Marie C and Joseph C Wilson
Rochester, NY · EIN 84-3582646. Reported 80 grants totalling $3,179,380 to 50 recipients across tax years 2022-2024. 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. Marie C and Joseph C Wilson 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 $40,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $100,005. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connected Communities Inc | Rochester, NY | $220,010 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| House of Mercy | Rochester, NY | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Just Cause | Rochester, NY | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County | Rochester, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Policy & Education Fund of New York Inc | Albany, NY | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Children's Agenda | Rochester, NY | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The HUB585 Inc | Rochester, NY | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Breathedeep Inc | Henrietta, NY | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Common Ground Health | Rochester, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rochester-Monroe Cnty Anti-Poverty Iniative | Rochester, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Univ of Rochestermt Hope Familyctr | Rochester, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coordinated Care Services | Rochester, NY | $99,050 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rochester Refugee Resettlement Svcs | Rochester, NY | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Empire Justice Center | Rochester, NY | $80,005 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| HOPE585 | Rochester, NY | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Partners in Community Development | Rochester, NY | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City Roots Community Land Trust | Rochester, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Judicial Process Commission | Rochester, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Disability Rights in New York | Albany, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Commonground Health | Rochester, NY | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pcho Inc | Fairport, NY | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Multi-Craft Apprenticeship Preparation Program Inc | Rochester, NY | $60,050 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bivona Child Advocacy Center | Rochester, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach | Rochester, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Breathe Deep Inc | Henrietta, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Education Success Foundation | Rochester, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ibero-American Action League | Rochester, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Person Centered Housing | Rochester, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Untrapped Ministries | Rochester, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 540WMAIN Inc | Rochester, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester | Rochester, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Voa of Western New York | Rochester, NY | $30,005 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Resource Collaborative | Rochester, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Finger Lakes Health System | Rochester, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pathstone Corporation | Rochester, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Refugees Helping Refugees | Rochester, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reach Advocacy | Rochester, NY | $25,005 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Center for Youth | Rochester, NY | $25,005 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Greater Rochester | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mary's Place Outreach | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Joseph's Neighborhood Center | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater Rochester | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Center for Teen Empowerment | Rochester, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wilson Commencement Park | Rochester, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Rochester - Recreation Dept | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Promise of Greater Rochester Rochester Area Interfiath Hospitality | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Promise of Rochester Rochester Area Interfiath Hospitality | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Margaret Home Inc | Fairport, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lollypop Farm | Fairport, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
18 of 50 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 52%, across 2 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.
- Connected Communities
BEECHWOOD FAMILY APARTMENTS - Empire Justice Center
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LENDING ADVOC - The HUB585 Inc
HOPE & HEALING TO FOSTER YOUTH & FMI - HOPE585
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES - Pcho Inc
CECILIAS PLACE PERM SUPP HOUSING PRG - Multi-Craft Apprenticeship Preparation Program Inc
UTR MINISTRIES COMM VANGUARD PROG
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28 | $1,057,055 | $37,500 |
| 2023 | 26 | $1,017,250 | $45,000 |
| 2024 | 26 | $1,105,075 | $40,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Marie C and Joseph C Wilson has 20 of them, worth $1,025,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Connected Communities Inc | Rochester, NY | $100,000 |
| YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County | Rochester, NY | $100,000 |
| The HUB585 Inc | Rochester, NY | $80,000 |
| House of Mercy | Rochester, NY | $60,000 |
| Just Cause | Rochester, NY | $60,000 |
| Rochester-Monroe Cnty Anti-Poverty Iniative | Rochester, NY | $50,000 |
| Univ of Rochestermt Hope Family Ct | Rochester, NY | $50,000 |
| YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County | Rochester, NY | $50,000 |
| Rochester-Monroe Cnty Anti-Poverty Iniative | Rochester, NY | $50,000 |
| Univ of Rochestermt Hope Family Ct | Rochester, NY | $50,000 |
| YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County | Rochester, NY | $50,000 |
| Rochester-Monroe Cnty Anti-Poverty Iniative | Rochester, NY | $50,000 |
| Univ of Rochestermt Hope Family Ct | Rochester, NY | $50,000 |
| The Children's Agenda | Rochester, NY | $45,000 |
| Public Policy & Education Fund of New York Inc | Albany, NY | $45,000 |
Where its money goes
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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 $40,000. 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 Marie C and Joseph C Wilson's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 389 Gregory Street 3, Rochester, NY, 14620. 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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