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Clark-Winchcole Foundation at a glance

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Clark-Winchcole Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.0M
Granted FY2023
290
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Civil Rights$8.9MEducation$6.6MHuman Services$4.9MArts & Culture$4.2MHealth$3.3MHousing & Shelter$2.7MFood & Nutrition$1.4MReligion$1.3MOther$0
02FY2023 · 290 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 290 grants below total $7,630,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $8,020,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $390,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k22 grants · $126k
  • $10k–50k231 grants · $4.8M
  • $50k–250k36 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+1 grant · $350k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$177M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Consortium of Catholic Academies of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.$350,000
D.C. Central Kitchen, Inc.$150,000
Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School of the Archdiocese of Washington$125,000
Arlington Food Assistance Center$100,000
HEROES, Inc.$100,000
National Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc.$100,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts$100,000
The National Theatre Corporation$85,000
Building Bridges Across the River$80,000
Catholic University of America$80,000
Washington DC Police Foundation$75,000
Horton's Kids, Inc.$60,000
Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children$60,000
Arlington Free Clinic, Inc.$55,000
World Central Kitchen Incorporated$50,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$27M · 311 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

311 repeat relationships: 243 still active in FY2023, 68 since wound down; 42 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

311
75

Total granted

$27M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+29%

Still filing today

80%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $806k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON
    3× · 2020–2022 · $650k · revenue +0%
  • TD
    THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $420k · revenue +52%
  • AF
    Arlington Food Assistance Center
    4× · 2020–2023 · $400k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • MS
    MONUMENTAL SCHOLARS FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $300k · revenue -74%
  • DB
    DON BOSCO CRISTO REY HIGHSCHOOL OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • TS
    The Shepherds Table Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $85k · revenue +24%
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.

03Its 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
Capitol Hill Day School

Capitol Hill Day School is a co-educational independent school serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Capitol Hill Day School deeply engages a diverse community of students in connecting the classroom with the larger…

Education
2
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
3
Wonders Early Learning Extended Day

To create and advance high quality, diverse educational communities that teach children the foundations of life-long learning and social responsibility.

—
4
Thrive Dc

Thrive dc works to prevent and end homelessness by providing vulnerable individuals with a comprehensive range of services to help stabilize their lives.

Food & Nutrition
5
The Mclean School of Maryland Inc

Mclean school's small classes and abilities model prepare bright students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, including those with dyslexia, anxiety, and attention issues, for college success.

Education
6
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
7
Dc Policy Center

The mission of the d.c. policy center is to arm decision makers with fact-based, unbiased, and reliable research and analyses to help create a vibrant local economy that can maximize opportunities for residents, workers, and businesses in…

Public Benefit
8
Dc Greens Inc

DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.

Community Improvement
9
Humanities Council of Washington Dc

To enrich the quality of life, foster intellectual stimulation, and promote cross-cultural understanding and appreciation of local history and culture in all neighborhoods of the district through humanities programs and grants.

Philanthropy
10
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
11
Thurgood Marshall Academy

The mission of thurgood marshall academy is to prepare students to succeed in college and to actively engage in our democratic society.

Education
12
Two Rivers Public Charter School Inc

Two rivers mission: to nurture a diverse group of students to become lifelong, active participants in their own education, develop a sense of self and community, and become responsible and compassionate members of society.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Children and Families; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Washington Ear Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

