The Mercury Aircraft Foundation focuses its modest but targeted giving on improving local health services and preserving regional aviation history and cultural institutions in the Hammondsport/Keuka Lake area. Grants are typically made to community healthcare providers and the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, indicating a mix of place-based philanthropy that supports both essential services and heritage preservation. The foundation appears to prioritize practical, capital or program support for organizations that serve the local community.
Mercury Aircraft Foundation’s giving is marked by a steady three-year stream to the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, with grants of $25,500 in 2023 and $25,000 in both 2024 and 2025 for the museum building fund. That pattern points to a funder that supports long-running place-based priorities rather than one-off gifts. Alongside museum support, the foundation has also backed local health care through the Keuka Health Care Foundation and Taylor Health Center, showing a clear interest in services that matter to residents in the Hammondsport and Keuka Lake area. The grant list also shows support for churches, an ambulance service, a library, and a community endowment, which broadens the picture beyond two flagship categories. Even so, the overall footprint remains tightly local, with most grants landing in New York and many awards going to organizations in Hammondsport or nearby Bath. The foundation’s mix of recurring support, modest award sizes, and community-specific recipients suggests a hands-on approach to sustaining essential institutions, local heritage, and civic life in a small geographic area.
Health services are a major theme. In 2025, Mercury Aircraft Foundation gave $45,000 to Taylor Health Center for health and human services, and it also made repeated donations to Keuka Health Care Foundation for a healthcare fund. Those grants align with earlier support for Hammondsport Volunteer Ambulance and United Way of the Southern Tier, both tied to human services and emergency response. Cultural and civic infrastructure is another clear lane. The foundation supported the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum’s museum building fund in three consecutive years, and it gave $12,000 to Fred & Harriett Taylor Memorial Library in 2025 for The Longest Table event sponsorship after prior library fund gifts in 2023 and 2024. Community institutions also appear through support for Hammondsport Community Services, including a 2025 contribution for the Keuka Area Endowment.
Typical grants are small: p25 is $500, the median is $1,000, and p75 is $5,000, even though a few awards are much larger. The recent record shows repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, including annual gifts to the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum and Keuka Health Care Foundation, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than isolated project checks. The foundation appears to operate as a local private foundation rather than a grant program with an open application process, and the grant list includes both institutional support and gifts to individuals, indicating flexibility in how it deploys funds.
$200K
$2.4M
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$238K
Most grants fall between $500 and $5K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$500
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$5K
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Concentrated, small portfolio: a handful of mid-sized grants focused on repeat local grantees; funding appears donor-directed toward local healthcare and a single cultural institution rather than broad diversified giving.
Notable grantees: Keuka Health Care Foundation, Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Taylor Health Center
Mercury Aircraft Foundation gives overwhelmingly within New York: 93% of its grants go to recipients in the HQ state, and all recorded recipient-country data is U.S.-based. The strongest concentration is in Hammondsport and Bath, with multiple grants to organizations in both towns. Other recipient locations appear only occasionally, such as Corning, NY and Smyrna, DE. That pattern matches a highly local grant footprint centered on the Keuka Lake area, with only a small number of outside awards.
Its recent grants go to health care providers, a museum, a library, churches, an ambulance service, and a community services organization. Named recipients include Taylor Health Center, Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Fred & Harriett Taylor Memorial Library, Hammondsport Volunteer Ambulance, and Hammondsport Community Services.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Keuka Health Care Foundation in 2023 and 2024; and St John Vianney Catholic Church in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The grant-size distribution is modest: p25 is $500, median grant size is $1,000, and p75 is $5,000. The recent list also shows larger recurring awards, such as $45,000 to Taylor Health Center in 2025 and $25,000 to Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in 2024 and 2025.
Its giving is concentrated in New York, which accounts for 93% of grants to recipients in the HQ state. Recent grants also cluster in Hammondsport and Bath, with only occasional awards elsewhere, such as Corning, NY and Smyrna, DE.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR HEALTH CENTER | BATH, NY | $45,000 | 2025 | HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
| GLENN H CURTISS MUSEUM | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | MUSEUM BUILDING FUND |
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $14,000 | 2025 | COVID RELIEF |
| WELLSPRING FELLOWSHIP OF HAMMONDSPORT | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $14,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $14,000 | 2025 | COVID RELIEF |
| ST JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH | BATH, NY | $14,000 | 2025 | COVID RELIEF |
| FRED & HARRIETT TAYLOR MEMORIAL LIBRARY | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $12,000 | 2025 | THE LONGEST TABLE EVENT SPONSOR |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - CITIZENS HOSE COMPANY | SMYRNA, DE | $9,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| HAMMONDSPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $8,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY FOUNDATION/KEUKA AREA ENDOWMENT |
| UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER | CORNING, NY | $7,500 | 2025 | HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
| ALFRED UNIVERITY | ALFRED, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| FINGER LAKES BOATING MUSEUM | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $4,000 | 2025 | 3K CAPITAL PROJECTS; 1K GOLF SPONSOR |
