De French Foundation Inc
Auburn, NY · EIN 16-6052246. Reported 132 grants totalling $1,080,791 to 63 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. De French Foundation Inc 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,325 and $10,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $30,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Cayuga County | Auburn, NY | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cayuga Community College Foundation | Auburn, NY | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Le Moyne College | Syracuse, NY | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Calvary Food Pantry Cny | Auburn, NY | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Auburn, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Auburn Education Foundation | Auburn, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Play Space Abc Cayuga | Auburn, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Schweinfurth Museum Art Center | Auburn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Seymour Library | Auburn, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Auburn YMCA - Weiu | Auburn, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cayuga Community College | Auburn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| King Ferry Food Pantry | Aurora, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercy Works | East Syracuse, NY | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sts Peter & John Episcopal Church | Auburn, NY | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mercy Flight Central | Marcellus, NY | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Auburn Public Theater | Auburn, NY | $20,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cayuga Museum of History & Art | Auburn, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Union Springs Fire Department | Union Springs, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts Ny Penn Pathways | Cicero, NY | $18,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Berea College | Berea, KY | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cayuga County Habitat for Humanity | Auburn, NY | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fort Hill Cemetery Association | Auburn, NY | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Auburn United Methodist Church | Auburn, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Union Springs Soccer Club | Cayuga, NY | $13,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peachtown Elementary School | Aurora, NY | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The City of Auburn | Auburn, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Faatz-Crofut Home for the Elderly | Auburn, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Westminster Presbyterian Church | Auburn, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Auburn Alliance Church | Auburn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cayuga-Syracuse Presbytery Home for the Elderly | Auburn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Hill Medical Center | Auburn, NY | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Four Town First Aid Squad | Moravia, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nick's Ride for Friends | Auburn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Schweinforth Museum Art Center | Auburn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Transportation Project for Cayuga County | Auburn, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Unity House | Auburn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Cayuga County | Auburn, NY | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tyburn Academy of Mary Immaculate | Auburn, NY | $9,325 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army of Auburn | Auburn, NY | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arise Child & Family Services | Syracuse, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chapel House of Cayuga County | Auburn, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Auburn Sports Boosters | Auburn, NY | $7,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Owasco Watershed Lake Association | Auburn, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army - Auburn | Auburn, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Alphonsus Food Pantry | Auburn, NY | $5,316 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cayuga Community Health Network | Auburn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Action Program | Auburn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Auburn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Matthew House | Auburn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Seward House Museum | Auburn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unity House of Cayuga County | Auburn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wells College | Aurora, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Powers Library Association | Moravia, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Auburn Hockey Club | Auburn, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cayuga Bombers Baseball Organization | Auburn, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Finger Lakes Land Trust | Ithaca, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mozaic | Sterling, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA - Weiu | Auburn, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Port Byron Little League | Port Byron, NY | $2,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rescue Mission | Syracuse, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Frontenac Historical Society and Museum | Union Springs, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moravia Hope Pantry | Moravia, NY | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Skaneateles Early Childhood Center | Skaneateles, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
36 of 63 (57%) 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 64%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Cayuga Community College Foundation
NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CAY COUNTY RESIDENCE - Cayuga Community College
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER - Seymour Library
DEVELOPING CASE MEMORIAL MAINTENANCE FUND - Sts Peter & John Episcopal Church
BATHROOM RENOVATIONS, PURCHASE SUPPLIES AND ASSISTING IN FEEDING THE HOMELESS - Auburn Alliance Church
ASSIST WITH CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ENTRANCE - Cayuga-Syracuse Presbytery Home for the Elderly
ASSIST WITH PARKING LOT REPAIR
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 53 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $235,700 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 33 | $285,500 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 35 | $299,141 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $260,450 | $5,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 98% 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 $5,000. 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 De French Foundation Inc'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: 110 Genesee Street 290A, Auburn, NY, 13021. 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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