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Ashley Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Rochester, New York · EIN 161515899

Ashley Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Rochester, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $241,750 in 21 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $185,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $270,750 the year before.

19% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$334,10019$3.8 million
2024$270,75024$4.4 million
2025$241,75021$4.9 million

How to apply

ContactPaula J Ashley
16 W Main Street Suite 700, Rochester, NY 14614
Phone or email(585) 454-4840
What to submitThere is no preset form in which applications need to be submitted
DeadlinesNo submission deadlines
RestrictionsNo restrictions or limitations on awards

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ashley Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 6 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York12$223,000
Vermont3$10,250
Colorado3$3,750
Missouri1$2,500
Wyoming1$1,250
District of Columbia1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 21 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Suny College at Oneonta Foundation
Oneonta, NY
General funding$185,000
Allendale Columbia School
Rochester, NY
General funding$10,000
United Way
Rochester, NY
General funding$10,000
Green Mountain Club
Waterbury Center, VT
General funding$5,000
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Rochester
Rochester, NY
General funding$5,000
The Current
Stowe, VT
General funding$5,000
Genesee Country Village & Museum
Mumford, NY
General funding$2,500
Immigrant Justice Corps
New York, NY
General funding$2,500
Southside Early Childhood Center
St Louis, MO
General funding$2,500
Homesteads for Hope
Rochester, NY
General funding$2,000
Rochester Refugee Resettlement Services
Rochester, NY
General funding$2,000
Eagle River Coalition
Gypsum, CO
General funding$1,250
Food Bank of the Rockies
Denver, CO
General funding$1,250
Nols Scholarship Fund
Lander, WY
Scholarship fund$1,250
The Colorado Trail Foundation
Golden, CO
General funding$1,250
Genesee Valley Conservancy
Geneseo, NY
General funding$1,000
House of Mercy
Rochester, NY
General funding$1,000
Richmond Fire Department
Honeoye, NY
General funding$1,000
World Central Kitchen
Washington, DC
General funding$1,000
Wxxi Public Television
Rochester, NY
General funding$1,000
Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum
Stowe, VT
General funding$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ashley Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No submission deadlines.

How much does Ashley Family Foundation Inc give?

$241,750 in tax year 2025, across 21 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Ashley Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Stephen B Ashley (Dir/Vice Pres), Jonathan M Ashley (Dir/Treasurer), Jillian Martin (Dir/Secretary) and Leeson K Ashley (Director) among 7 officers and trustees.

What does Ashley Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, human services and arts and culture.

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