Conrad H & Anna B Gillen Scholarship Fund
Norwich, NY · EIN 14-6016128. Reported 73 grants totalling $75,400 to 50 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Conrad H & Anna B Gillen Scholarship Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $750. Half of everything it gave fell between $700 and $1,350; the smallest was $500 and the largest $2,700. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University at Albany | Albany, NY | $5,400 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| SUNY Cortland | Cortland, NY | $3,650 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Fulton-Montgomery Community College | Johnstown, NY | $3,050 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Liberty University | Lynchburg, VA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Alfred University | Alfred, NY | $2,950 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Siena College | Loudonville, NY | $2,850 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clarkson University | Potsdam, NY | $2,700 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University at Albany Fbo Multiple Individuals | Albany, NY | $2,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Fbo Multiple Individuals | Troy, NY | $2,650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| SUNY Brockport | Brockport, NY | $2,550 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Alfred State College | Alfred, NY | $1,950 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Binghamton University | Binghamton, NY | $1,950 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Norwich University | Northfield, VT | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| SUNY Polytech Institute | Utica, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marist College | Poughkeepsie, NY | $1,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Liberty University Fbo Hannah Lent | Lynchburg, VA | $1,650 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | $1,450 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alfred State College Fbo John L Heimer V | Alfred, NY | $1,350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Binghamton University Fbo Melina Stoller | Binghamton, NY | $1,350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fulton-Montgomery Community College Fbo Allision Durrin | Johnstown, NY | $1,350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science Fbo Douglas Cook | Syracuse, NY | $1,350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Fbo Jacob Campione | Rochester, NY | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Lawrence University Fbo Kayla R Blanton | Canton, NY | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stony Brook University Fbo Anna Crouse | Stony Brook, NY | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science | Syracuse, NY | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| SUNY Oswego Fbo Charles Brown | Oswego, NY | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Utica College Fbo Jenna M Carbone | Utica, NY | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| SUNY Oneonta | Oneonta, NY | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Maria College of Albany Fbo Morgan Mackay | Albany, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northeastern University Fbo Aiden Greene | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rensselaer Polytech Institute Fbo Kerrigan L Groff | Troy, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College of St Rose | Albany, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fulton Montgomery Community College Fbo Michael Fancheng | Johnstown, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hudson Valley Community College Fbo Jessie Brooks | Troy, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Fbo Paul-John B Clet | Troy, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Siena College Fbo Emily Long | Loudonville, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SUNY at Plattsburgh | Plattsburgh, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| SUNY at Plattsburgh Fbo Kelly Donovan | Plattsburgh, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SUNY Brockport Fbo Rhea Winter | Brockport, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SUNY Delhi Fbo Nalysia K Santiago | Delhi, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SUNY New Paltz Fbo Zoe Spagna Santoro | New Paltz, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SUNY Oneonta Fbo Maria B Danise | Oneonta, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SUNY Esf | Syracuse, NY | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hartwick College Fbo Morgan E Mackey | Oneonta, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roberts Wesleyan University | Rochester, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Siena College Fbo Madison Smeallieid | Loudonville, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| SUNY at Plattsburgh Fbo Kelly E Donovan | Plattsburgh, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| SUNY Cortland Fbo Jordan Demagistris | Cortland, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
18 of 50 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 37%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 18 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $13,900 | $750 |
| 2022 | 15 | $16,500 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 14 | $15,500 | $750 |
| 2024 | 12 | $15,300 | $850 |
| 2025 | 15 | $14,200 | $500 |
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
90% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $750. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 Conrad H & Anna B Gillen Scholarship Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: C/O Nbt Bank Na 52 S Broad St, Norwich, NY, 13815. 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.
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