Budda Dame Thuka Temple
FRANKFORT, NY
$250KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Funding for sports complex and basketball court
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Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 16-1361881 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Victoria L Cataldo
- Phone
- (315) 982-9003
- Deadlines
- None.
- Application materials
- All request should be made by completing the grant application available on the foundation's website.
- Restrictions
- Municipalaties, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, and schools located in oneida and herkimer counties. All grants must be for enhancements to youth athletic programs.
Original filing text
- Contact
- VICTORIA L CATALDO
- Address
- 587 MAIN STREET PO BOX 302 NEW YORK MILLS, NY, 13417
- Phone
- 3159829003
- VCATALDO@WADASFOUNDATION.ORG
- Deadlines
- NONE.
- Application materials
- ALL REQUEST SHOULD BE MADE BY COMPLETING THE GRANT APPLICATION AVAILABLE ON THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE.
- Restrictions
- MUNICIPALATIES, 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCHOOLS LOCATED IN ONEIDA AND HERKIMER COUNTIES. ALL GRANTS MUST BE FOR ENHANCEMENTS TO YOUTH ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.
Reported organization name: EDWIN J WADAS FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | $1.1M |
| 2024 | 41 | $920.3K |
Where Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
New York$2MWest Virginia$5K
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Utica City School District
UTICA, NY
$237.7KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Funding for intramural sports program
City of Rome
ROME, NY
$200KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Skateboard park
Mid-York Library System
UTICA, NY
$146.6KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Purchase of various outdorr sports equipment
Town of Trenton
BARNEVELD, NY
$113.8KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Funding for purchase of park playground equipment
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (91 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Edwin J Wadas Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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