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Private foundation (trust)EIN 156017650Est. 1943-03

FRED L EMERSON FOUNDATION INC

AUBURN, NY 13021

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$112.7M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$2.5M

FY 2024

Grants Made

87

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$29K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$250–$421K

Typical

Deadlines

Proposals are accepted and considered …

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$4.6M

Total Expenses

$3.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$3.3M

Distributable Amount

$5.4M

Min. Investment Return

$5.4M

Undistributed Income

$4.8M

Payout rate 61%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.61%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

87 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $250 through median $7K to maximum $421K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $8.4M in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

SEWARD HOUSE MUSEUM
$6.6M
6 grants
THE REV THEATRE COMPANY
$819K
7 grants
CAYUGA CO EMERSON PARK
$693K
4 grants
SCHWEINFURTH MEMORIAL ART CENTER
$583K
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
$548K
6 grants
KEUKA COLLEGE
$535K
2 grants
UNION COLLEGE
$525K
2 grants
WELLS COLLEGE
$453K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

499 grants

<$10K
285
grants
$10–50K
133
grants
$50–250K
69
grants
$250K–1M
11
grants
$1–5M
$5M+
1
grants

Geographic Focus

16 states

New York
$22.2M
97% of total
Kentucky
$300K
1% of total
Connecticut
$167K
1% of total
North Carolina
$70K
0% of total
Pennsylvania
$36K
0% of total
Idaho
$27K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$27K
0% of total
Illinois
$12K
0% of total
California
$10K
0% of total
Massachusetts
$6K
0% of total

+6 more states

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