Illinois · Private foundation
Clayco Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $312,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Clayco Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $564k 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 | 16 | $1.9M | 56% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.2M | 63% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $2.0M | 64% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $2.1M | 69% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $1.7M | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $1.7M | 13% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1.2M | 25% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $635k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | $3,509,979 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $1,660,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Savannah College of Art and DesignInc | $1,075,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $722,178 | 5 | 66% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $705,000 | 8 | n/a |
| The Netherland-America Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $170,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ace Mentor Program of America Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Clayco Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Chicago Community Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Clayco Foundation
- How much does Clayco Foundation give?
- Clayco Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $1,890,706 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Clayco Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Health (14%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Clayco Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Washington University ($3.5M), University of Chicago ($1.7M), Savannah College of Art and DesignInc ($1.1M).
- Does Clayco Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Clayco Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Clayco Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Clayco Foundation based?
- Clayco Foundation is based in IL.
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