The James H Wurz JR and Edward T Wurz SR
Wilmington, DE · EIN 27-0951890. Reported 314 grants totalling $1,679,976 to 126 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The James H Wurz JR and Edward T Wurz SR checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations The James H Wurz JR and Edward T Wurz SR funded make grants themselves, and it reported 4 grants totalling $35,000 to them. That is 3% of the $1,157,650 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation of the Texas Hill | community foundation | Texas | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| The Community Foundation of Herkimer and | community foundation | New York | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Florida | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| The Community Foundation of Middle | community foundation | Tennessee | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $25,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities of Oneida | Utica, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Central Association for the Blind Inc | Utica, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| House of the Good Shepherd | Utica, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pathfinder Village Inc | Edmeston, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Resource Center for Independent Living Inc | Utica, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | Edmond, OK | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mercy Ships | Lindale, TX | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Helio Health Inc | Syracuse, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army | Syracuse, NY | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association | Utica, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Lexington, KY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Family Life and Recovery Inc | Utica, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Central New York Ronald Mcdonald House Charities I | Syracuse, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corps | Clinton, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Comfort House Inc | Utica, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Compassion Coalition Inc | Utica, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Convoy of Hope | Springfield, MO | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Feed Our Veterans | Utica, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hospice & Palliative Care Inc | New Hartford, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kuyahoora Valley Food Pantry Inc | Newport, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lowville Food Pantry | Lowville, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New York Mills Volunteer Fire Company Inc | New York Mls, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Oriskany Independant Fire and Hose Company Inc | Oriskany, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church | Utica, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St John the Evangelist Church | New Hartford, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Patrick's School | Oneida, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Pauls Church | Whitesboro, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Waterville Food Pantry | Waterville, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Y W C a of the Mohawk Valley | Utica, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Young Mens Christian Assoc & Womens Community Cent | Rome, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Utica, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jctod Outreach Inc | Utica, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Utica Center for Development | Utica, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| K Combs | Corvallis, OR | $18,664 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| C Cook | Sherman, TX | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| G Stuhlman | Utica, NY | $17,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| I Romano | Loudonville, NY | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| J Robinson | Champaign, IL | $17,500 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| S Defabio | Utica, NY | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| B Sinardo | Clinton, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Food Bank of Central New York | Syracuse, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| L Hinman | Utica, NY | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Utica Zoological Society | Utica, NY | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Whitesboro Fire Department Inc | Whitesboro, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| J Trevisani | Rochester, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| N Collins | Alfred, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| N Linn | Binghamton, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Three-G Volunteer Fire Company Inc | Glenfield, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| C Szalkowski | Cortland, NY | $10,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| D Ford | Northridge, CA | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Davis | Lynchburg, VA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American National Red Cross | Albany, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Arh Foundation for Healthiercommunities Inc | Hazard, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camden Area Food Pantry Incorporated | Camden, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catholic Relief Services Inc | Harlan, IA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Church of the Annunciation | Clinton, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counti | Utica, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| I Cirasuolo | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| J Suber | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New Hartford Firemens Benevolent Association Inc | New Hartford, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Poverello Center Inc | Wilton Manors, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country | Kerrville, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United Ukrainian American Relief Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Whitesboro Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Whitesboro, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| K Roberts | Ogden, UT | $9,662 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Rizzo | Utica, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| A Williams | Herkimer, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Anitas Stevens-Swan Humane Society | Utica, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| B Cirasuolo | New York, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| D Murnane | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| E Emenwein | Rochester, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| K Mullen | Ithaca, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| M Trinkaus | Newburgh, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Utica University | Utica, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| State University of New York Cortland | Cortland, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Deperno | Brockport, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross - Southeast Louisiana Chapter | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese O | Syracuse, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Empowerment Mission Inc | Doral, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | Fort Myers, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Houston Food Bank | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Insight House Chemical Dependency Services Incorpo | Utica, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| J Suber | Troy, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | New Haven, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | Deer Lodge, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| L Baker | Geneseo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Masonic Medical Research Laboratory | Utica, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| PCT4PC Inc | Westport, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rescue Mission of Utica Inc | Utica, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rome Rescue Mission | Rome, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc | Nashville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Healing Connection Inc | Rochester, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oriskany Public Library | Oriskany, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| A Jenkins | Potsdam, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California State University - Northridge | Northridge, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Notre Dame Jrsr High School | Utica, NY | $3,150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Capuana | Loudonville, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| A G Davis | Lynchburg, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Tobiasz | Daytona Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Austin College | Sherman, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| D T Murnane | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| D Trey | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| D Zinicola | Utica, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| E Reid | Utica, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| J Birt | Ithaca, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| K Smith | Utica, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lewis County Agricultural Society | Lowville, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| S Brockport | Brockport, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| S Geneseo | Geneseo, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Siena College | Loudonville, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St John Fisher College | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stevens-Swan-Humane-Society | Utica, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Root Farm Inc | Sauquoit, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central New York Conservancy | Utica, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Stanwix Heights Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Rome, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kirkland Trails Inc | Clinton, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
68 of 126 (54%) 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 74%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- American Red Cross
Assistance for tornado victims - Boy Scouts of America
Camp Kingsley capital campaign - Convoy of Hope
LA wildfire relief effort - American National Red Cross
U.S. storm disaster relief fund - Catholic Relief Services Inc
hurricane relief in Jamaica. - Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counti
Rome NY Emergency Response Fund
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 148 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 | 61 | $332,161 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 58 | $323,999 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 61 | $328,616 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 67 | $342,700 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 67 | $352,500 | $5,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
76% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The James H Wurz JR and Edward T Wurz SR'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: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 27-0951890 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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