The Stanley W Metcalf Foundation Inc
Auburn, NY · EIN 15-6017859. Reported 231 grants totalling $3,824,936 to 90 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. The Stanley W Metcalf 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,000 and $20,500; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $80,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Moyne College | Syracuse, NY | $235,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way of Cayuga County | Auburn, NY | $229,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Rev Theater Co | Auburn, NY | $221,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cayuga Community College Foundation | Auburn, NY | $190,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Auburn YMCA - Weiu | Auburn, NY | $160,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Schweinfurth Museum Art Center | Auburn, NY | $135,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Play Space Abc | Auburn, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Auburn Public Theater | Auburn, NY | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| E John Gavras Center | Auburn, NY | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Seymour Library Foundation | Auburn, NY | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Faatz-Crofut Home for the Elderly | Auburn, NY | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Calvary Food Pantry | Auburn, NY | $82,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Auburn Hockey Club | Auburn, NY | $80,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cayuga Community College | Auburn, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Nature Conservancy | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| King Ferry Food Pantry | Aurora, NY | $72,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Tyburn Academy of Mary Immaculate | Auburn, NY | $70,900 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Fort Hill Cemetery Association | Auburn, NY | $63,700 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Auburn Education Foundation | Auburn, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Finger Lakes SPCA of Central Ny | Auburn, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wells College | Aurora, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Auburn, NY | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sts Peter & John Episcopal Church | Auburn, NY | $53,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Community Action Program | Auburn, NY | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Seymour Library | Auburn, NY | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Auburn United Methodist Church | Auburn, NY | $51,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Perform 4 Purpose | Auburn, NY | $50,850 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Auburn Sports Boosters | Auburn, NY | $50,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nick's Ride 4 Friends | Auburn, NY | $48,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cayuga Museum of History & Art | Auburn, NY | $45,672 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Transportation Project for Cayuga County | Auburn, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Union Springs Soccer Club | Cayuga, NY | $42,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The City of Auburn | Auburn, NY | $41,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army of Auburn | Auburn, NY | $39,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Alphonsus Food Pantry | Auburn, NY | $39,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Girl Scouts of Ny | Cicero, NY | $38,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Auburn Alliance Church | Auburn, NY | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cayuga County Habitat for Humanity | Auburn, NY | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Peachtown Elementary School | Aurora, NY | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Berea College | Berea, KY | $32,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mercy Works | East Syracuse, NY | $32,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Booker T Washington Community Center | Auburn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Seward House Museum | Auburn, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Union Springs Fire Department | Auburn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Unity House | Auburn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mercy Flight Central | Marcellus, NY | $27,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Matthew House | Auburn, NY | $26,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| East Hill Medical Center | Auburn, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Moravia Hope Pantry | Moravia, NY | $24,170 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Auburn Lacrosse Boosters | Auburn, NY | $24,144 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Arise Child & Family Service | Syracuse, NY | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aurora Free Library | Aurora, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cayuga-Syracuse Presbytery Home for the Elderly | Auburn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Auburn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Fort Hill Cemetary | Auburn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chapel House of Cayuga County | Auburn, NY | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boyle Senior Center | Auburn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fort Hill Cemetary Association | Auburn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Owasco Watershed Lake Assoc | Auburn, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Finger Lakes Land Trust | Ithaca, NY | $14,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Howland Museum | Aurora, NY | $14,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Cayuga County | Auburn, NY | $14,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rescue Mission of Auburn | Auburn, NY | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Westminster Presbyterian Church | Auburn, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aurelius Volunteer Fire Dept | Auburn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cayuga Community Health Network | Auburn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cayuga County Chamber Foundation | Auburn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Four Town First Aid Squad | Moravia, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montezuma Audubon Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mozaic | Waterloo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Port Byron Little League | Port Byron, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint Mary & Saint Martha Parish | Auburn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Powers Library Association | Moravia, NY | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Rescue Mission | Auburn, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cayuga Bombers Baseball Organization | Auburn, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mozaic | Sterling, VA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Skaneateles Festival | Auburn, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Auburn High School Hockey | Syracuse, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sacred Heart & St Ann Church | Auburn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Truth Alive Ministries | Kentwood, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Genoa Cemetery | King Ferry, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Owasco Lake Watershed Management Council | Auburn, NY | $4,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Auburn Music Boosters | Auburn, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Skaneateles Early Childhood Center | Skaneateles, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cayuga County Veterans Memorial Committee | Auburn, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Masterworks Chorale | Skaneateles, NY | $2,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Frontenac Historical Society & Museum | Union Springs, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Frontenac Historical Society and Museum | Union Springs, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts | Syracuse, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yale University Alumni Fund | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
57 of 90 (63%) 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 66%, 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.
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.
- Auburn YMCA - Weiu
HVAC FOR POOL AND SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS - The Rev Theater Co
SUPPORT THE "REV ON TOUR" PROGRAM - Le Moyne College
SCHOLARSHIP AID FOR CAYUGA COUNTY RESIDENTS - United Way of Cayuga County
FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL CAMPAIGN - The Faatz-Crofut Home for the Elderly
ELECTRICAL AND HEATING UPGRADES - Seymour Library Foundation
REPLACEMENT OF ROOF AND GRANT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 94 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 | 36 | $482,000 | $7,750 |
| 2022 | 52 | $880,450 | $10,750 |
| 2023 | 54 | $925,220 | $11,000 |
| 2024 | 46 | $747,544 | $10,900 |
| 2025 | 43 | $789,722 | $15,000 |
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
99% 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 $10,000. 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 The Stanley W Metcalf 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: 110 Genesee Street 290 a, Auburn, NY, 13021. 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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