How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact person
- On file
- Phone
- On file
- Mailing address
- On file
- Form and materials
- On file
- Deadlines
- None
- Restrictions
- Public charities
Contact person, phone, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$135,000
- Grants listed
- 50
- Assets, end of year
- $579,641
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Tax year 2024
$125,500
- Grants listed
- 49
- Assets, end of year
- $634,711
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Tax year 2023
$139,500
- Grants listed
- 50
- Assets, end of year
- $515,856
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Tax year 2022
$139,500
- Grants listed
- 52
- Assets, end of year
- $488,074
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Tax year 2021
$156,500
- Grants listed
- 54
- Assets, end of year
- $599,119
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Tax year 2020
$144,500
- Grants listed
- 55
- Assets, end of year
- $676,935
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Hartwick CollegeOneonta, NY
General charitable purposes
$11,000 -
Individual
Educational
$8,000 -
Congregational Church of the VillagSummerfield, FL
General charitable purposes
$8,000 -
Dr Martin Luther King Jr CommitteeThe Villages, FL
General charitable
$7,500 -
Salvation ArmyBinghamton, NY
General charitable purposes
$6,000 -
Binghamton PhilharmonicBinghamton, NY
General charitable purposes
$6,000 -
Glimmerglass Opera TheaterCooperstown, NY
General charitable purposes
$5,000 -
United Way of Broome CountyVestal, NY
General charitable purposes
$5,000 -
Binghamton UniversityBinghamton, NY
Educational
$5,000 -
Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY
Educational
$5,000 -
Individual
General charitable purposes
$5,000 -
Food Bank of the Southern Tier ChapElmira, NY
General charitable purposes
$4,000 -
Samaritan Counseling CenterEndicott, NY
General charitable purposes
$3,000 -
Pathfinder VillageEdmeston, NY
General charitable purposes
$2,500 -
Broome County Habitat for HumanityEndicott, NY
General charitable purposes
$2,500 -
Otsego 2000Cooperstown, NY
General charitable purposes
$2,500 -
Individual
General charitable purposes
$2,500 -
Individual
Educational
$2,500 -
Carleton College Jacob Forster-RothNorthfield, MN
Educational
$2,500 -
Individual
General charitable purposes
$2,000 -
Roberson Memorial IncBinghamton, NY
General charitable purposes
$2,000 -
Broome Community College FoundationBinghamton, NY
General charitable purposes
$2,000 -
Individual
General charitable purposes
$2,000 -
American Red Cross - Southern TierEndicott, NY
General charitable purposes
$2,000 -
Wildwood Soup KitchenWildwood, FL
General charitable purposes
$2,000 -
Saturdays BreadOneonta, NY
General charitable purposes
$2,000 -
Individual
General charitable purposes
$2,000 -
Individual
General charitable purposes
$2,000 -
YWCA of Binghamton Broome CountyBinghamton, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,500 -
YMCABinghamton, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,500 -
Operation ShoeboxBelleview, FL
General charitable purposes
$1,500 -
Smith College Jordan Forbes ScholNorthampton, MA
Educational
$1,250 -
Individual
Educational
$1,250 -
Catskill SymphonyOneonta, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
United Way of Mid Rural New YorkOneonta, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Family Planning Assoc of S CentralOneonta, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Opportunities for OtsegoOneonta, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Family Services AssociationOneonta, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Otsego County ConservationCooperstown, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Future for Oneonta FoundationOneonta, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Leatherstocking Boy Scouts of AmeriUtica, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Tri Cities Opera IncBinghamton, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Individual
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Foothills Performing Arts CenterOneonta, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Cooperstown Food BankCooperstown, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Fenimore Art MuseumCooperstown, NY
General charitable
$1,000 -
The Oneonta Family YMCAOneonta, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Handicap Childrens Assoc of S NYJohnson City, NY
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Individual
General charitable purposes
$1,000 -
Smithy Pioneer GalleryCooperstown, NY
General charitable purposes
$500
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education2 grants $12,00035% of the total
- Arts and culture2 grants $7,00020% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $7,00020% of the total
- Human services4 grants $5,50016% of the total
- Food and agriculture1 grant $2,0006% of the total
- Environment1 grant $1,0003% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- New York33 grants $83,000
- Florida4 grants $19,000
- Minnesota1 grant $2,500
- Massachusetts1 grant $1,250
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Karen LewisTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
- Britt S LewisTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
- Mark D LewisTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
The return
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