The Stitt Foundation Inc
Olean, NY · EIN 85-2753005. Reported 104 grants totalling $2,304,188 to 83 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 Stitt 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $1,240,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olean General Hospital | Olean, NY | $1,240,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The University of Dayton | Dayton, OH | $216,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Bonaventure University | St Bonaventure, NY | $125,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Olean Food Pantry | Olean, NY | $51,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Challenger Learning Center Olean | Allegany, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jamestown Community College | Olean, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ogh Foundation | Olean, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sbu Carney Endowed Chair | St Bonaventure, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sbu Jandoli Bldg Project | St Bonaventure, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Walsh Southern Tier Catholic | Olean, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| SPCA | Olean, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Olean General Hospital Foundation | Olean, NY | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sbu Giving Day | St Bonaventure, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sbu Warming House | St Bonaventure, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sbu Club Hockey | St Bonaventure, NY | $19,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Olean Soccer Club | Olean, NY | $13,400 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Catt Region Community Foundation | Olean, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bonita Springs Senior Center | Bonita Springs, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Colt 45 Strong Inc | Allegany, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Olean Area Youth Hockey Association | Olean, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Olean Public Library | Olean, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Olean Youth Hockey | Olean, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Intandem | Olean, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation | Olean, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Care Givers | Olean, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Allegany Community Foundation | Belmont, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Allegany Highlad BSA | Falconer, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bona Responds Sbu | St Bonaventure, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ellicottville Playground | Ellicottville, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Literacy of Love Inc | Olean, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Olean Area Youth Hockey | Olean, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rural Area Medical Ram Crcf Fund | Olean, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| SPCA Catt County | Olean, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Western Ny | Williamsville, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Bonaventure Innovation Center | St Bonaventure, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tri-County Arts Council | Olean, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Enchanted Mountain Village | Olean, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mercy Flight - Crcf | Buffalo, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gala of Hope Colt 45 | Allegany, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Volunteers in Medicine Hh | Hilton Head Island, SC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Olean Police Department - Crcf | Olean, NY | $3,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carolina Coastal Arts Center Hh | Hilton Head Island, SC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Challenger Learning Center | Allegany, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coastal Carolina Arts Center | Hilton Head, SC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club Hilton Head Sc | Hilton Head Island, SC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catt County Meals on Wheels | Olean, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Center Hh Sc | Hilton Head Island, SC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Directions Independent Living | Olean, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Home Care Hospice Olean | Olean, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Caregivers Inc | Olean, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jay-Light Suicide Prevention Anthong Grant | Alpharetta, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Operation Warm Hearts - Crcf | Olean, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army | Olean, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Claus Lane | Olean, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics | Williamsville, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Olympics Wny | Williamsville, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tunnel 2 Towers | Staten Island, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tunnels to Towers | Staten Island, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Volunteers in Medicine Hh Sc | Hilton Head Island, SC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Wash DC | Williamsville, NY | $1,538 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bonita Senior Center | Bonita Springs, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club Hhi | Hilton Head, SC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lounsbury Adaptive Ski Program | Ellicottville, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ride for Roswell | Buffalo, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Volunteers in Medicine Hhi | Hilton Head, SC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| African American Veterans Monument Inc | Buffalo, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Archbishop Walsh Academy | Olean, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Church Without Walls | Olean, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Olean Libray | Olean, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Genesis House | Olean, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Genesis House - Crcf | Olean, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Homecare and Hospice | Olean, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Immanuel Luthern Child Care | Olean, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mt Lrenaeus | St Bonaventure, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Olean Business Development Corporation | Olean, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Olean Community Theater | Olean, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Olean Meditation Center | Olean, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Buffalo, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sbu Bona Fund | St Bonaventure, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Second Helpings Hh Food Truck | Hilton Head Island, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Children's Center Hh | Hilton Head Island, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Warming House | Olean, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Enchanted Mountains Village | Olean, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
10 of 83 (12%) 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 27%, 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.
- Olean General Hospital Foundation
NEW LINEAR ACELERATOR EQUIPMENT - University of Dayton
ACOUSTICS STITT COHORT ROOM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 36 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 | 15 | $36,000 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 10 | $29,250 | $2,250 |
| 2023 | 41 | $209,500 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 9 | $291,000 | $25,000 |
| 2025 | 29 | $1,738,438 | $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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Stitt Foundation Inc has 5 of them, worth $1,510,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| The University of Dayton | Dayton, OH | $900,000 |
| Sbu Jandoli Bldg Project | St Bonaventure, NY | $200,000 |
| Sbu Carney Endowed Chair | St Bonaventure, NY | $200,000 |
| SPCA | Olean, NY | $160,000 |
| Challenger Learning Center Olean | Allegany, NY | $50,000 |
Where its money goes
89% 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 $2,500. 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 Stitt Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). 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: 202 Woodview Ave, Olean, NY, 14760. 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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