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Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation

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.

$223k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
13
Itemized grants FY2025
26
Organizations funded FY2024
31%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$172k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$14,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$44,177
Organizations funded a year
21 to 29
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$6.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24
EducationOther
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$172k15%
FY202426$171k31%
FY202322$245k32%
FY202221$247k14%
FY202121$184k33%
FY201921$115k29%
FY201822$183k32%
FY201729$241kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.7MYouth Development$20kScience & Tech$16kHealth$4kAnimals$4kReligion$3kArts & Culture$1kOther$0

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cayuga Community College$102,1308n/a
Keuka College$93,93370%
Rochester Institute of Technology$91,60070%
St John Fisher University$81,65080%
Nazareth University$55,00070%
Le Moyne College$44,36860%
Syracuse University$42,99540%
Alfred University$36,68450%
Niagara University$27,49440%
State University of New York at Binghamton$16,3754n/a
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All grantees of Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cayuga Community College$102,1308n/a
Keuka College$93,93370%
Rochester Institute of Technology$91,60070%
St John Fisher University$81,65080%
Nazareth University$55,00070%
Le Moyne College$44,36860%
Syracuse University$42,99540%
Alfred University$36,68450%
Niagara University$27,49440%
State University of New York at Binghamton$16,3754n/a
Clarkson University$15,70030%
Cornell University$14,00010%
St Bonaventure University$12,80010%
Ithaca College$11,45030%
University of Pittsburgh$10,55030%
Daemen University$8,70020%
Cazenovia College$8,60030%
Elmira College$7,30020%
Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa$7,00010%
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc$7,00020%
Wells College$6,40020%
Utica University$5,90020%
University of Michigan$4,40012%
Indiana University School of Medicine$4,3001n/a
Barry University Inc$4,30010%
Saint Francis University$3,75010%
Colby-Sawyer College$3,75010%
Manhattan University$3,75010%
Emerson College$3,56120%
Liberty University Inc$3,20010%
Elim Bible Institute Inc$3,2001n/a
St John's University New York$3,20010%
Brigham Young University$2,0091n/a
Hartwick College$1,60010%
Bryant & Stratton College Inc$1,60010%
Lycoming College$1,45010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($806k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKeuka College: $93,933 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $91,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSt John Fisher University: $81,650 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNazareth University: $55,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLe Moyne College: $44,368 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSyracuse University: $42,995 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlfred University: $36,684 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNiagara University: $27,494 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetClarkson University: $15,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Bonaventure University: $12,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIthaca College: $11,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $10,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDaemen University: $8,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCazenovia College: $8,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElmira College: $7,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWentworth Institute of Technology Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWells College: $6,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUtica University: $5,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $4,400 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBarry University Inc: $4,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Francis University: $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColby-Sawyer College: $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan University: $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmerson College: $3,561 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLiberty University Inc: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt John's University New York: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHartwick College: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBryant & Stratton College Inc: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLycoming College: $1,450 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 31.

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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.

Central New York Comm…Verizon FoundationJessie H Baker Educat…W H Coe Medical & Sur…Gazin Norbert L Educa…Fred L Emerson Founda…JM McDonald Foundatio…Ibm International Fou…The Kilkea Foundation…Tuw Alice Koon FBO Sc…Gouverneur FoundationJephson Educational T…
Central New York Community Foundation IncNY19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Jessie H Baker Educational Fund · W H Coe Medical & Surgical Fund 18363900 · Gazin Norbert L Education Pfdn 101-0628960 · Fred L Emerson Foundation Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · The Kilkea Foundation Inc · Tuw Alice Koon FBO Scholastic Fund · Gouverneur Foundation · Jephson Educational Trust #2 Xxxxx1004

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 Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation

How much does Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation give?
Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $171,608, out of $223,211 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (83%), Youth Development (1%), Science & Tech (1%).
Who are Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cayuga Community College ($102k), Keuka College ($94k), Rochester Institute of Technology ($92k).
Does Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation 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 Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central New York Community Foundation Inc, Verizon Foundation, Jessie H Baker Educational Fund.
Where is Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation based?
Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation is based in FL.

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 69 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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