Skaneateles Central School Endowment
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-6076528. Reported 76 grants totalling $212,070 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. Skaneateles Central School Endowment 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,200 and $3,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $8,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Tech | Cambridge, MA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Syracuse University Bursar Operations | Syracuse, NY | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $9,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Binghamton University | Binghamton, NY | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arcadia University | Glenside, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bates College | Lewiston, AL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston College | Boston, MA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Middlebury College Isabella Karpinski | Skaneateles, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pace University | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Savannah College of Arts & Design Emma Whipple | Skaneateles, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Vermont | Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fashion Institute of Technology Attn Bursar S Office-Cashiering Ops | New York, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SUNY Fredonia | Fredonia, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of New England | Biddeford, ME | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Loyola College | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The University of Tampa | Tampa, FL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amherst College | Amherst, MA | $3,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clarkson University | Potsdam, NY | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Princeton University Stanford Cramer | Skaneateles, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Lawrence University | Canton, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University Francesca Arias | Skaneateles, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fordham University Student Accounts | Bronx, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Uw-Madison Bursars Office | Madison, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston Convervatory at Berklee Office of the Registraur | Boston, MA | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brown University Samuel Weiss | Skaneateles, NY | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clemson University Wyatt Langford | Skaneateles, NY | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colgate University Wyatt Thompson | Skaneateles, NY | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| SUNY Oneonta Lillian Coleman | Skaneateles, NY | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Albany | Albany, NY | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bowdoin College Student Financial Services | Brunswick, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Duke University Undergraduate Financial Support | Durham, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University at Buffalo Christopher Page | Skaneateles, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clemson University | Skaneateles, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| James Madison University | Skaneateles, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| James Madison University Emily Evans | Skaneateles, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid | Evanston, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Penn State Office of the Bursar | University Park, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Point Park University Student Financial Services | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ohio State University Attn Student Financial Services | Columbus, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Hamilton College Mia Franciamone | Skaneateles, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of North Carolina Chape Daniel Ramsgard | Skaneateles, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Michigan University Student Services | Kalamazoo, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Villanova University Michael Galbato | Skaneateles, NY | $1,770 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cayuga Community College | Auburn, NY | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington & Lee University | Skaneateles, NY | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emerson College | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lafayette College Attn Student Services | Easton, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pepperdine University Sofia Capozza | Skaneateles, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Providence College Kathleen Reed | Skaneateles, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Hamilton College Maxwell Karpinski | Skaneateles, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Michigan Caroline Wells | Skaneateles, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Villanova University | Villanova, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yale University Student Services | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Brendan Gell | Skaneateles, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
9 of 63 (14%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 23 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | $57,500 | $3,500 |
| 2022 | 18 | $55,100 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 22 | $49,470 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 20 | $50,000 | $2,000 |
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. 49% 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 $2,500. 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 Skaneateles Central School Endowment'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: Po Box 1504, Buffalo, NY, 14240. 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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