New York · Private foundation
Chiaroscuro Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2018
- 35
- Grants FY2018
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2018
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $159,559
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 46
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 11
- Total assets, FY2018
- $147k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 36% of the organizations Chiaroscuro Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 33 | $1.4M | 36% |
| FY2017 | 46 | $3.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEMM Foundation | $445,500 | 1 | 61% |
| Chiaroscuro Institute Inc | $359,559 | 2 | 62% |
| Sophia Institute | $300,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Perspectives | $175,000 | 2 | 12% |
| John Paul II Center for Women | $160,000 | 2 | 75% |
| The Catholic Guy Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Becket Fund | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dietrich Von Hildebrand Legacy Project | $130,000 | 2 | 14% |
| WYA Foundation Inc dba World Youth Alliance | $115,000 | 2 | 6% |
Show all 32 grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Chiaroscuro Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Considine Family Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Casillas Foundation · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · John Templeton Foundation · Servant Foundation · The 85 Fund · Mercy Works Foundation
How this is measured
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About Chiaroscuro Foundation
- How much does Chiaroscuro Foundation give?
- Chiaroscuro Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $1,607,134 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Chiaroscuro Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Education (21%), Health (20%).
- Who are Chiaroscuro Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: FEMM Foundation ($446k), Chiaroscuro Institute Inc ($360k), Sophia Institute ($300k).
- Does Chiaroscuro Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chiaroscuro 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 Chiaroscuro Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Considine Family Foundation, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc.
- Where is Chiaroscuro Foundation based?
- Chiaroscuro Foundation is based in NY.
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