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Clark Gillies Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$602k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$75k
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 2024.

Health$2.5MEducation$235kArts & Culture$123kHuman Services$89kPhilanthropy$80kScience & Tech$50kYouth Development$50kFood & Nutrition$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $167k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $404k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$641k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MORGAN CENTER$75,000
AMERICAN EMERGENT CURRICULUM$68,700
THE FERRO FOUNDATION$60,000
HIGH BRIDGE VOICES$50,000
THE COOL KIDS FOUNDATION$50,000
CHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOL$50,000
THE MICHELLE PATERNOSTER FOUNDATION$50,000
POP EARTH$27,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
LICADD$25,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$20,000
FERRANDINO & SONS FOUNDATION$10,000
LADLES OF HOPE$10,000
NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $596k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WINTHROP CHARITIES: $10k → 16%AMPLO FAMILY FOUNDATION: $114k → 7%AMPLO FAMILY FOUNDATION: $7k → 7%SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $10k → 6%SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $10k → 6%THE MORGAN CENTER: $50k → 7%FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE: $20k → 7%THE MORGAN CENTER: $100k → 7%THE MORGAN CENTER: $75k → 7%THE MORGAN CENTER: $50k → 7%THE MORGAN CENTER: $50k → 7%THE MORGAN CENTER: $50k → 7%THE MORGAN CENTER: $50k → 7%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.
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 15 repeat orgs$391k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
27

Total granted

$2.9M
$192k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+31%

Still filing today

67%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $199k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyPublic BenefitArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TM
    THE MORGAN CENTER
    7× · 2017–2024 · $425k · revenue +26%
  • MP
    MICHELLE PATERNOSTER FOUNDATION FOR SARCOMA RESEARCH INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $185k · revenue +52% · 60% of their budget
  • PE
    POP EARTH CORPORATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $88k · revenue +65% · 27% of their budget

Funded once

  • CS
    COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +12%
  • ML
    MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +31%
  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +14%
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
Michael Magro Foundation Inc

To reduce the financial hardship of families of children diagnosed with cancer and/or blood disorders and help those children through the treatment and after treatment phase of their illness.

Philanthropy
2
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
3
Matthew Larson Foundation for Pediatric

See mission statement belowto raise the awarness and funds necessary to overcome pediatric brain tumors and to help the children and families affected by them

Philanthropy
4
New York Life Foundation
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5
Candle in the Darkness Foundation Inc

Helping families with sick children.

Health
6
Michelle's Foundation Inc
Education
7
Charity for Children Inc

Charity for children, inc. provides support to children in central new york suffering from childhood disorders, diseases and disabilities. such support is offered in the form of medical insurance reimbursement assistance, transportation…

Human Services
8
Foundation for Research of the New York Academy of Osteopathy Inc
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9
The Mccarton Foundation for Developmental Disabilities Inc

Mccarton foundation is a nonprofit organiztion on a mission to change the course of lives by bringing exceptional treatment and services to children with autism living in underserved communities.

Education
10
Northwell Health Cancer Institute Inc

Northwell health cancer institute is part of northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
11
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
12
The Mollylou Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is With Arms Wide Open Inc; the most unlike its peers is Michael W McCarthy 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

28 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. 28 of the 53 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL: $1,552,500 · OtherHUNTINGTON HOSPITALCHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOL: $75,000 · OtherAMERICAN EMERGENT CURRICULUM INC: $68,700 · Other+30 more: $285,972 · Other+30 moreTHE MORGAN CENTER: $425,000 · Human ServicesTHE MORGAN CENTERAMPLO FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $120,500 · Human ServicesAMPLO FAMILY FOUNDAT…FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesSCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $20,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesMICHELLE PATERNOSTER FOUNDATION FOR SARCOMA RESEARCH INC: $185,000 · HealthMICHELLE PA…POP EARTH CORPORATION: $88,000 · HealthPOP EARTH C…NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthNORTHWELL H…+4 more: $16,062 · HealthTHE FERRO FOUNDATION INC: $85,155 · PhilanthropyTHE CARLEIGH MAC FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyLONG ISLAND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $4,000 · PhilanthropyHIGHBRIDGE VOICES CORPORATION: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY: $50,000 · Science & TechLADLES OF HOPE INC: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,982,172Human Services$595,500Health$319,062Philanthropy$189,155Youth Development$100,000Science & Tech$50,000Food & Nutrition$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MORGAN CENTER: $425,000 over 7y, 23% of budgetMICHELLE PATERNOSTER FOUNDATION FOR SARCOMA RESEARCH INC: $185,000 over 7y, 60% of budgetAMPLO FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $120,500 over 2y, 82% of budgetHIGHBRIDGE VOICES CORPORATION: $100,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetPOP EARTH CORPORATION: $88,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetTHE FERRO FOUNDATION INC: $85,155 over 3y, 25% of budgetAMERICAN EMERGENT CURRICULUM INC: $68,700 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE CARLEIGH MAC FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetCOLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLADLES OF HOPE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetLONG ISLAND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetWINTHROP CHARITIES TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetLimb Kind Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNASSAU SUFFOLK SERVICES FOR THE AUTISTIC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ministry for Hope Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMichael W McCarthy Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMINISTRY OF HOPE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWITH ARMS WIDE OPEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC: $562 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE NEW YORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Unsung Siblings Found…The Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Unsung Siblings Foundation IncNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Unsung Siblings Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Clark Gillies Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clark Gillies Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Clark Gillies Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Clark Gillies 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 53 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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