| HAMMONDSPORT JOINT FUND DRIVE | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $2,000 | 2025 | HEALTHCARE FUND DONATION |
| KEUKA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION | BATH, NY | $2,000 | 2025 | HEALTHCARE FUND DONATION |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - BATH | BATH, NY | $1,500 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| THE ARC OF STEUBEN | BATH, NY | $1,200 | 2025 | HEALTHCARE FUND DONATION |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - PRATTSBURGH | PRATTSBURGH, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| BAMPAS HOUSE | CORNING, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | GOLF TOURNAMENT SPONSOR |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - KANONA | KANONA, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - TYRONE | TYRONE, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - WAYNE | WAYNE, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| REGINALD WOOD MEMORIAL SCOUT HOUSE | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| KEUKA COLLEGE | KEUKA PARK, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - BRADFORD | BRADFORD, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| KEUKA LAKE ASSOCIATION | PENN YAN, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| BOYS SCOUT TROOP 18 | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - DUNDEE | DUNDEE, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - SAVONA | SAVONA, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - PULTENEY | PULTENEY, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| RICE COUNTY AREA UNITED WAY | NORTHFIELD, MN | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - AVOCA | AVOCA, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| HAMMONDSPORT GIRL SCOUTS | CICERO, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| HAMMONDSPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| FINGER LAKES SPCA | BATH, NY | $500 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| BATH AMBULANCE | BATH, NY | $500 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION | EDGEFIELD, SC | $500 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| HAMMONDSPORT LITTLE LEAGUE | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $500 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| STEUBEN COUNTY YOUTH BUREAU | BATH, NY | $500 | 2025 | JACK LISI YOUTH AWARD |
| PULTENEY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $500 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| LOAVES AND FISHES FOOD PANTRY | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $500 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| KEUKA SOCCER CLUB | KEUKA PARK, NY | $500 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| STEUBEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | BATH, NY | $200 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| HAMMONDSPORT PTO | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $100 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| HAMMONDSPORT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $100 | 2025 | OPERATIONS |
| KEUKA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION | BATH, NY | $47,000 | 2024 | HEALTHCARE FUND DONATION |
| GLENN H CURTISS MUSEUM | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | MUSEUM BUILDING FUND |
| ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $14,000 | 2024 | COVID RELIEF |
| ST JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH | BATH, NY | $14,000 | 2024 | COVID RELIEF |
| WELLSPRING FELLOWSHIP OF HAMMONDSPORT | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $14,000 | 2024 | OPERATIONS |
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | HAMMONDSPORT, NY | $14,000 | 2024 | COVID RELIEF |
TAYLOR HEALTH CENTER
$45,000HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
GLENN H CURTISS MUSEUM
$25,000MUSEUM BUILDING FUND
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
$14,000COVID RELIEF
WELLSPRING FELLOWSHIP OF HAMMONDSPORT
$14,000OPERATIONS
ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$14,000COVID RELIEF
ST JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH
$14,000COVID RELIEF
FRED & HARRIETT TAYLOR MEMORIAL LIBRARY
$12,000THE LONGEST TABLE EVENT SPONSOR
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - CITIZENS HOSE COMPANY
$9,000OPERATIONS
HAMMONDSPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES
$8,000COMMUNITY FOUNDATION/KEUKA AREA ENDOWMENT
ALFRED UNIVERITY
$5,000EDUCATION
HAMMONDSPORT JOINT FUND DRIVE
$2,000HEALTHCARE FUND DONATION
KEUKA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION
$2,000HEALTHCARE FUND DONATION
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - BATH
$1,500OPERATIONS
THE ARC OF STEUBEN
$1,200HEALTHCARE FUND DONATION
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - PRATTSBURGH
$1,000OPERATIONS
BAMPAS HOUSE
$1,000GOLF TOURNAMENT SPONSOR
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - KANONA
$1,000OPERATIONS
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - TYRONE
$1,000OPERATIONS
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - WAYNE
$1,000OPERATIONS
REGINALD WOOD MEMORIAL SCOUT HOUSE
$1,000OPERATIONS
KEUKA COLLEGE
$1,000EDUCATION
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - BRADFORD
$1,000OPERATIONS
KEUKA LAKE ASSOCIATION
$1,000OPERATIONS
BOYS SCOUT TROOP 18
$1,000OPERATIONS
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - DUNDEE
$1,000OPERATIONS
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - SAVONA
$1,000OPERATIONS
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - PULTENEY
$1,000OPERATIONS
RICE COUNTY AREA UNITED WAY
$1,000OPERATIONS
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS - AVOCA
$1,000OPERATIONS
HAMMONDSPORT GIRL SCOUTS
$1,000OPERATIONS
HAMMONDSPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
$1,000OPERATIONS
FINGER LAKES SPCA
$500OPERATIONS
BATH AMBULANCE
$500OPERATIONS
NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION
$500OPERATIONS
HAMMONDSPORT LITTLE LEAGUE
$500OPERATIONS
STEUBEN COUNTY YOUTH BUREAU
$500JACK LISI YOUTH AWARD
PULTENEY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE
$500OPERATIONS
LOAVES AND FISHES FOOD PANTRY
$500OPERATIONS
KEUKA SOCCER CLUB
$500OPERATIONS
STEUBEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
$200OPERATIONS
HAMMONDSPORT PTO
$100OPERATIONS
HAMMONDSPORT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
$100OPERATIONS
KEUKA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION
$47,000HEALTHCARE FUND DONATION
GLENN H CURTISS MUSEUM
$25,000MUSEUM BUILDING FUND
ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$14,000COVID RELIEF
ST JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH
$14,000COVID RELIEF
WELLSPRING FELLOWSHIP OF HAMMONDSPORT
$14,000OPERATIONS
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
$14,000COVID RELIEF