FundersNew York

Washington County Home for Aged

Glens Falls, NY · EIN 14-1372655. Reported 92 grants totalling $280,361 to 48 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,000median grant
$280,361granted, 2021-2024
48organizations funded
55%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,982,518assets, 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. Washington County Home for Aged 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 $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $4,500; the smallest was $355 and the largest $5,600. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
11 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
64 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 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
The Conkling CenterGlens Falls, NY$13,800442024
United Church of GranvilleGranville, NY$13,035332024
Greenwich VFW Post 7291Greenwich, NY$12,457442024
Washington County Historic SocietyFort Edward, NY$12,373442024
Bancroft Public LibrarySalem, NY$12,050442024
Argyle American Legion Post 1518Argyle, NY$11,870332023
High Peaks HospiceHudson Falls, NY$10,750332024
Whitehall United Methodist ChurchWhitehall, NY$10,600222024
First Presbyterian Church of HfHudson Falls, NY$10,500332024
Comfort Food Community of GreenwichGreenwich, NY$9,400332023
Shushan Newman United MethodistShushan, NY$8,856222024
Salem Ecumenical Food PantrySalem, NY$8,185222022
Fort Hudson Nursing Center IncFort Edward, NY$7,850332024
Cambridge Food PantryCambridge, NY$7,500222024
Pember Library & MuseumGranville, NY$6,750222022
Greenwich Free LibraryGreenwich, NY$6,477332024
Cornerstone Bible ChurchFort Ann, NY$5,700222022
Fort Edward Free LibraryFort Edward, NY$5,000112023
Fort Edward Historical AssociationFort Edward, NY$5,000112022
Fort Hudson Cert Home Health AgncyFort Edward, NY$5,000112021
Historical Salem CourthouseSalem, NY$5,000112023
North Cambridge United Methodist ChGreenwich, NY$5,000112023
South Granville Congregation ChurchGranville, NY$5,000112024
Community Work and Independence IncGlens Falls, NY$4,990112024
Shushan United Methodist ChurchShushan, NY$4,865112021
Saint Ann's Roman Catholic ChurchFort Ann, NY$4,819222023
Saint Josephs Church of Fort EdwardFort Edward, NY$4,600222023
Bottskill Baptist ChurchGreenwich, NY$4,560222024
Fort Edward Public LibraryFort Edward, NY$4,500112021
Georgi MuseumShushan, NY$4,500112024
Whitehall Skene Manor PreservationWhitehall, NY$4,411112022
Slate Valley Museum FoundationGranville, NY$4,200222024
Haynes House of HopeGranville, NY$4,019442024
United Presbyterian Church CambridgCambridge, NY$3,764222024
Lakeville Baptist ChurchCossayuna, NY$3,720112024
Fort Hudson Home CareFort Edward, NY$3,249112021
Glens Falls Hospital FoundationGlens Falls, NY$3,200112024
Cambridge Valley Senior CitizensCambridge, NY$3,132332024
Argyle Free LibraryArgyle, NY$3,000112022
W Fort Ann United Methodist ChurchFort Ann, NY$3,000112022
Whitehall Free LibraryWhitehall, NY$3,000112022
Our Lady of Hope Catholic ChurchWhitehall, NY$2,530222023
Saint Lukes Episcopal ChurchCambridge, NY$2,235112024
Saint Mary's Roman Catholic ChurchGranville, NY$2,000222023
Cambridge Historic Society&museumCambridge, NY$1,600112024
Hartford United Methodist ChurchHartford, NY$1,229112022
Cambridge United Presbyterian ChrchCambridge, NY$695112021
Fort Ann Historical SocietyFort Ann, NY$390112021

26 of 48 (54%) 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 55%, 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 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 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Health Care
8 grants
Education
6 grants
Human Services
5 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Employment
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202122$62,167$3,117
202225$75,624$3,000
202321$65,006$3,500
202424$77,564$3,117

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

Fort Edward, NY
$48K
Greenwich, NY
$38K
Granville, NY
$35K
Glens Falls, NY
$28K
Salem, NY
$25K
Whitehall, NY
$21K
Cambridge, NY
$19K
Shushan, NY
$18K

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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.

Glens Falls Foundation6 shared recipientsCharles R Wood Foundation4 shared recipientsPrice Chopper's Golub Foundation3 shared recipientsRegional Food Bank2 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. 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 Washington County Home for Aged'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 2161 C/O Arrow Bank, Glens Falls, NY, 12801. 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 14-1372655 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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