Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Ithaca, New York

46
foundations with an Ithaca address
$54.2M
grants paid, FY2024–FY2025
20
say they accept unsolicited
$3,827
median grant

Grantlas lists 46 foundations that gave an Ithaca, New York address on their tax filing — 42 private foundations and 4 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from filings for FY2024–FY2025. Together they paid out $54.2 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 20 of them (43%) say they accept unsolicited requests.

Not every foundation here is an Ithaca foundation. The city is the mailing address on the foundation’s tax filing, and when a bank or a law firm runs the trust that is the bank’s address, not the place it gives to. Check where a foundation gives before you write.

Top 25 of 46 foundations

Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing, with the ones that accept unsolicited requests first, then the ones whose filing doesn’t say.

Foundations in Ithaca, New York
Park Foundation IncAccepts$50,000$30.4M$50–$670,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
New York Alpha Education Fund IncAccepts$394,681$394,681—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Greene-Milstein Family FoundationAccepts$1,500$215,000$1,000–$10,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Legacy Foundation of Tompkins CountyAccepts$3,000$214,488$550–$10,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Peter J Palermo Trust Under AgreementAccepts$25,000$200,000$2,000–$102,500No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Olga D Rasmussen AwardAccepts$4,000$96,500$500–$14,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Gould Norman & Anna Schol FdAccepts$3,654$68,157$1,648–$13,138No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Alfred N Johnson Memorial FundAccepts$1,250$63,750$1,250–$23,750No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Donald N Heath Scholarship Trust 18361240Accepts$7,000$33,000$4,500–$12,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Clarence H Bellinger Trust Under WillAccepts$26,000$32,000$20,000–$32,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
W H Coe Medical & Surgical Fund 18363900Accepts$2,272$26,592$1,600–$5,340No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
L Hubbard Onondaga Nation Scholarship TrustAccepts$13,000$26,000$5,000–$23,000Up 160% over 3 yearsFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
King Scholarship FundAccepts$1,650$22,000$1,000–$5,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Moulton Harold E Scholarship Fund 18362340Accepts$3,000$20,000$1,000–$6,000Within 5% over 3 yearsFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Bernard W McCormick Scholarship FundAccepts$3,550$17,500$3,500–$3,600No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Social Service League of Ithaca IncAccepts$1,120$15,981$625–$2,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Streeter Schol Fd Lys TrustAccepts$8,750$14,250$4,750–$17,500No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Doris Magee-Scholarship TRAccepts$5,000$10,000$2,500–$7,500No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Tau Endowment Fund IncAccepts$401$239$239–$562No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Student Agencies Foundation IncAccepts$100$100—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Community Foundation of Tompkins County IncCommunity foundationNot stated$11,771Over $5k only$4.3M$5,200–$608,625No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
United Way of Tompkins County IncFederationNot stated$11,241Over $5k only$866,669$5,004–$53,245No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ithaca Area United Jewish Community IncCommunity foundationNot stated$8,545Over $5k only$125,316$6,000–$52,639No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
South Central Regional Library CouncilFederationNot stated$7,940Over $5k only$74,151$7,880–$8,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Triad Foundation IncInvitation only$15.3M$15.3M—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from each funder’s grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report. Community foundations and other charities list only grants over $5,000, so their figures run high.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.
  • 3-yr trend compares the latest filing year with the year two before it, so it needs grants on file for both. Most foundations file one year of grants, so most rows show a dash.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2024–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.