New York · Public charity
Clarkson University
CLARKSON UNIVERSITY is an independent, nationally recognized technological university whose faculty of teacher-scholars aspires to offer superior instruction and engage in high-quality research and scholarship in engineering, business, science, health, education, and liberal arts.our primary mission is to educate talented and motivated…
- $103M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $30k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $455M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Clarkson University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $66k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $50k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village of Potsdam | $351,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Potsdam Volunteer Fire Department | $60,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Town of Potsdam | $42,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Clark Scientific | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Joseph Ianni 351 East Orvis LP | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nysarc Inc St Lawrence County Chapter | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
About Clarkson University
- How much does Clarkson University give?
- Clarkson University reported 1 itemized grants totaling $30,000, out of $103,358,128 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Clarkson University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (68%), Public Safety & Disaster (26%), Science & Tech (3%).
- Who are Clarkson University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Village of Potsdam ($351k), Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc ($90k), Potsdam Volunteer Fire Department ($60k).
- Does Clarkson University fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Clarkson University based?
- Clarkson University is based in NY.
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