United Way of the Southern Tier Inc
Corning, NY · EIN 16-1451041. Reported 169 grants totalling $8,624,469 to 57 organizations across tax years 2021-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For United Way of the Southern Tier Inc, the IRS classifies it as a public foundation -- a grantmaker that raises its money from many sources rather than from one donor (NTEE T30J).
- How spread out its giving is. 57 distinct organizations, with 20% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 89% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $17,126. Half of what it reported fell between $9,333 and $51,303; the smallest was $5,657 and the largest $617,523. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Action of Steuben and Yates Inc | Bath, NY | $1,761,112 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Service Society Inc | Corning, NY | $834,971 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | West Nyack, NY | $703,324 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of Steuben County | Bath, NY | $562,530 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Developmental Services | Elmira, NY | $493,816 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester | Elmira, NY | $457,705 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Home & Health Care Services | Hornell, NY | $296,289 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Steuben Churchpeople Against Poverty Inc | Corning, NY | $281,325 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Services of Chemung County Inc | Elmira, NY | $276,687 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Corning Meals Cn Wheels Inc | Corning, NY | $232,050 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Institute for Human Services Inc | Bath, NY | $217,941 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Volunteer Caregivers Program of the Greater Hornell Area Inc-Int Faith | Hornell, NY | $208,760 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels of Chemung County Inc | Elmira, NY | $206,924 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Economic Opportunity Program Inc of Chemung County | Elmira, NY | $202,355 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Elmira, NY | $163,634 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chemung County Child Care Council Inc | Elmira, NY | $130,050 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Nypenn Pathways Inc | Syracuse, NY | $112,756 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Human Service Development | Corning, NY | $108,626 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Steuben County Office for Aging | Bath, NY | $105,649 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc | Rochester, NY | $85,512 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Corning Comfort Care Inc | Corning, NY | $84,609 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Steuben Senior Services Fund Inc | Bath, NY | $80,710 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nonnie Hood Parent Resource Center Inc | Corning, NY | $80,249 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dss Chemung for Southside Community Center | Elmira, NY | $73,676 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Transformation Center Inc | Elmira, NY | $63,563 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Addison Youth Center Inc | Addison, NY | $63,288 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hornell Childrens Home | Hornell, NY | $50,229 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The American Red Cross Finger Lakes Chapter | Corning, NY | $46,799 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Senior Center Inc | Elmira, NY | $43,410 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| CASA of the Southern Tier Inc | Corning, NY | $43,182 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Catholic Charities Food Bank of the Southern Tier | Elmira, NY | $40,122 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hornell Area Concern for Youth Inc | Hornell, NY | $37,562 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cooperative Extension Association in the State of New York | Bath, NY | $35,019 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Mary Our Mother | Horseheads, NY | $30,829 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Addison Central School | Addison, NY | $30,350 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $30,212 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes | Ithaca, NY | $29,931 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southside Community Center Inc | Elmira, NY | $27,263 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cooperative Extension Association in the State of New York | Elmira, NY | $25,955 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The United Way of Schuyler County Inc | Watkins Glen, NY | $25,313 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Corning Day Programs Inc Corning | Corning, NY | $24,475 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Reading Paratnership of Chemung Valley | Elmira, NY | $23,919 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Arts of Elmira Inc | Elmira, NY | $21,798 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Notre Dame High School | Elmira, NY | $21,632 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Comet Information LLC | Pittsford, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| All Saints Academy | Corning, NY | $15,782 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chemung County Humane Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Elmira, NY | $14,829 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Potters Hands Foundation Inc | Painted Post, NY | $12,171 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Elmira Hts, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Horseheads Family Resource Center Inc | Horseheads, NY | $11,601 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Twin Tiers Baby Bank | Painted Post, NY | $11,601 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $11,055 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vincent House Inc | Wayland, NY | $9,668 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alternative School for Math and Science | Corning, NY | $8,457 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tri County Young Mens Christian Association of New York | Hornell, NY | $8,287 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Geneseo Parish Outreach Center Inc | Geneseo, NY | $7,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chemung Valley Montessori School | Elmira, NY | $5,657 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
45 of 57 (79%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Corning Meals on Wheels Inc
DONOR DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 33 of 57 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | $2,865,086 | $17,165 |
| 2022 | 55 | $3,068,139 | $17,766 |
| 2023 | 58 | $2,691,244 | $13,150 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $17,126 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from United Way of the Southern Tier Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 57 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 1 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 88 East Tioga Ave 102, Corning, NY, 14830.
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