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Private non-operating foundationEIN 134033237Est. 1999-07

JOY OF GIVING SOMETHING INC

SYRACUSE, NY 13215

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Total Assets

$40.1M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$2.7M

FY 2024

Grants Made

50

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$55K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$402K

Typical

Deadlines

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Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$508K

The foundation maintains an extensive collection of photographs, which were available for viewing by the general public in a virtual museum and also made available for

Program 2

$1.3M

Loans to museums. The foundation advances the art of photography through support for residencies, museums, schools, and community-

Program 3

Based organizations and is committed to sustaining photography based visual arts education at every stage of learning.

Program 4

$1.4M

The foundation makes gifts of photographs and photography books from its collection to other 501(c)3 organizations.

Focus Areas

ArtsCulture & Humanities

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$890K

Total Expenses

$3.4M

Qualifying Distributions

$3.2M

Min. Investment Return

$1.2M

Grant Range

50 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $35K to maximum $402K, 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

3 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2024. Peak $4.2M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

125 grants

VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
$2.4M
1 grant
Museum of Photographic Arts SDMA
$402K
1 grant
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
$387K
1 grant
Parrish Art Museum
$355K
1 grant
Light Work Visual Studies Inc
$340K
3 grants
The Studio Museum in Harlem
$255K
3 grants
International Center of Photography
$230K
3 grants
University of Florida Foundation Inc
$220K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

124 grants

<$10K
17
grants
$10–50K
68
grants
$50–250K
35
grants
$250K–1M
3
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+—

Geographic Focus

12 states

New York
$3.9M
44% of total
Virginia
$2.4M
27% of total
California
$903K
10% of total
Pennsylvania
$553K
6% of total
Florida
$220K
2% of total
Connecticut
$216K
2% of total
Massachusetts
$197K
2% of total
Indiana
$178K
2% of total
Oregon
$125K
1% of total
Texas
$125K
1% of total

+2 more states

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