The Florence M. Muller Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 13-4275798 · since 2005fmmullerfdn.org·Livingston County, Monroe County, Ontario County, Seneca County, Wayne County, Yates County·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$1.2M

Annual giving, 2025 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$1,200 to $50,000

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$15,000

Typical grant (median)

29 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your work is in child well-being, education, health care or environmental conservation, and reaches Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne or Yates, the Foundation is worth approaching.
Its responsive grants cover child well-being, education and health care, while its environmental conservation grants are board-initiated, so an unsolicited conservation request is unlikely to be a responsive route.
About 8 in 10 of its 84 grants to organisations fall between $1,200 and $50,000 and the median is $15,000, so a request in that range is realistic, though its largest grant was about $635,000, so the band is typical rather than a ceiling.
Start with a brief online letter of inquiry or a call to staff, expect a full application only if your programme aligns, and note that it accepts applications on a rolling basis and gives preference to small and mid-sized organisations; because 85% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded before, building a relationship early is sensible.
Do not apply if you are a governmental institution, an individual or a grantmaker, or if you are seeking scholarships, fundraising events, endowments or funds to cover a deficit.

Overview

The Florence M. Muller Foundation is a US private foundation based in Penfield, NY.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Florence M. Muller Foundation strengthens its community and natural environment through grantmaking focused on child well-being, education, health care and environmental conservation. Its responsive grantmaking focuses on child well-being, education and health care; its strategic environmental conservation grants are board-initiated. In child well-being, it supports strategies for disadvantaged young people from prenatal stages to kindergarten entry. In education, it supports disadvantaged youth from kindergarten to 12th grade to graduate prepared for productive futures. Its health care work seeks to reduce inequities, meet underserved communities’ needs and bring care into the community. It awards programme, capital project and general operating grants, with preference given to small and mid-sized organisations.

Themes

Child well-being
K-12 education
Health care
Environmental conservation

Geographic Focus

Livingston; Monroe; Ontario; Seneca; Wayne; Yates.

What They Don't Fund

Governmental institutions
Individuals
Organizations that make grants to others
Lobbying for specific political candidates or legislation
Scholarships
Fundraising events
Endowments
Deficits

How to apply

Organisations start with a brief online letter of inquiry or contact staff to schedule a conversation. If the programme or project aligns with the Foundation’s areas of focus, they are invited to complete a grant application.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 85% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 84 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The Foundation gives preference and priority to small and mid-sized organisations.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.

Grant dollars by state

New York99%

Massachusetts<1%

Ohio<1%

Illinois<1%

North Carolina<1%

District of Columbia<1%

The largest single recipient received 45% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2025, 85% of grant dollars went to organisations The Florence M. Muller Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.

Grants

29 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $15,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 29 grants in tax year 2025 by size

Under $1k7%

$1k–$2.5k3%

$2.5k–$5k7%

$5k–$10k17%

$10k–$25k24%

$25k–$50k31%

$50k–$100k7%

$100k–$250k0%

$250k–$500k0%

$500k–$1M3%

Median $15,000 (tax year 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Finger Lakes Community College Foundation · Muller Field Station Conservation Education and Bunkhouse Capital
$636,7512025 tax year
Holy Childhood · Nurses' Clinic Renovation
$50,0002025 tax year
Finger Lakes Community Action Program · Get Ready to GROW Wayne County
$50,0002025 tax year
Children's Institute · Get Ready to GROW Program
$49,4002025 tax year
CP Rochester · Dental Clinic Program
$45,0002025 tax year
Hope Hall · General Operating
$35,0002025 tax year
Rochester Hearing & Speech · Early Intervention
$34,8932025 tax year
Cancer Support Community at Gilda's Club · Mental Health Supports
$30,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

A Dirk Hightower — Secretary / Director, As Required
Joseph Casion — Director, As Required
John A Thorne — VP / Director, As Required
Edward L Short — Treasurer & Director, As Required
Jean Muller-Rohland — President & Director, As Required

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2023 tax year	$1,179,724	$797,914	$28,695,372	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$1,657,088	$1,325,500	$29,923,029	Filing for 2024 tax year
2025 tax year	$1,549,534	$1,169,899	$32,918,548	Filing for 2025 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.