Utah · Private foundation
C Comstock Clayton Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2022
- 16
- Grants FY2022
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 56% of the organizations C Comstock Clayton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.8M | 56% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $80k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $80k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $141k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Symphony & Opera | $750,000 | 6 | 2% |
| University of Utah | $575,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ballet West | $215,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation | $168,000 | 6 | 10% |
| Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 79% |
| Food for Lane County | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Opera | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Road Home | $35,935 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah Food Bank | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chamber Music Amici | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Symphony & Opera | $750,000 | 6 | 2% |
| University of Utah | $575,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ballet West | $215,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation | $168,000 | 6 | 10% |
| Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 79% |
| Food for Lane County | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Opera | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Road Home | $35,935 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah Food Bank | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chamber Music Amici | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Eugene Opera | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Delgani String Quartet | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($323k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
C Comstock Clayton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About C Comstock Clayton Foundation
- How much does C Comstock Clayton Foundation give?
- C Comstock Clayton Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $1,799,935 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does C Comstock Clayton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), Education (25%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
- Who are C Comstock Clayton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Utah Symphony & Opera ($750k), University of Utah ($575k), Ballet West ($215k).
- Does C Comstock Clayton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does C Comstock Clayton Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as C Comstock Clayton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is C Comstock Clayton Foundation based?
- C Comstock Clayton Foundation is based in UT.
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