Joan Rothenberg Family Foundation Inc
Rochester, NY · EIN 13-3940229. Reported 58 grants totalling $341,219 to 42 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. Joan Rothenberg Family Foundation Inc 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,800 and $10,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $30,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesee Land Trust | Rochester, NY | $53,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Interfaith Works of Central New York | Syracuse, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Northside Learning Center | Syracuse, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jubilee Homes of Syracuse Inc | Syracuse, NY | $24,550 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| All Saints Church | Syracuse, NY | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Charles of Borromeo Helping Hands Food Pantry | Syracuse, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Finger Lakes Land Trust | Ithaca, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stillpoint Retreats | Derry, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Voice Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vera House Inc | Syracuse, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pride Center of the Capital Region | Albany, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sda Charity Preview | Syracuse, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless | Washington, DC | $5,150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Capital Area | Albany, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| DC Public Education Fund | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Everson Museum of Art | Syracuse, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Keeping Our Promise | Rochester, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legal Clinic | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Immigration Law Center | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rochester Ecology Partners | Rochester, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United for a Fair Economy | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Autism Up | Rochester, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Arts Guild Old Forge | Old Forge, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ukranian Cultural Center | Syracuse, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make-a-Wish Central New York | East Syracuse, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oswego County Opportunities | Fulton, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Onondaga County Public Libraries | Syracuse, NY | $2,467 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Live Hope Laugh Alexis Ross Organization | Westminster, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stepping Stones Shelter Inc | Rockville, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Lucy's Church | Syracuse, NY | $1,027 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Housing Visions Unlimited | Syracuse, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Cny | Syracuse, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Responsible Wealth | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Catherine's Center for Children | Albany, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Duck Lake Association | Port Byron, NY | $900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cny Diaper Bank | Liverpool, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eastern Farm Workers Association | Syracuse, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | Kent, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Mcalister Foundation | Laurens, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Syracuse, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Multiple Scerlosis | Rochester, NY | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
9 of 42 (21%) 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 24%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Rochester Institute of Technology
SAUNDERS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, RON KELLY SCHOLARSHIP FUND - St Charles of Borromeo Helping Hands Food Pantry
TO SUPPORT TROOPS IN UKRAINE - Sda Charity Preview
NORTHSIDE LEARNING CENTER - Oswego County Opportunities
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE HOTLINE - Onondaga County Public Libraries
DONATED SIGN LANGUAGE TABLETS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 29 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 | 12 | $68,600 | $1,787 |
| 2022 | 15 | $68,800 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 13 | $75,250 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 10 | $56,083 | $3,787 |
| 2025 | 8 | $72,486 | $7,500 |
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
85% 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 $5,000. 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 Joan Rothenberg Family Foundation Inc'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: 48 Eastland Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618. 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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