321 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 321 of the 429 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
74
Early backer (in before they grew)
316/321
Grantees still filing
246/321
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Consortium of Catholic Academies of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.: $1,007,000 · OtherConsortium of Catholic Academies of the Archdiocese of W…THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $420,000 · Other+91 more: $10,569,000 · Other+91 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $650,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES…REGINALD S LOURIE CENTER FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $295,000 · Human ServicesREGINALD S LOURIE …St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families: $250,000 · Human ServicesSt Anns Center for…GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $200,000 · Human ServicesBETHESDA CARES INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesHOPKINS HOUSE A CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES: $190,000 · Human ServicesPOTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $160,000 · Human ServicesBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $140,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $135,000 · Human Services+20 more: $1,686,500 · Human Services+20 moreTHE NATIONAL THEATRE FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATION…THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $200,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MOUNT …ARTS FOR THE AGING INC: $130,000 · Arts & CultureARTS FOR T…SITAR ARTS CENTER: $120,000 · Arts & CultureSITAR ARTS…WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $100,000 · Arts & CultureFORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureThe Washington Chorus Inc: $95,000 · Arts & CultureTHE THEATRE LAB INC: $90,000 · Arts & CultureOLNEY THEATRE CORPORATION INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureJOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP: $80,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $900,000 · Arts & Culture+15 moreTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $385,000 · EducationTHE CATHO…WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $190,000 · EducationWASHINGTO…THE FOUNDATION SCHOOLS: $160,000 · EducationTHE FOUND…WASHINGTON COLLEGE: $125,000 · EducationWASHINGTO…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…TRINITY COLLEGE: $110,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationMILITARY BOWL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $100,000 · EducationVA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $94,000 · EducationCOLLEGETRACKS INC: $75,000 · EducationSPARK THE JOURNEY: $75,000 · EducationYouth Leadership Foundation Inc: $75,000 · EducationLive It Learn It: $75,000 · EducationGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $72,000 · Education+4 more: $245,000 · Education+4 moreNATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $250,000 · HealthIDENTITY INC: $170,000 · HealthHEALTHY HUMOR INC: $140,000 · HealthSTROKE COMEBACK CENTER: $130,000 · HealthHOPE CONNECTIONS FOR CANCER SUPPORT INC: $130,000 · HealthHOLY CROSS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · HealthEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $115,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $115,000 · HealthSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $105,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF THE GUEST HOUSE INC: $95,000 · HealthMobile Medical Care Inc: $90,000 · HealthEVERYMIND INC: $80,000 · HealthVirginia Hospital Center Arlington Health System: $75,000 · HealthWOODLEY HOUSE INC: $65,000 · HealthLA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC: $65,000 · Health+1 more: $60,000 · HealthArlington Food Assistance Center: $400,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $200,000 · Food & NutritionNOURISH NOW FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Food & NutritionBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $100,000 · Food & NutritionTHE FATHER MCKENNA CENTER INC: $100,000 · Food & NutritionPoor Roberts Mission: $75,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $75,000 · Food & NutritionCENTRAL UNION MISSION: $140,000 · Housing & ShelterCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $120,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING UNLIMITED INC: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterChrist House: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE WASHINGTON HOUSING CONSERVANCY INC: $90,000 · Housing & ShelterVOLUNTEER LEGAL ADVOCATES: $80,000 · Housing & ShelterFriendship Place: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSE OF RUTH: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterGood Shepherd Housing & Family Services Inc: $60,000 · Housing & ShelterDISTRICT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE HOUSING INC: $55,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$11,996,000Human Services$3,906,500Arts & Culture$2,150,000Education$2,101,000Health$1,910,000Food & Nutrition$1,100,000Housing & Shelter$890,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $650,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $420,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetArlington Food Assistance Center: $400,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $385,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION: $320,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetHEROES Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetREGINALD S LOURIE CENTER FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $295,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NATIONAL THEATRE FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetSt Anns Center for Children Youth and Families: $250,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetNATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $250,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC: $230,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSOME INC: $210,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $200,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $200,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetBETHESDA CARES INC: $200,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetMARY HOUSE INC: $190,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY OF HOPE: $190,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOPKINS HOUSE A CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES: $190,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetWASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $190,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC: $185,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTUDOR PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetIDENTITY INC: $170,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetYELLOW RIBBON FUND INC: $170,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER: $165,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPOTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $160,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION SCHOOLS: $160,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHORTON'S KIDS INC: $160,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetNOURISH NOW FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetHEALTHY HUMOR INC: $140,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $140,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCENTRAL UNION MISSION: $140,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $135,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $135,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWILLIAM WENDT CENTER FOR LOSS AND HEALING: $130,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSTROKE COMEBACK CENTER: $130,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetARTS FOR THE AGING INC: $130,000 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetHOPE CONNECTIONS FOR CANCER SUPPORT INC: $130,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetHOLY CROSS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe House DC: $120,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetSITAR ARTS CENTER: $120,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSO WHAT ELSE INC: $120,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $120,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD INC: $115,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $115,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $115,000 over 4y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Arlington Food Assistance Center ↗
  • Who funds THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONUMENTAL SCHOLARS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HEROES Inc ↗
  • Who funds REGINALD S LOURIE CENTER FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds SOME INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER DC DIAPER BANK ↗
  • Who funds BETHESDA CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds MARY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds HOPKINS HOUSE A CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds ARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds TUDOR PLACE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds IDENTITY INC ↗
  • Who funds YELLOW RIBBON FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds LATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds POTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds HORTON'S KIDS INC ↗

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 Morris and Gwendo…Philip L Graham Fund …United Way of the Nat…Greater Washington Co…Dimick Foundation Joh…John Edward Fowler Me…William S Abell Found…Redskin Foundation In…Nora Roberts Foundati…Clark Charitable Foun…Walter a Bloedorn Fou…World Bank Community …
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC247.6× affinity154 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · United Way of the National Capital Area · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Redskin Foundation Inc George Preston Marshall Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Walter a Bloedorn Foundation · World Bank Community Connections Fund

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.
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Find your warmest path to Clark-Winchcole 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 429 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $8.9M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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