Charles J & Burton S August Family
Rochester, NY · EIN 16-1355601. Reported 79 grants totalling $1,811,248 to 59 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. Charles J & Burton S August Family 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 $24,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $9,000 and $33,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $65,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rochester Regional Health Foundation | Rochester, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heritage Christian Services | Rochester, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Homesteads for Hope Inc | Rochester, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rochester Childfirst Network | Rochester, NY | $74,211 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Roc Strong-Jcf | Rochester, NY | $66,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hope Hall School | Rochester, NY | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Equicenter | Honeoye Falls, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seneca Waterways Council | Rochester, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach | Rochester, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unity | Rochester, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mary Cariola Childrens Center | Rochester, NY | $47,770 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillside Family of Agencies | Rochester, NY | $46,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Center | Rochester, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baden Street Settlement of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connected Communities | Rochester, NY | $34,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mary Cariola Center | Rochester, NY | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YWCA of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $27,395 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| House of Mercy | Rochester, NY | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rochester Presbyterian Home | Rochester, NY | $26,732 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Veterans Outreach Center | Rochester, NY | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children Awaiting Parents | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foodlink | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friendly Home | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rochester Museum and Science Center | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rochester Rotary Charitable Trust | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rochester Rotary Club | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Arc of Monroe | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Norman Howard School | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Hope | Rochester, NY | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saints Place | Pittsford, NY | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Starbridge Services | Rochester, NY | $21,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Endless Highway Inc | Rochester, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity | Rochester, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family Service | Rochester, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Central New York | Rochester, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reach Advocacy | Rochester, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rochester Education Foundation | Rochester, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Rochester, NY | $18,644 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Challenger Miracle Field of Rochester | Webster, NY | $18,246 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Center for Youth Services | Rochester, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Margaret Home | Rochester, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Cupboard | Rochester, NY | $14,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $13,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Margaret House | Rochester, NY | $12,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aurora House | Spencerport, NY | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brightstar Community Inc | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Horizons at Harley | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rochester Hearing and Speech Center | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Little Theatre | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cancer Support Community Rochester at Gilda's Club | Rochester, NY | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Strong National Museum of Play | Rochester, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Volunteers of America | Rochester, NY | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Promise of Greater Rochester | Rochester, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gigi's Playhouse | Rochester, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Do the Right Thing of Rochester Inc | Rochester, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Strong Museum of Play | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Do the Right Thing Or Rochester Inc | Rochester, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
13 of 59 (22%) 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 17%, 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.
- Homesteads for Hope Inc
FACILITY RENOVATION AND EXPANSION - Rochester Institute of Technology
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN-MOVEMENT LAB - Hillside Family of Agencies
CRESTWOOD FACILITY RENOVATIONS - Baden Street Settlement of Rochester
TECHNOLOGY/GAMING UPGRADES - Equicenter
RENOVATIONS FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN - YWCA of Rochester
REBUILD PLAYGROUNG RETAINING WALL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 34 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | $439,096 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 24 | $504,395 | $17,500 |
| 2023 | 18 | $372,755 | $20,600 |
| 2024 | 18 | $495,002 | $25,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Charles J & Burton S August Family has 9 of them, worth $800,100. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Rochester Regional Health Foundation | Rochester, NY | $155,700 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $150,000 |
| Rochester Regional Health Foundation | Rochester, NY | $105,700 |
| Rochester Regional Health Foundation | Rochester, NY | $100,000 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $100,000 |
| Unity | Rochester, NY | $55,700 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $50,000 |
| Heritage Christian Services | Rochester, NY | $50,000 |
| Roc Strong-Jcf | Rochester, NY | $33,000 |
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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 $24,000. 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 Charles J & Burton S August Family'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: 3500 East Ave 105, Rochester, NY, 14618. 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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