Froelich Family Foundation
Froelich Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Skaneateles, New York. Its 2025 filing says it provides grants to nonprofit organizations qualified as public charities, with priority given to organizations serving Oklahoma; its primary fields include education, social welfare, and community arts and cultural organizations.
Froelich Family Foundation at a glance
In short: Froelich Family Foundation gave $173K across 24 grants in 2025 (avg $7K), top state New York. 17% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $172,500
- +30.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 24
- +14.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $7,188
- +13.9% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $5,000
- Total assets
- $2,946,917
- +0.2% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 17% first-time grantees (4 of 24, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- New York (39% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Froelich Family Foundation
- How to Apply
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The foundation’s filing says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations. It accepts grant requests by mail in duplicate. Awards are for nonprofit organizations qualified as public charities, with priority given to organizations serving Oklahoma. The filing identifies education, social welfare, and community arts and cultural organizations as primary fields.
- Review Cycle
- Grant proposals can be made at any time, according to the filing.
- Deadline
- Grant proposals can be made at any time, according to the filing.
- Contact
Application contact: Craig A Froelich
Mailing address: 101 West Lake St, Skaneateles, NY 13152
Phone: (405) 517-8831
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Froelich Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was American Red Cross ($25K). Together the top 10 received $118K.
Grant Size Distribution
109 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 109 grants of 109 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation’s filing gives priority to organizations serving Oklahoma. Its 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in multiple states; the largest shares were in New York (39%), Illinois (14%), Washington, DC (14%), Oklahoma (13%), and Tennessee (6%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 24 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Froelich Family Foundation open to new grantees?
17%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 4 of 24 grantees (17%) were first-time recipients. With only 24 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 4 points. First grants averaged $4K; repeat grants $8K. How we count
Medians: $5K first-time, $5K repeat.
- 75% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+15%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 109% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $133K (2024) to $173K (2025). In 2025 it made 24 grants totaling $173K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| American Red Cross Washington, DC | Support of Disaster Relief | $25,000 |
| Joseph's House for Women Syracuse, NY | Support for Pregnant Homeless Women and Their Children. | $25,000 |
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc Gridley, IL | Support of Orphanage Housing in Haiti | $20,000 |
| McMahonryan Child Advocacy Center Syracuse, NY | Support for Abused Children | $10,000 |
| St Judes Childrens' Hospital Memphis, TN | Childhood Cancer Support | $10,000 |
| Interfaith Social Ministries Seminole, OK | Support for Food Bank for Needy | $7,500 |
| American Brain Tumor Association Chicago, IL | Support for Brain Tumors | $5,000 |
| Be the Match Minneapolis, MN | Support for Blood Cancer | $5,000 |
| Diabetes Action Bethesda, MD | Support for Diabetes | $5,000 |
| Elmcrest Childrens Center Syracuse, NY | Support for providing services to children with special needs | $5,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,946,917 | $230,813 | $194,628 | $172,500 | 24 | $172,500 | $158,430 | $157,617 |
| 2024 | $2,941,489 | $146,277 | $163,866 | $132,500 | 21 | $132,500 | $117,395 | $151,875 |
| 2023 | $2,943,171 | $457,494 | $160,449 | $137,500 | 19 | $137,500 | $197,151 | $131,552 |
| 2022 | $2,786,053 | $484,325 | $184,739 | $150,235 | 21 | $150,235 | $159,832 | $135,109 |
| 2021 | $2,542,204 | $335,518 | $174,374 | $147,500 | 24 | $147,500 | $311,880 | $140,278 |
| 2020 | $2,450,779 | $-113,456 | $189,728 | $157,000 | 22 | — | $28,044 | $132,268 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Froelich Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $158K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation’s filing does not state a separate mission. Its stated primary fields are education, social welfare, and community arts and cultural organizations.
Its 2025 grants include support for organizations serving people experiencing homelessness, children, people affected by illness, and people facing hunger. For example, Joseph’s House for Women describes its mission as providing a nurturing home and long-term residential care for pregnant and parenting women facing homelessness. The Food Bank of Central New York says it works to eliminate hunger through food distribution, education, and advocacy. These are grantees’ stated missions, not the foundation’s.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the foundation reported 24 grants totaling $172,500. Grants ranged from $2,500 to $25,000, with a median grant of $5,000.
Notable 2025 grants included $25,000 to American Red Cross for disaster relief and $25,000 to Joseph’s House for Women for pregnant homeless women and their children; $20,000 to Lifesong for Orphans for orphanage housing in Haiti; and $10,000 each to McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center for abused children and St. Jude Children’s Hospital for childhood cancer support. Other listed awards included $7,500 to Interfaith Social Ministries for a food bank and $5,000 each to the Food Bank of Central New York, Elmcrest Children’s Center, and American Brain Tumor Association.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Craig A. Froelich as president, Barbara S. Froelich as secretary, and Jakob S. Froelich and Matthew C. Froelich as directors.
Froelich Family Foundation is led by Craig A. Froelich, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Craig A. Froelich
President
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jakob S. Froelich
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Matthew C. Froelich
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Barbara S. Froelich
Secretary
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Froelich Family Foundation
How much does Froelich Family Foundation give each year?
Froelich Family Foundation gave $173K across 24 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $133K across 21 grants.
What is Froelich Family Foundation's typical grant size?
Froelich Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $5,000, and its average grant was $7,188, across 24 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Froelich Family Foundation that year got $4K on average.
Where does Froelich Family Foundation give grants?
Froelich Family Foundation's top state is New York, with 39% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were Illinois (14%) and District of Columbia (14%). The most frequent recipient cities were Syracuse, NY (8 grants) and Seminole, OK (3 grants).
Does Froelich Family Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 24 grants with a stated purpose on Froelich Family Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.
Who are Froelich Family Foundation's largest grantees?
Froelich Family Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include American Red Cross ($25,000), Joseph's House for Women ($25,000) and Lifesong for Orphans Inc ($20,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 41% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Froelich Family Foundation?
Froelich Family Foundation reported $2.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $173K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $158K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Froelich Family Foundation fund?
The foundation’s filing does not state a separate mission. Its stated primary fields are education, social welfare, and community arts and cultural organizations. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Froelich Family Foundation?
The foundation’s filing says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Froelich Family Foundation's EIN?
Froelich Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-1750161. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 11, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 2, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 17, 2025)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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