West Virginia · Private foundation
Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $592k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 35
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $169k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 36 | $591k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $505k | 34% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $457k | 51% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $387k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $250k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $159k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $240,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mpt Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Carlow University | $61,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Rainbow of Hope Foundation Inc | $52,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Morgan Arts Council Inc | $50,400 | 2 | 16% |
| Grants in Us-Governments-990 | $31,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Waynesburg University | $26,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $25,639 | 4 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $17,279 | 2 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Technical Institute Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $240,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mpt Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Carlow University | $61,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Rainbow of Hope Foundation Inc | $52,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Morgan Arts Council Inc | $50,400 | 2 | 16% |
| Grants in Us-Governments-990 | $31,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Waynesburg University | $26,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $25,639 | 4 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $17,279 | 2 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Technical Institute Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Messiah University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cacapon Resort State Park Foundation Inc | $8,731 | 3 | 3% |
| Holmes County Home Auxiliary | $8,500 | 2 | 2% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $8,175 | 4 | 0% |
| Kent State University | $5,404 | 1 | n/a |
| Kentucky Welding Institute | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Davis & Elkins College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethany College | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rosedale Technical College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Humane Society of Morgan County Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridgeport High School | $160 | 1 | n/a |
| Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $75 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Ritton Family Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Mary Ann Irvin Schsp · Albert a Christ Scholarship Fund 1403 · Washington County Community Foundation · Scott Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc
- How much does Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc give?
- Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $591,931 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 35 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (87%), Arts & Culture (6%), Health (2%).
- Who are Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: West Virginia University Foundation Inc ($240k), Mpt Foundation Inc ($100k), Carlow University ($62k).
- Does Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ritton Family Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Mary Ann Irvin Schsp.
- Where is Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc based?
- Clark Opportunity Foundation Inc is based in WV.
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