Illinois · Private foundation
Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $6.2M
- Granted FY2020
- 17
- Grants FY2020
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 65%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $152,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $2,352,650
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 8
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 65% of the organizations Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.8M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 17 | $6.2M | 65% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $606k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $2.5M | 29% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $5.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers University Foundation | $1,705,000 | 3 | 1% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $1,098,351 | 1 | 0% |
| Roosevelt University | $1,040,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $350,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scholarship America Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mount Sinai Health System Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Union League Boys and Girls Clubs | $230,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $197,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Compare Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation with peer funders
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About Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation
- How much does Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation give?
- Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $6,201,310 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (55%), Philanthropy (17%), Religion (11%).
- Who are Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Rutgers University Foundation ($1.7M), University of Illinois Foundation ($1.1M), Roosevelt University ($1.0M).
- Does Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Clearing Corporation Charitable 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 Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation based?
- Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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