The Abel E. Peck Memorial Fund primarily supports college tuition and higher education institutions, with a clear emphasis on funding individual student aid and scholarship-like awards to universities. Grants are directed to a mix of secular and religiously affiliated colleges, and several institutions receive repeat awards, suggesting ongoing relationships with specific schools. The foundation’s giving is narrowly focused on postsecondary education rather than broader community or programmatic services.
Relatively concentrated small-to-midsize grants focused on higher education: multiple repeat awards to a handful of universities rather than many one-off community grants. Funding appears transactional (tuition/student support) rather than unrestricted operating support for nonprofits.
Abel E Peck Memorial Fund 006968 makes tuition support the center of its grantmaking, with recurring awards of $11,000 directed to universities and, in some cases, individual student aid routed through those schools. The fund’s recent grants show a narrow postsecondary focus rather than broad program support, and several campuses appear more than once, indicating continuing relationships. Liberty University received repeated college-tuition awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025, while Syracuse University also appears across multiple years. Other recent awards went to institutions such as Boston College, University of Wyoming, Brigham Young University, Messiah University, and D'youville University. The pattern suggests a funder that uses institutional grants to help cover undergraduate costs at a mix of private, public, and religiously affiliated colleges. Its grant history also includes smaller tuition awards of $7,000, $8,000, and $9,000 alongside the core $11,000 level.
The fund is most clearly tied to higher-education affordability. Tuition grants went to Syracuse University for college tuition in 2023, 2024, and 2025, showing repeated support for the same campus. Similar tuition support was awarded to Liberty University in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Religious affiliation is part of the pattern as well: recent awards reached Liberty University, Brigham Young University, and Messiah University. Public and private institutions both appear in the grant list, including the University of Wyoming and Boston College. D'youville University also received a tuition award, reinforcing the fund’s emphasis on undergraduate payment support through colleges rather than general operating grants.
Grant sizes cluster tightly around a single level: p25, median, and p75 are all $11,000. Recent awards also include $9,000, $8,000, and $7,000 amounts, showing some variation but a strong central tendency. The same institutions can appear in multiple years, including Syracuse University, Liberty University, and the University of Wyoming, which points to recurring relationships rather than one-off grants. The fund is structured as a memorial fund and does make grants to individuals, with tuition support often routed through universities. No application process is shown in the data.
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Most grants fall between $11K and $11K, with a median of $11K.
25th Percentile
$11K
Median
$11K
75th Percentile
$11K
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Notable grantees: Liberty University, Syracuse University, University of Wyoming, Brigham Young University, Boston College
All recent grants went to U.S. recipients, with 16 grants in the United States. New York is the top state by grant count, and 27% of grants go to recipients in the fund’s headquarters state. Recent recipient cities include Syracuse, Lynchburg, Mechanicsburg, Laramie, Provo, Chestnut Hill, and Buffalo. The distribution reaches a mix of Northeastern, Western, Mountain West, and Mid-Atlantic campuses rather than staying close to Oneonta.
It mainly supports college tuition and higher education institutions. The recent grants are overwhelmingly tuition-focused, including awards routed through universities for undergraduate aid and scholarship-like support at both public and private campuses.
The grant pattern is very concentrated: p25, median, and p75 are all $11,000. Recent awards also include smaller amounts of $9,000, $8,000, and $7,000, but $11,000 is the clear standard level in the data.
Yes. The fund is marked as funding individuals, and the grant descriptions show college tuition support that is often routed through universities, indicating direct student aid or scholarship-style assistance rather than only institutional operating support.
Several campuses appear in multiple years, including Syracuse University, Liberty University, and the University of Wyoming. That repeated appearance suggests ongoing relationships and a recurring grant pattern with selected institutions.
Its giving is national, with all recent grants going to U.S. recipients. New York is the top state by grant count, and 27% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | LARAMIE, WY | $11,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE TUITION AND |
| BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY | PROVO, UT | $11,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE TUITION AND |
| SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | SYRACUSE, NY | $11,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE TUITION AND |
| LIBERTY UNIVERSITY | Lynchburg, VA | $11,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE TUITION AND |
| Messiah University | Mechanicsburg, PA | $9,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE TUITION AND |
| BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY | PROVO, UT | $9,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE TUITION AND |
| MESSIAH UNIVERSITY | MECHANICSBURG, PA | $8,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE TUITION AND |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | LARAMIE, WY | $8,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE TUITION AND |
| D'YOUVILLE UNIVERSITY | BUFFALO, NY | $8,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE TUITION AND |
| LIBERTY UNIVERSITY | Lynchburg, VA | $7,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE TUITION AND |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | LARAMIE, WY | $11,000 | 2024 | COLLEGE TUITION |
| SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | SYRACUSE, NY | $11,000 | 2024 | COLLEGE TUITION |
| LIBERTY UNIVERSITY | Lynchburg, VA | $11,000 | 2024 | COLLEGE TUITION |
| BOSTON COLLEGE | CHESTNUT HILL, MA | $11,000 | 2023 | COLLEGE TUITION |
| SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | SYRACUSE, NY | $11,000 | 2023 | COLLEGE TUITION |
| Liberty University | Lynchburg, VA | $11,000 | 2023 | COLLEGE TUITION |
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
$11,000COLLEGE TUITION AND
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
$11,000COLLEGE TUITION AND
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
$11,000COLLEGE TUITION AND
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
$11,000COLLEGE TUITION AND
Messiah University
$9,000COLLEGE TUITION AND
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
$9,000COLLEGE TUITION AND
MESSIAH UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE TUITION AND
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
$8,000COLLEGE TUITION AND
D'YOUVILLE UNIVERSITY
$8,000COLLEGE TUITION AND
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
$7,000COLLEGE TUITION AND
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
$11,000COLLEGE TUITION
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
$11,000COLLEGE TUITION
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
$11,000COLLEGE TUITION
BOSTON COLLEGE
$11,000COLLEGE TUITION
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
$11,000COLLEGE TUITION
Liberty University
$11,000COLLEGE TUITION