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The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY)

Accepts applications New York, New York · EIN 166445118

The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY) is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $3.4 million in 119 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $300,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $3.4 million the year before.

16% of its 2024 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$3.4 million111$22.6 million
2024$3.4 million119$25.5 million

How to apply

ContactRobert L Gipson
130 Butternut Road PO Box 13849, Unadilla, NY 13849
Phone or email(607) 369-9401
What to submitThe Trustees have sole and absolute discretion with respect to grants. Requests for grants may be made at any time by submitting a letter application to the Trustees at the Foundation's address.
DeadlinesNone; requests for grants may be made at any time.
RestrictionsThe Trustees intentions are to concentrate on organizations that are devoted to education, medicine, social welfare, arts, historic preservation, religion and the environment.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY) funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 11 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York101$3.0 million
Massachusetts7$244,000
Maryland2$120,000
North Carolina1$25,000
Virginia1$25,000
New Jersey2$15,000
Idaho1$15,000
District of Columbia1$5,000
Louisiana1$5,000
Maine1$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 119 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Glimmerglass Festival
Cooperstown, NY
General Fund$300,000
Hoosac School
Hoosick, NY
Scholarship$275,000
Hyde Hall Inc
Cooperstown, NY
General Fund$250,000
The Farmers Museum
Cooperstown, NY
General FundGeneral Funds$200,000
The Delaware Company
Barryville, NY
General Fund$160,000
Hunter College Foundation
New York, NY
Scholarship$150,000
Delaware County Historical Assoc
Delhi, NY
General Fund$100,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Special Program$100,000
The Fenimore Art Museum
New York, NY
General Fund$100,000
The GOG Foundation
Edgewater, MD
General Fund$100,000
Forbes House Museum
Milton, MA
General Fund$84,000
Seward House Museum
Auburn, NY
General Fund$75,000
Community Foundation of Ostego County
Springfield Center, NY
Special Program$55,000
Constable Hall
Constableville, NY
General Fund$50,000
Manhattan Country School
New York, NY
Special Programs/Scholarships$50,000
Preservation League of New York State
Albany, NY
General Fund$50,000
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks Inc
Raquette Lake, NY
General Funds$50,000
Shaker Museum and Library
Old Chatham, NY
General Fund$50,000
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Mumford, NY
General Fund$50,000
Swart-Wilcox House Museum
Oneonta, NY
General Fund$50,000
Museum of the City of New York
New York, NY
General Fund$40,000
College Foundation of Delhi
Delhi, NY
Special Programs/Scholarships$35,000
Ostego Land Trust Inc
Cooperstown, NY
General Fund$35,000
Friends of Bassett
Cooperstown, NY
General Fund$30,000
Mannes College The New School for Music
New York, NY
Scholarship$30,000
The American Liver Foundation
Newton, MA
General Fund$27,000
Time and Valley Museum
Grahamsville, NY
Special Program$27,000
Adirondack Architectural Heritage
Keeseville, NY
General Fund$25,000
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Liberty, NY
Music Program$25,000
Communities in Schools
Raleigh, NC
Music Program$25,000
Family Planning of South Central New York Inc
Oneonta, NY
Delaware and Ostego County programs$25,000
Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center
Oneonta, NY
General Funds$25,000
Franklin Stage Company at Chapel Hall Inc
Franklin, NY
General Fund$25,000
Hanford Mills Museum
East Meredith, NY
General Fund$25,000
Hartwick College
Oneonta, NY
Scholarship$25,000
Landmarks Society of Greater Utica
Utica, NY
Special Program$25,000
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute
Utica, NY
General Fund$25,000
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VA
Special Program$25,000
Unatego Central School District
Otego, NY
Scholarship Fund$25,000
Center for Mark Twain Studies
Elmira, NY
General Fund$25,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY) accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: None; requests for grants may be made at any time..

How much does The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY) give?

$3.4 million in tax year 2024, across 119 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY)?

Its 2024 filing lists Robert L Gipson (Trustee), Thomas L Gipson (Trustee) and Sally Gipson Tully (Trustee).

What does The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY) fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, education and science and research.

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