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Clara Elizabeth Jackson Carter Foundation at a glance

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Clara Elizabeth Jackson Carter Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$192k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$573kArts & Culture$416kHealth$214kHuman Services$185kCivil Rights$117kYouth Development$105kCommunity Improvement$85kPhilanthropy$52kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $92k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$41,900
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$50,000
YOUTHBUILD NEWARK$50,000
FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES$41,900
SHAUN FOUNDATION FOR GIRLS$30,000
INVESTED FAITH$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%HEALTH TO HEART CHILDCARE NETWORK INC: $30k → 20%EVOLUTIONARY ARTS LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 15%CRISPUS ATTUCKS CHILDRENS CENTER: $30k → 16%THE CURRENT PROJECT: $25k → 17%DREAMHAUS: $40k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
MS
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

21%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$426k · 4 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
46

Total granted

$426k
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+5%

Still filing today

100%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $192k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RS
    RESILIENT SISTERHOOD PROJECT INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $125k · revenue +325%
  • NC
    NORTHSIDE CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $111k · revenue +29%
  • TE
    THE ELLINGTON FUND
    2× · 2017–2019 · $100k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • IA
    Indigo Arts Alliancegraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $75k · revenue +329%
  • BM
    BLACK MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Black Literacy and Arts Collaborative Project
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2
Black Music Entrepreneurship Incubator

Musical Education and Training

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3
Artnoir Inc

ARTNOIR is a global collective and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to celebrate and highlight the work of creatives of color from around the world while catalyzing cultural equity across the arts and culture industries.…

Arts & Culture
4
Harlem Arts Foundation

The Harlem Art''s Foundation''s Mission Is To Showcase And Preserve Harlem''s Tradition Of Rich Culture And Community By Working With Our Local Partners To Strategically Shape The Physical And Social Opportunities Of Our Neighborhood…

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5
Arts & Education Continuum Inc

To support all aspects of the performing and visual arts. our vision is to preserve, promote and perpetuate the music which is indigenous to north america: blues, jazz, gospel and all genres which derive from our african american heritage.

Arts & Culture
6
Harlem Film House

Harlem Film House provides access and opportunity for creative entrepreneurs and independent storytellers by producing programs platforms and events that support artistic development audience engagement and career growth Through film media…

Arts & Culture
7
The Studio Museum in Harlem

The studio museum in harlem is a contemporary art museum that focuses on the work of artists of african descent - as well as work that has been inspired and influenced by african culture - past and present; through its exhibitions,…

Arts & Culture
8
People of Color Psychedelic Collective Inc

Advancing psychedelic education

Education
9
International Cultural Arts Network
Arts & Culture
10
Black Girls Rock Inc

To inspire inner city children

Human Services
11
Studio Afri-Culture Inc

Establish an annual six week student summer workshop program from the middle of june to the end of july for secondary and university levelstudent to study afri centric themes in architectural design

Education
12
Connecting Through the Arts and Edu
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Art Active Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alcorn State University Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
21/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ELLINGTON FUND: $100,000 · OtherTHE ELLINGTON FUNDBLACK MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherBLACK MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT ROOSEVELT UNIV…Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHOPE AND A HOME: $50,000 · OtherHOPE AND A HOMEIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GLOBAL CAMPUS: $45,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND- DRISKELL CENTER: $42,500 · OtherROD RODGERS DANCE COMPANY INC: $40,000 · OtherPATHWAYS TO COLLEGE: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherLA ON CLOUD9: $35,000 · OtherAFRO CHARITIES INC: $31,725 · OtherCHANGING WORLDS: $32,450 · Other+12 more: $237,500 · Other+12 moreNORTHSIDE CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $110,500 · EducationNORTHSIDE CENTER FOR …VISIBLE MEN ACADEMY INC: $90,000 · EducationVISIBLE MEN ACADEMY I…ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationALCORN STATE UNIVERSI…THE COVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $40,000 · EducationTHE COVENANT PREPARAT…THE NATIONAL URBAN TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC: $37,500 · EducationTHE NATIONAL URBAN TE…THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROJECT INC: $30,000 · EducationTHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S PR…EVERYBLACKGIRL INC: $27,500 · EducationEVERYBLACKGIRL INCGAMMA XI BOULE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationIndigo Arts Alliance: $75,000 · Arts & CultureIndigo Arts All…HAMMONDS HOUSE MUSEUM INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureHAMMONDS HOUSE …RUSH PHILANTHROPIC ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureRUSH PHILANTHRO…ART ACTIVE INC: $32,000 · Arts & CultureART ACTIVE INCKENKELEBA HOUSE INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureKENKELEBA HOUSE…ROMARE BEARDEN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureROMARE BEARDEN …DIASPORA VIBE CULTURAL ARTS INCUBATOR: $25,000 · Arts & CultureDIASPORA VIBE C…CAKECUTTER INSTITUTE: $18,750 · Arts & CultureCAKECUTTER INST…CAN FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Arts & CultureRESILIENT SISTERHOOD PROJECT INC: $125,000 · HealthRESILIENT…PEEL DEM LAYERS BACK: $46,500 · HealthPEEL DEM …DREAM HAUS INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE CRISPUS ATTUCKS CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesHEALTH TO HEART CHILDCARE NETWORK INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesCURRENT PROJECT: $25,000 · Human ServicesEVOLUTIONARY ARTS LIFE FOUNDATIONS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesYouthBuild Newark Inc: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentSHAUN FOUNDATION FOR GIRLS: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentSAVE A GIRL SAVE A WORLD: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentFISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES INC: $41,900 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $41,000 · Community Improvement
Other$874,175Education$400,500Arts & Culture$288,250Health$171,500Human Services$150,000Youth Development$105,000Community Improvement$82,900

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTHSIDE CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $110,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ELLINGTON FUND: $100,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetVISIBLE MEN ACADEMY INC: $90,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetIndigo Arts Alliance: $75,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetYouthBuild Newark Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHOPE AND A HOME: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPEEL DEM LAYERS BACK: $46,500 over 1y, 27% of budgetFISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES INC: $41,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $41,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROD RODGERS DANCE COMPANY INC: $40,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetDREAM HAUS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetTHE COVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $40,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE NATIONAL URBAN TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC: $37,500 over 1y, 15% of budgetHAMMONDS HOUSE MUSEUM INC: $35,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetCHANGING WORLDS: $32,450 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetART ACTIVE INC: $32,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetAFRO CHARITIES INC: $31,725 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CRISPUS ATTUCKS CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSHAUN FOUNDATION FOR GIRLS: $30,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetKENKELEBA HOUSE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROJECT INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetEVERYBLACKGIRL INC: $27,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCURRENT PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetSAVE A GIRL SAVE A WORLD: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetROMARE BEARDEN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetDIASPORA VIBE CULTURAL ARTS INCUBATOR: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSASSAFRAS EARTH EDUCATION INC: $22,500 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetINVESTED FAITH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCAKECUTTER INSTITUTE: $18,750 over 1y, 14% of budgetINSTITUTE OF THE BLACK WORLD 21ST CENTURY: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetGAMMA XI BOULE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCAN FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetPROJECT ONWARD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Andy Warhol Found…The Andrew W Mellon F…Tides FoundationBoston Foundation IncThe Ayco Charitable F…Local Initiatives Sup…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts IncNY13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Tides Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Clara Elizabeth Jackson Carter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clara Elizabeth Jackson Carter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 27%
  • The Young People's Project Inc: 39% of income from government
  • YouthBuild Newark Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Sassafras Earth Education Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Clara Elizabeth Jackson Carter Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 55 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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