The Gustave A & Geraldine Werner Foundation concentrates almost all of its giving on undergraduate tuition scholarships for public colleges in western New York. Grants are focused and recurrent: the foundation makes repeated, sizable awards to a small set of state colleges rather than a broad array of nonprofits. Though based in Tampa, FL, its philanthropy is clearly targeted to support student financial aid at Buffalo State, SUNY Geneseo, and Fredonia.
Concentrated and repeat-focused: few, relatively large grants directed repeatedly to the same three public colleges (multi-grant relationships focused on tuition scholarships).
The Gustave A & Geraldine Werner Foundation’s clearest pattern is long-running tuition scholarship support for public higher education in western New York. The largest recent grants in the record go to The Buffalo State College, with awards of $25,599 in 2025 and $25,458 in both 2023 and 2024 for tuition scholarships. That same recurring approach appears at Geneseo Foundation and Fredonia College Foundation, where the foundation has funded tuition scholarship support across multiple years rather than making isolated awards. The grant record shows a narrow institutional strategy: repeated support for student financial aid at a small set of SUNY-related recipients, paired with a handful of smaller unrestricted gifts to disability-services and human-services organizations in New York. The foundation’s giving is therefore shaped less by broad issue coverage than by direct financial aid and sustained institutional relationships. Even though the foundation is headquartered in Tampa, its recent philanthropy is directed to recipients in New York, especially public colleges serving undergraduate students.
Undergraduate tuition scholarships are the core of the foundation’s giving. The Buffalo State College received $25,599 in 2025 for tuition scholarship support, while Geneseo Foundation received $17,932 in 2025 for the same purpose. Fredonia College Foundation also appears repeatedly with tuition-scholarship grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, reinforcing the foundation’s steady support for student financial aid at public colleges. Beyond higher education, the foundation makes smaller unrestricted gifts to organizations serving people with disabilities and other local needs in New York. Recent recipients include Al Sigl Center, Medical Motor Services, People Inc, Mary Cariola Childrens Center, ARC Foundation Of Monroe, and Guardianship Committee Of Arc Monroe. Those grants are all $2,500 and are labeled unrestricted donations, which places them outside the scholarship pattern while still remaining geographically concentrated in New York.
Typical grants cluster around two levels: $2,500 at the lower end, and scholarship awards centered at $17,932 to $25,599. The median grant size is $2,500, with the 25th percentile also at $2,500 and the 75th percentile at $17,602, showing a sharp split between many small gifts and a few much larger tuition awards. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off: Buffalo State College, Geneseo Foundation, and Fredonia College Foundation each appear across multiple years. The foundation funds individuals through tuition scholarships and also makes unrestricted organizational gifts. It does not make program-related investments.
$76K
$986K
$11K
$80K
Most grants fall between $3K and $18K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$18K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: The Buffalo State College, Geneseo Foundation (SUNY Geneseo), Fredonia College Foundation (SUNY Fredonia)
All recent grants in the record go to U.S. recipients, with New York as the top state by grant count. The strongest city-level pattern is in western New York: Buffalo, Geneseo, and Fredonia appear as recurring scholarship locations. Smaller unrestricted gifts also cluster in Rochester and Williamsville. No recent grants in the provided data go to recipients in Florida, despite the foundation’s Tampa headquarters.
It most often funds undergraduate tuition scholarships for public colleges in western New York. The recent record centers on Buffalo State College, Geneseo Foundation, and Fredonia College Foundation, with repeated awards across 2023 through 2025.
The median grant size is $2,500, and the 25th percentile is also $2,500. Larger scholarship awards reach the $17,932 to $25,599 range, which creates a two-tier pattern of small unrestricted gifts and larger tuition-support grants.
Yes. Buffalo State College appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Geneseo Foundation appears in all three years as well; and Fredonia College Foundation also receives repeated annual tuition-scholarship support. Several smaller New York organizations recur across multiple years too.
The smaller grants are unrestricted donations to New York organizations such as Al Sigl Center, Medical Motor Services, People Inc, Mary Cariola Childrens Center, ARC Foundation Of Monroe, and Guardianship Committee Of Arc Monroe. Those awards are all $2,500.
