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Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$62k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
47
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
4%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$7,600
Organizations funded a year
23 to 58
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$237k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthAnimalsOther
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 arriving45$62k13%
FY202423$54k4%
FY202328$45k4%
FY202225$35k24%
FY202153$60k25%
FY202058$46k38%
FY201925$112k12%
FY201845$58k38%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$205kArts & Culture$183kHealth$50kHuman Services$21kInternational$14kAnimals$6kRecreation & Sports$6kCivil Rights$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
NM
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 72 grantees
All grantees of Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Rochester$127,45090%
Allendale Columbia School$49,10090%
Friends of Ganondagan Inc$42,00082%
Mercy Flight Central Inc$36,55090%
George Eastman Museum$32,50080%
Miss Hall's School Inc$14,20090%
Genesee Country Museum$12,50080%
Keeping Our Promise Inc$12,50031%
Rochester Museum & Science Center$12,00050%
The Little Theatre Film Society Inc$9,70080%
The Children's Agenda Inc$8,50050%
Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library$8,10070%
Whitney Museum of American Art$8,00010%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy$6,00060%
Writers & Books Inc$5,65080%
Victor Hiking Trails Inc$5,100216%
Goodwill of the Finger Lakes Inc$5,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$5,00010%
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc$4,80060%
Seneca Park Zoo Society$4,00070%
Equicenter Inc$3,70030%
MK Gandhi Institute For Nonviolence$3,00050%
Finger Lakes Opera Inc$2,60060%
Garth Fagan Dance Inc$2,60050%
Foodlink Inc$2,40060%
1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse Museum$2,00042%
Beyond the Sanctuary$2,00020%
Genesee Valley Conservancy Inc$1,90030%
The Salvation Army$1,5003n/a
Rochester Institute of Technology$1,20010%
Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion- State Historic Park$1,20060%
The Susan B Anthony House$1,15040%
Episcopal Seniorlife Communities Inc$1,10020%
Rochester Childfirst Network$1,05040%
The Center for the Study of Place Inc$1,0001n/a
Victor Farmington Library$80050%
Victor Fire Department Inc$75061%
The Landmark Society of Western New York Inc$70040%
Genesee Land Trust Inc$60010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$55050%
Urban League of Rochester Ny Inc$55020%
Hugs Foundation Inc$55040%
Wild Wings Inc$50010%
National Women's History Museum$50010%
Parks & Trails New York Inc$50050%
Rochester Education Foundation Inc$30010%
Afs-Usa Inc$30050%
The Academy of American Poets Inc$25010%
Refugees Helping Refugees Inc$25010%
Institute for Nonprofit News$25010%
Edith B Ford Memorial Library$2501n/a
Edceptional Inc$20020%
Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation$20020%
Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park Inc$20020%
Nazareth University$20020%
Memorial Ame Zion Church Inc$2001n/a
Victor Historical Society Inc$15021%
Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum$12910%
Rochester Historical Society$10010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1001n/a
William Warfield Scholarship Fund Inc$1001n/a
Veterans Outreach Center Inc$10020%
Serenity House of Victor Inc$10010%
Penfield Public Library$1001n/a
National Wasp Wwii Museum Inc$5010%
American Indian College Fund$5010%
Young Women's Christian Association of Rochester and Monroe County$5010%
The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To$5010%
Cameron Community Ministries Inc$5010%
St John Fisher University$501n/a
Climate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region$5010%
The Hill School$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($58k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Rochester: $127,450 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAllendale Columbia School: $49,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Ganondagan Inc: $42,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetMercy Flight Central Inc: $36,550 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge Eastman Museum: $32,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMiss Hall's School Inc: $14,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGenesee Country Museum: $12,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKeeping Our Promise Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetRochester Museum & Science Center: $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Little Theatre Film Society Inc: $9,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Agenda Inc: $8,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFriends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library: $8,100 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Deerfield Academy: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWriters & Books Inc: $5,650 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetVictor Hiking Trails Inc: $5,100 over 2y, 16% of budgetGoodwill of the Finger Lakes Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc: $4,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSeneca Park Zoo Society: $4,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEquicenter Inc: $3,700 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMK Gandhi Institute For Nonviolence: $3,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFinger Lakes Opera Inc: $2,600 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGarth Fagan Dance Inc: $2,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFoodlink Inc: $2,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budget1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse Museum: $2,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetBeyond the Sanctuary: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGenesee Valley Conservancy Inc: $1,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSonnenberg Gardens and Mansion- State Historic Park: $1,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan B Anthony House: $1,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEpiscopal Seniorlife Communities Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Childfirst Network: $1,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVictor Farmington Library: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVictor Fire Department Inc: $750 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetThe Landmark Society of Western New York Inc: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGenesee Land Trust Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUrban League of Rochester Ny Inc: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHugs Foundation Inc: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWild Wings Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational Women's History Museum: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParks & Trails New York Inc: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Education Foundation Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAfs-Usa Inc: $300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Academy of American Poets Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRefugees Helping Refugees Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for Nonprofit News: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 64.

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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 FoundationNY71.6× affinity39 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 · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Esl Charitable Foundation · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Summers Foundation Inc · The Florence M Muller Foundation · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust

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 Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation

How much does Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation give?
Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $61,985 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 58 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Arts & Culture (36%), Health (10%).
Who are Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Rochester ($127k), Allendale Columbia School ($49k), Friends of Ganondagan Inc ($42k).
Does Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rochester Area Community Foundation, Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc.
Where is Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation based?
Thomas F Judson Jr & Elisabeth W Judson Foundation 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 127 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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