,125 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetLAND REUTILIZATION CORPORATION OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $158,989 over 5y, 15% of budgetAlbany Barn Inc: $92,299 over 3y, 11% of budgetSOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND TRAINING CENTER INC: $78,320 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetSCHENECTADY INNER CITY MINISTRY INC: $53,030 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCREATE Community Studios: $46,347 over 3y, 18% of budgetSCHENECTADY COUNTY CHAPTER NYSARC INC: $37,153 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY MISSION OF SCHENECTADY: $32,645 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $31,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT (4416): $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SCHENECTADY INC: $24,438 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetARTS CENTER AND THEATRE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $22,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITAL ROOTS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD PANTRIES FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSCHENECTADY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,165 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

The Schenectady Found…The Community Foundat…United Way of the Gre…Price Chopper's Golub…Mvp Health Plan IncWilliam Gundry Brough…Pioneer Bank Charitab…Capital District Phys…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Wright Family Foundat…Neil Jane William Est…JM McDonald Foundatio…
The Schenectady FoundationNY41.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Schenectady Foundation · The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Mvp Health Plan Inc · William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Wright Family Foundation Inc · Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation Inc · JM McDonald 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Schenectady Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Schenectady Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
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    How do I get to The Schenectady Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Schenectady Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 28 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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