FundersNew York

Marie C and Joseph C Wilson

Rochester, NY · EIN 84-3582646. Reported 80 grants totalling $3,179,380 to 50 organizations across tax years 2022-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$40,000median grant
$3,179,380granted, 2022-2024
50organizations funded
52%of grantees funded again the next year
$22.5Massets, latest filing

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. Marie C and Joseph C Wilson did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $40,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $100,005. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$10,000 - $25,000
13 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
38 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
27 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Connected Communities IncRochester, NY$220,010432024
House of MercyRochester, NY$155,000332024
Just CauseRochester, NY$155,000332024
YWCA of Rochester & Monroe CountyRochester, NY$150,000332024
Public Policy & Education Fund of New York IncAlbany, NY$135,000332024
The Children's AgendaRochester, NY$135,000332024
The HUB585 IncRochester, NY$120,000222023
Breathedeep IncHenrietta, NY$105,000222024
Common Ground HealthRochester, NY$100,000222023
Rochester-Monroe Cnty Anti-Poverty IniativeRochester, NY$100,000222023
Univ of Rochestermt Hope FamilyctrRochester, NY$100,000222023
Coordinated Care ServicesRochester, NY$99,050432024
Rochester Refugee Resettlement SvcsRochester, NY$95,000222023
Empire Justice CenterRochester, NY$80,005112024
HOPE585Rochester, NY$80,000112024
Partners in Community DevelopmentRochester, NY$80,000332024
City Roots Community Land TrustRochester, NY$75,000112022
Judicial Process CommissionRochester, NY$75,000332024
Disability Rights in New YorkAlbany, NY$70,000222023
Commonground HealthRochester, NY$65,000112024
Pcho IncFairport, NY$65,000112023
Multi-Craft Apprenticeship Preparation Program IncRochester, NY$60,050112024
Bivona Child Advocacy CenterRochester, NY$60,000112023
Spiritus Christi Prison OutreachRochester, NY$60,000332024
Breathe Deep IncHenrietta, NY$50,000112022
Education Success FoundationRochester, NY$50,000222023
Ibero-American Action LeagueRochester, NY$50,000112022
Person Centered HousingRochester, NY$50,000112024
Untrapped MinistriesRochester, NY$50,000112023
540WMAIN IncRochester, NY$40,000112022
The Child Advocacy Center of Greater RochesterRochester, NY$40,000112024
The Unity Hospital of RochesterRochester, NY$35,000112022
Voa of Western New YorkRochester, NY$30,005112024
Community Resource CollaborativeRochester, NY$30,000112022
Finger Lakes Health SystemRochester, NY$30,000112022
Pathstone CorporationRochester, NY$30,000112022
Refugees Helping RefugeesRochester, NY$30,000112022
Reach AdvocacyRochester, NY$25,005112024
The Center for YouthRochester, NY$25,005112024
Family Promise of Greater RochesterRochester, NY$25,000112024
Mary's Place OutreachRochester, NY$25,000112024
St Joseph's Neighborhood CenterRochester, NY$25,000112024
United Way of Greater RochesterRochester, NY$25,000112024
The Center for Teen EmpowermentRochester, NY$20,000112024
Wilson Commencement ParkRochester, NY$15,000112022
City of Rochester - Recreation DeptRochester, NY$10,000112023
Family Promise of Greater Rochester Rochester Area Interfiath HospitalityRochester, NY$10,000112023
Family Promise of Rochester Rochester Area Interfiath HospitalityRochester, NY$10,000112022
The Margaret Home IncFairport, NY$10,000112023
Lollypop FarmFairport, NY$250112023

18 of 50 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 52%, across 2 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.

Plus 47 grants to individuals totalling $1,102,402 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 46 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
20 grants
Crime & Legal
9 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
3 grants
Education
2 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants
Animal Welfare
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202228$1,057,055$37,500
202326$1,017,250$45,000
202426$1,105,075$40,000

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. Marie C and Joseph C Wilson has 20 of them, worth $1,025,000. 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.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Connected Communities IncRochester, NY$100,000
YWCA of Rochester & Monroe CountyRochester, NY$100,000
The HUB585 IncRochester, NY$80,000
House of MercyRochester, NY$60,000
Just CauseRochester, NY$60,000
Rochester-Monroe Cnty Anti-Poverty IniativeRochester, NY$50,000
Univ of Rochestermt Hope Family CtRochester, NY$50,000
YWCA of Rochester & Monroe CountyRochester, NY$50,000
Rochester-Monroe Cnty Anti-Poverty IniativeRochester, NY$50,000
Univ of Rochestermt Hope Family CtRochester, NY$50,000
YWCA of Rochester & Monroe CountyRochester, NY$50,000
Rochester-Monroe Cnty Anti-Poverty IniativeRochester, NY$50,000
Univ of Rochestermt Hope Family CtRochester, NY$50,000
The Children's AgendaRochester, NY$45,000
Public Policy & Education Fund of New York IncAlbany, NY$45,000

Where its money goes

Rochester, NY
$2.8M
Albany, NY
$205K
Henrietta, NY
$110K
Fairport, NY
$75K

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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.

Esl Charitable Foundation23 shared recipientsRochester Area Community Foundation23 shared recipientsUnited Way of Greater Rochester and19 shared recipientsGreater Rochester Health Foundation19 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund18 shared recipientsMax and Marian Farash Charitable15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $40,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Marie C and Joseph C Wilson'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: 389 Gregory Street 3, Rochester, NY, 14620. 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.

EIN 84-3582646 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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