This small local trust concentrates its giving on core community institutions in and around Old Forge, NY, providing unrestricted operational support to faith-based organizations, elderly/homecare services, and local cemetery upkeep. Grants are typically repeat awards to a handful of familiar recipients, suggesting an emphasis on sustaining basic community infrastructure rather than project-based or wide-ranging philanthropy. The foundation’s pattern indicates a priority on neighborhood stability and care services for residents of the Central Adirondacks.
Concentrated, locally focused giving with repeated mid-sized operational grants to a small set of longstanding grantees rather than broad, one‑off awards.
A repeated pattern of operational support to the same three Old Forge institutions defines Residuary Trust Uw Mildred P Wark. Across 2023 to 2025, the trust backed Niccolls Memorial Church, Home Aide Service of Central Adk, and the Old Forge Cemetery Association, indicating a focus on keeping essential local services functioning rather than funding discrete projects. The largest recent grant in the data was $33,600 to Niccolls Memorial Church in 2023, followed by $33,000 in 2025 and $31,200 in 2024 to the same organization, showing a multi-year relationship with that congregation. The other recurring awards went to home-based eldercare and cemetery upkeep, both of which point to practical community infrastructure in Old Forge and the Central Adirondacks. Every listed grant in the recent sample went to a recipient in New York, and the trust’s giving is described as local. The result is a compact grantmaking profile centered on a small set of neighborhood institutions that serve residents’ daily needs and local stewardship responsibilities.
The trust’s clearest cause-area pattern is operational support for faith-based organizations. Niccolls Memorial Church received $33,600 in 2023, $31,200 in 2024, and $33,000 in 2025, all for operational support. A second area is eldercare and in-home assistance: Home Aide Service of Central Adk received $11,200 in 2023 and $10,400 in 2024, also for operational support. The third area is cemetery maintenance and local stewardship. Old Forge Cemetery Association received $11,200 in 2023, $10,400 in 2024, and $11,000 in 2025. Taken together, these grants show support for ongoing administrative and program delivery needs in small community institutions.
Typical grant size is small and clustered: p25 is $11,000, median is $11,200, and p75 is $31,200. The recent grants list shows repeated awards to the same recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025, so this is not a one-off pattern. Grants are unrestricted in purpose as described by the operational support language, and the trust is a local foundation rather than one making program-related investments or individual grants. The 990 data on file is for 2025.
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$85K
Most grants fall between $11K and $31K, with a median of $11K.
25th Percentile
$11K
Median
$11K
75th Percentile
$31K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: Niccolls Memorial Church, Home Aide Service of Central ADK, Old Forge Cemetery Association
All listed recent grants went to recipients in the US, and every grant in the sample was awarded in New York. The recipient city shown throughout is Old Forge, including Niccolls Memorial Church, Home Aide Service of Central Adk, and Old Forge Cemetery Association. The foundation’s giving is therefore tightly concentrated in its local area, with 100% of grants in the HQ state as well as the top giving state.
The trust supports a small set of local institutions in Old Forge, New York. Recent grants went to a church, a home-aide service organization, and a cemetery association, all described as operational support. That pattern points to funding for ongoing community infrastructure, eldercare, and local stewardship.
Typical awards are modest but vary by recipient. The distribution in the data shows p25 at $11,000, median at $11,200, and p75 at $31,200. Recent grants range from $10,400 to $33,600.
Yes. The recent grants list shows repeated awards over multiple years to the same organizations. One recipient appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and two others also received multiple awards across consecutive years.
Its giving is highly local. Every listed recent grant went to a recipient in New York, and the recipient city shown in the grants data is Old Forge. The geographic scope of giving is listed as local.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICCOLLS MEMORIAL CHURCH | OLD FORGE, NY | $33,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
| HOME AIDE SERVICE OF CENTRAL ADK | OLD FORGE, NY | $11,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
| OLD FORGE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION | OLD FORGE, NY | $11,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
| NICCOLLS MEMORIAL CHURCH | OLD FORGE, NY | $31,200 | 2024 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
| HOME AIDE SERVICE OF CENTRAL ADK | OLD FORGE, NY | $10,400 | 2024 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
| OLD FORGE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION | OLD FORGE, NY | $10,400 | 2024 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
| NICCOLLS MEMORIAL CHURCH | OLD FORGE, NY | $33,600 | 2023 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
| OLD FORGE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION | OLD FORGE, NY | $11,200 | 2023 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
| HOME AIDE SERVICE OF CENTRAL ADK | OLD FORGE, NY | $11,200 | 2023 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
NICCOLLS MEMORIAL CHURCH
$33,000OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
HOME AIDE SERVICE OF CENTRAL ADK
$11,000OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
OLD FORGE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
$11,000OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
NICCOLLS MEMORIAL CHURCH
$31,200OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
HOME AIDE SERVICE OF CENTRAL ADK
$10,400OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
OLD FORGE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
$10,400OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
NICCOLLS MEMORIAL CHURCH
$33,600OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
OLD FORGE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
$11,200OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
HOME AIDE SERVICE OF CENTRAL ADK
$11,200OPERATIONAL SUPPORT