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St Andrews Society of the City of Alban

Albany, NY · EIN 14-6050437. Reported 90 grants totalling $127,420 to 48 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$127,420granted, 2020-2023
48organizations funded
56%of grantees funded again the next year
$767,374assets, 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. St Andrews Society of the City of Alban 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,000; the smallest was $120 and the largest $6,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
27 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
61 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
2 grants

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
Bethesda Episcopal ChurchSaratoga Springs, NY$9,500332023
Patriot's CoveNoxen, PA$8,000332023
Hoosac SchoolHoosick, NY$7,500432022
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern NyLatham, NY$5,600222021
Albany SymphonyAlbany, NY$5,000442023
Cathedral of All SaintsAlbany, NY$5,000222022
To LifeDelmar, NY$5,000332022
WmhtAlbany, NY$5,000442023
Misc Organized Charities 500 Or LessAlbany, NY$4,450112023
Arts Center of the Capital RegionTroy, NY$4,000112022
New Scotland Presbyterian ChurchSlingerland, NY$4,000332023
St Lawrence UniversityCanton, NY$4,000332022
Stpeter's Episcopal ChurchAlbany, NY$4,000222023
The Capital District Scottish GamesScotia, NY$4,000222023
Berkshire SchoolSheffield, MA$3,500222021
Capital City Rescue Mission IncAlbany, NY$3,500222022
Civil War Monument of Fort Edward and Sandy HillHudson Falls, NY$3,000222021
SUNY Cobleskill FoundationCobleskill, NY$3,000222022
Sponsor a ScholarAlbany, NY$2,500112020
US Curling AssociationEagan, MN$2,500112021
Shaker Heritage SocietyAlbany, NY$2,250332022
Albany Institure of History and ArtAlbany, NY$2,000112020
Albany Medical FoundationAlbany, NY$2,000112020
Albany Rural CemeteryMenands, NY$2,000332022
Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY$2,000222022
Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyWashington, DC$2,000222021
Mohawk Hudson Humane SocietyMenands, NY$2,000332022
Sandy Hill & Fort Edward Union CemetaryHudson Falls, NY$2,000112022
Ten Broeck MansionAlbany, NY$2,000112020
Robert C Parker SchoolWynantskil, NY$1,900222022
Union CollegeSchenectady, NY$1,500222022
Joy US FoundationSaratoga Springs, NY$1,250222021
Capital District Celtic Cultural AssocAlbany, NY$1,000112023
National Guard Militia Relief SocietyMechanicville, NY$1,000112021
Refugee Welcome CorporationAlbany, NY$1,000112020
Rutland Rocks Curling ClubRutland, VT$1,000222021
St Francis of Assisi ParishAlbany, NY$1,000222022
St Jude's Research HospitalMemphis, TN$1,000222021
Stone Soup Animal RescueWoodruff, SC$1,000222021
Valley of Albany Ancient & Accepted Scottish RiteAlbany, NY$1,000112023
Schuyler MansionAlbany, NY$600112021
American Heart AssociationAlbany, NY$500112021
Clan Campbell Educational FoundationValrico, FL$500112022
Greenville Humane SocietyGreenville, SC$500112020
Lake George Club Historic FoundationDiamond Point, NY$500112021
Shriner's Children's HospitalAtlanta, GA$500112020
American Cancer SocietyAlbany, NY$250112021
WamcAlbany, NY$120112022

28 of 48 (58%) 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 56%, 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
15 grants
Health Care
6 grants
Animal Welfare
5 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Housing & Shelter
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202025$27,900$1,000
202132$48,000$1,000
202223$34,070$1,000
202310$17,450$1,500

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. 84% 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.

New York
$107K
Pennsylvania
$8K
Massachusetts
$4K
Minnesota
$2K
District of Columbia
$2K
South Carolina
$2K
Vermont
$1K
Tennessee
$1K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. 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 St Andrews Society of the City of Alban's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 150 Washington Ave, Albany, NY, 12210. 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 14-6050437 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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