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Corky and Carl Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Corky and Carl Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$34k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$222kPhilanthropy$80kArts & Culture$73kEnvironment$20kEducation$18kHuman Services$11kHealth$4kReligion$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$350k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ESCALA INITIATIVE$20,000
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM$6,000
Individual grant recipient$2,629
NEW YORK STAGE & FILM$2,500
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ROME$1,200
CHABAD AT RICE UNIVERSITY$1,000
SHABTAI$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%HELP PERU INC: $520 → 17%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$333k · 12 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
24

Total granted

$333k
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+13%

Still filing today

42%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationOther
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

  • NY
    NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $51k · revenue +1%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    3× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +58%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST
    2× · 2017–2019 · $400 · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $30k
  • BM
    BACHGF - ML DONOR FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • HT
    HEAL THE BAY
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -6%
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.

04Its 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
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
2
Berggruen Institute
Education
3
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
4
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
5
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
6
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
7
The Asia Society

The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.

International
8
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
9
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
10
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
11
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
12
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust; the most unlike its peers is The J Paul Getty Trust. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 41 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ESCALA INITIATIVE INC: $220,000 · InternationalESCALA INITIATIVE INC+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBACHGF - ML DONOR FUND: $25,000 · OtherBACHGF - ML DONOR FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $9,654 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLURIE CHILDREN'S FUND: $6,000 · OtherLURIE CHILDREN'S FUNDMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM: $6,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN MUSEUMIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANI: $5,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $5,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PA: $5,000 · Other+12 more: $14,080 · Other+12 moreNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC: $51,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK STAGE …Fotofest Inc: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $2,800 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $4,425 · Arts & Culture+6 moreFREEDOM FOR ALL INC: $21,106 · PhilanthropyTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $2,000 · PhilanthropyHEAL THE BAY: $20,000 · Environment+1 more: $250 · EnvironmentTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,500 · EducationDALTON SCHOOLS INC: $1,000 · EducationTEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesHELP PERU INC: $520 · Human ServicesSHABTAI INC: $1,000 · Religion
International$221,000Other$111,734Arts & Culture$61,225Philanthropy$23,106Environment$20,250Education$3,500Human Services$1,520Religion$1,000

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 budgetESCALA INITIATIVE INC: $220,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC: $51,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetFREEDOM FOR ALL INC: $21,106 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFotofest Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $2,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL CITY CHORALE: $1,010 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALTON SCHOOLS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELP PERU INC: $520 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $215 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION PROJECTINC: $100 over 1y, 0.8% 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 ESCALA INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM FOR ALL INC ↗
  • Who funds HEAL THE BAY ↗
  • Who funds Fotofest Inc ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST ↗
  • Who funds GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ROMAN CULTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds ANGEL CITY CHORALE ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds DALTON SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds SHABTAI INC ↗
  • Who funds HELP PERU INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST ↗
  • Who funds BLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION PROJECTINC ↗

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.

National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Corky and Carl Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Corky and Carl Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 41 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home