Massachusetts · Private foundation
Clark Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $262k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Clark Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $237k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $230k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $177k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $206k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $172k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $200k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $189k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $182k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judicial Watch Inc | $140,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of the Cumberlands Inc | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Council of Trustees and Alumni | $115,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Humane Farming Association | $107,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Revelsinc | $105,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Exotic Feline Rescue Center | $105,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Nebraska Brass Band Inc | $70,000 | 6 | 64% |
| Accessportsamerica Inc | $57,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Pierre Monteux Memorial Foundation | $55,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Friends of Thai Daughters Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 3% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($150k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Clark Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 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: The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Clark Charitable Trust
- How much does Clark Charitable Trust give?
- Clark Charitable Trust reported 18 grants totaling $262,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Clark Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Animals (24%), Education (20%).
- Who are Clark Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Judicial Watch Inc ($140k), University of the Cumberlands Inc ($120k), American Council of Trustees and Alumni ($115k).
- Does Clark Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Clark Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Clark Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is Clark Charitable Trust based?
- Clark Charitable Trust is based in MA.
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