Pratt-Northam Foundation
Lowville, NY · EIN 16-6088207. Reported 78 grants totalling $1,323,913 to 42 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. 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. Pratt-Northam Foundation 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 $3,740. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,075 and $13,000; the smallest was $20 and the largest $244,217. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pratt-Northam Foundation | Lowville, NY | $593,684 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Doubleplay Community Center | Lowville, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lewis County Agricultural Society | Lowville, NY | $74,725 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lewis County Agriculture Society | Lowville, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beaver River Central School | Beaver Falls, NY | $34,127 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| South Lewis Central School | Turin, NY | $33,419 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Copenhagen Central School | Copenhagen, NY | $30,108 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hand-in-Hand Childcare Center | Lowville, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harrisville Central School | Harrisville, NY | $28,319 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Village of Croghan | Croghan, NY | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Adirondack Central School | Boonville, NY | $20,504 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Erwin Library and Institute | Boonville, NY | $20,074 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Lewis County Humane Society | Lowville, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lowville Food Pantry | Lowville, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Village of Boonville | Boonville, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Volunteer Transporation Center | Watertown, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harrisville Little League | Harrisville, NY | $17,760 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society for Preservation of W Martinsburg Church | Lowville, NY | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lewis County Hospital Foundation | Lowville, NY | $16,894 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lowville Central School | Lowville, NY | $15,252 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| North Star Food Hub Inc | Lyons Falls, NY | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hand-in-Hand Child Center | Lowville, NY | $12,938 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lewis County Amateur Hockey Assoc | Lowville, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lewis County Development Corporation | Lowville, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Village of Copenhagen | Copenhagen, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beaver River Recreation Assoc | Beaver Falls, NY | $9,658 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Village of Port Leyden | Port Leyden, NY | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Erwin Library | Boonville, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Village of Lowville | Lowville, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Town of New Bremen | Lowville, NY | $6,265 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lewis County Search & Rescue | Lowville, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lewis Lacrosse Inc | Carthage, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Greig | Greig, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Erwin Library & Institute | Boonville, NY | $4,650 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Lawrence Valley Education Tv Inc | Watertown, NY | $3,880 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Village of Constableville | Constableville, NY | $3,478 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boonville Concert Band | Boonville, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Adirondack Community Chorus | Lyons Falls, NY | $2,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Adirondack Foothills Cycling | Croghan, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Exford Community Service Award | Lowville, NY | $1,362 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Lowville | Lowville, NY | $1,316 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Watertown Family YMCA | Watertown, NY | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
13 of 42 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 4 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.
- Pratt-Northam Foundation
Summer Employment Subsidies - Lewis County Agricultural Society
Improvements to community skating rink - Lewis County Agriculture Society
Renovations to Grandstand - Hand-in-Hand Childcare Center
Emergency Childcare Services - Beaver River Central School
Equipment for Wireless Internet access for remote learning - Volunteer Transporation Center
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What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 10 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 | $314,389 | $10,210 |
| 2021 | 13 | $77,095 | $2,075 |
| 2022 | 14 | $399,043 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 14 | $306,849 | $2,953 |
| 2024 | 15 | $226,537 | $2,919 |
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
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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 $3,740. 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 Pratt-Northam Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 104, Lowville, NY, 13367. 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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