Thomas F Judson JR & Elisabeth W
Rochester, NY · EIN 16-1578008. Reported 133 grants totalling $195,565 to 70 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Thomas F Judson JR & Elisabeth W did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $1,100; the smallest was $50 and the largest $10,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $23,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Allendale Columbia School | Rochester, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercy Flight Central Inc | Canandaigua, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Ganondagan | Victor, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| George Eastman Museum | Rochester, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wxxi | Rochester, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Keeping Our Promise Inc | Rochester, NY | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rochester Museum & Science Center | Rochester, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Genesee Country Village & Museum | Mumford, NY | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Miss Hall's School | Pittsfield, MA | $5,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memorial Art Gallery | Rochester, NY | $5,450 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Victor Hiking Trails | Victor, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Little Theatre Film Society | Rochester, NY | $3,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Writers and Books | Rochester, NY | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Equicenter Inc | Honeoye Falls, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Geva Theatre | Rochester, NY | $2,850 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Beyond the Sanctuary | Rochester, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library | Rochester, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra | Rochester, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Finger Lakes Opera | Canandaigua, NY | $1,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Christ Chruch Pittsford | Pittsford, NY | $1,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Evarts Ur Well Clinic at | Rochester, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Congregational Church of Fall River | Fall River, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Garth Fagan Dance | Rochester, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rochester Area Community Foundation | Rochester, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Seneca Park Zoo Society | Rochester, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Children's Agenda | Rochester, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse Museum | Farmington, NY | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foodlink | Rochester, NY | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithaca, NY | $740 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Landmark Society of Western Ny | Rochester, NY | $700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Susan B Anthony House | Rochester, NY | $650 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Victor Farmington Library | Victor, NY | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Victor Farmington Volunteer Ambulance | Victor, NY | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bishops Discretionary Fund | Syracuse, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mk Gandhi Institute of Nonviolence | Rochester, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sonnenberg Gardens | Canandaigua, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Urban League of Rochester Ny | Rochester, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parks and Trails New York | Albany, NY | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Christ Church Altar Guild | Greenwich, CT | $375 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Academy of American Poets | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kanack School of Musical | Rochester, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saunders Schools at Rit | Rochester, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hugs Foundation Inc | Rochester, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation | Fayetteville, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Victor Fire Department | Victor, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yale Alumni Association of Rochester | New Haven, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Rochester, NY | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Afs-USA Inc | New York, NY | $100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Christ Church | Rochester, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Climate Solutions | Rochester, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Episcopal Seniorlife Communities | Rochester, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fishers Volunteer Fire | Victor, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friendly Senior Living | Rochester, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the V I National Park | St John, VI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Full Circle Home | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity Ontario County | Canandaigua, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hochstein Music School | Rochester, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| James P Wilmot Cancer Center | Rochester, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nazareth College | Rochester, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of Central and Western Ny | Rochester, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rochester Childfirst Network | Rochester, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Mark Lutheran Church | Mendon, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lollypop Farm | Fairport, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Experimant in International Living | Washington, DC | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Learning | New York, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
38 of 70 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 48%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Allendale Columbia School
GALA CONTRIBUTION & ANNUAL SUPPORT - Episcopal Seniorlife Communities
IN MEMORY OF TERRY WHITBECK
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 78 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | $60,495 | $325 |
| 2022 | 27 | $36,020 | $250 |
| 2023 | 28 | $44,900 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $54,150 | $800 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 93% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Thomas F Judson JR & Elisabeth W's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: One Circle Street, Rochester, NY, 14607. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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