Recent grants are entirely U.S.-based, and New York is the top state by grant count. Recipients are concentrated in Buffalo, Geneseo, Fredonia, Rochester, and Williamsville, with no recent grants shown for Florida recipients.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Buffalo State College | Buffalo, NY | $25,599 | 2026 | Tuition Scholarship |
| Geneseo Foundation | Geneseo, NY | $18,070 | 2026 | TuitionScholarship |
| Fredonia College Foundation | Fredonia, NY | $17,670 | 2026 | TuitionScholarship |
| Medical Motor Services | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2026 | Unrestricted Donation |
| ARC Foundation Of MONROE | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2026 | UnrestrictedDonation |
| People Inc | Williamsville, NY | $2,500 | 2026 | UnrestrictedDonation |
| Guardianship Committee Of Arc Monroe | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2026 | UnrestrictedDonation |
| Al Sigl Center | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2026 | Unrestricted Donation |
| Mary Cariola Childrens Center | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2026 | Unrestricted Donation |
| The Buffalo State College | Buffalo, NY | $25,599 | 2025 | Tuition Scholarship |
| Geneseo Foundation | Geneseo, NY | $17,932 | 2025 | TuitionScholarship |
| Fredonia College Foundation | Fredonia, NY | $17,662 | 2025 | TuitionScholarship |
| Medical Motor Services | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | Unrestricted Donation |
| Mary Cariola Childrens Center | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | Unrestricted Donation |
| Al Sigl Center | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | Unrestricted Donation |
| ARC Foundation Of MONROE | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | UnrestrictedDonation |
| People Inc | Williamsville, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | UnrestrictedDonation |
| Guardianship Committee Of Arc Monroe | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | UnrestrictedDonation |
| The Buffalo State College | Buffalo, NY | $25,458 | 2024 | Tuition Scholarship |
| Geneseo Foundation | Geneseo, NY | $17,932 | 2024 | TuitionScholarship |
| Fredonia College Foundation | Fredonia, NY | $17,542 | 2024 | TuitionScholarship |
| Al Sigl Center | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2024 | Unrestricted Donation |
| ARC Foundation Of MONROE | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2024 | UnrestrictedDonation |
| Guardianship Committee Of Arc Monroe | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2024 | UnrestrictedDonation |
| People Inc | Williamsville, NY | $2,500 | 2024 | UnrestrictedDonation |
| Mary Cariola Childrens Center | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2024 | Unrestricted Donation |
| Medical Motor Services | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2024 | Unrestricted Donation |
| The Buffalo State College | Buffalo, NY | $25,458 | 2023 | Tuition Scholarship |
| Geneseo Foundation | Geneseo, NY | $17,932 | 2023 | TuitionScholarship |
| Fredonia College Foundation | Fredonia, NY | $17,534 | 2023 | TuitionScholarship |
| Medical Motor Services | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | Unrestricted Donation |
| Mary Cariola Childrens Center | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | Unrestricted Donation |
| Guardianship Committee Of Arc Monroe | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | UnrestrictedDonation |
| People Inc | Williamsville, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | UnrestrictedDonation |
| Al Sigl Center | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | Unrestricted Donation |
| ARC Foundation Of MONROE | Rochester, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | UnrestrictedDonation |
The Buffalo State College
$25,599Tuition Scholarship
Fredonia College Foundation
$17,670TuitionScholarship
Medical Motor Services
$2,500Unrestricted Donation
ARC Foundation Of MONROE
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation
People Inc
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation
Guardianship Committee Of Arc Monroe
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation
Al Sigl Center
$2,500Unrestricted Donation
The Buffalo State College
$25,599Tuition Scholarship
Fredonia College Foundation
$17,662TuitionScholarship
Medical Motor Services
$2,500Unrestricted Donation
Al Sigl Center
$2,500Unrestricted Donation
ARC Foundation Of MONROE
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation
People Inc
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation
Guardianship Committee Of Arc Monroe
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation
The Buffalo State College
$25,458Tuition Scholarship
Fredonia College Foundation
$17,542TuitionScholarship
Al Sigl Center
$2,500Unrestricted Donation
ARC Foundation Of MONROE
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation
Guardianship Committee Of Arc Monroe
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation
People Inc
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation
The Buffalo State College
$25,458Tuition Scholarship
Fredonia College Foundation
$17,534TuitionScholarship
Guardianship Committee Of Arc Monroe
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation
People Inc
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation
Al Sigl Center
$2,500Unrestricted Donation
ARC Foundation Of MONROE
$2,500UnrestrictedDonation