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Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
110
Grants FY2024
113
Organizations funded FY2023
8%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
99 to 135
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$58M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $199k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureHealthEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving110$2.6M7%
FY2023113$2.8M8%
FY2022118$3.1M5%
FY2021135$2.5M37%
FY2020112$1.7M26%
FY2019108$2.6M26%
FY201899$1.8M28%
FY2017103$1.8Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$6.5MAnimals$4.3MHuman Services$2.4MYouth Development$805kEducation$756kHousing & Shelter$582kHealth$515kArts & Culture$503kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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ID
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WY
PA
CA
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CO
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Earthjustice$520,00080%
Jefferson Land Trust$410,00085%
Stafford Animal Shelter$393,500715%
American Prairie Foundation$370,00080%
Snake River Animal Shelter Inc$360,000815%
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka PAWS$330,00071%
Teton Regional Land Trust Inc$320,00066%
Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust Inc$292,00058%
West Yellowstone Foundation$260,000811%
The Trust for Public Land$260,00060%
St Anne's Center$260,00072%
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$255,00081%
Climb Dba Climb Wyoming$235,00081%
Paws - Providing Animal Welfare Services$230,00076%
Tautphaus Park Zoological SocietyInc$218,000823%
Mountain Home Montana Inc$215,00067%
The Vital Ground Foundation Inc$210,00081%
Blackfoot Challenge Inc$206,00083%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$205,00040%
Montana Conservation Corps Inc$205,00070%
Ycc Family Crisis Center$205,00071%
Animal Adoption Center Inc$200,00085%
Museum of Idaho$196,00083%
Heart of the Valley Inc$195,00082%
Henrys Fork Foundation Inc$185,00082%
Olympic Peninsula Young Mens Christian Assn$182,50042%
Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc$180,00072%
National Parks Conservation Association$170,00070%
Humane Society of Utah$170,00080%
Gallatin Valley Land Trust$157,50072%
Intermountain Therapy Animals$155,00085%
Wildearth Guardians$155,00071%
Yellowstone to Yukon$155,00080%
Western Watersheds Projects Inc$150,00072%
South Valley Sanctuary Inc$140,00072%
Thrive Inc$140,00062%
Grand Teton National Park Foundation$140,00070%
Friends of the Teton River Inc$140,00045%
Center Valley Animal Rescue$139,70084%
All About the Animals Coalition Inc$135,000311%
Western Environmental Law Center$130,00061%
Boise Rescue Mission$130,0007n/a
Haven$125,00061%
Smithsonian Institution$125,00070%
Wasatch Adaptive Sports Inc$122,50082%
Utah Animal Adoption Center$115,000818%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$110,00050%
Best Friends Animal Society$110,00040%
Centennial Valley Association Inc$110,000810%
Salt Lake Community College Foundation$110,00041%
Kitsap Humane Society$105,00070%
Youth Futures$100,00041%
Grizzly Discovery Center Inc$100,00022%
Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Inc$95,00051%
Jannus Inc$95,00040%
National Wildlife Federation$95,00040%
Ability Found Corporation$90,00071%
Clark Fork Coalition$88,00041%
Palouse Land Trust Inc$85,00044%
Dove House Advocacy Services$85,00052%
Eagle Mount$85,00061%
Summit Land Conservancy$85,00050%
People and Carnivores Inc$81,00054%
Ecology Project International$80,00061%
Sierra Club Foundation$80,00040%
Alliance House Inc$80,00081%
YWCA Missoula$78,00050%
Idaho Zoological Society Inc$77,50071%
Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley Dba Mountain Humane$75,00051%
Child Bridge Inc$75,00051%
Northwest Maritime Center$75,00021%
Montana Audubon$75,00051%
Wyoming Wilderness Association$70,00066%
Advocates for the West Inc$70,00041%
Needs Beyond Medicine$70,000419%
Grand Staircase - Escalante Partners Inc$70,00043%
Prickly Pear Land Trust$65,00032%
Utah Health & Human Rights Project$65,00042%
Teton Raptor Center$62,00031%
Fight Against Domestic Violence$60,00053%
Assistance League of Southern Utah$60,000612%
Property and Environment Research Center$60,00040%
Glocal$60,0004n/a
Wyakin Warrior Foundation Inc$55,00033%
Poverello Center Inc$55,00030%
The Aska's Animals Foundation Inc$55,000212%
NAMI National$55,00040%
Learning Lab Inc$55,00033%
Florence Crittenton Home and Services$50,00040%
Home Resource Inc$50,00042%
Youth Homes$47,50060%
Montana Wilderness School$45,00023%
Junior Achievement of Utah & Idaho$45,00041%
Code Girls United$45,00034%
Greater Ogden Community Nature Ctr$45,00043%
National Forest Foundation$45,00020%
Missoula Interfaith Collaborative$45,00041%
Montana Food Bank Network Inc$42,00050%
Wasatch Community Gardens$40,00041%
Children's Service Society of Utah$40,00041%
Montana Wilderness Association$40,00040%
Gallatin Valley Young Mens Christian Association Inc$40,00031%
The Earthfire Institute Inc$40,00043%
Hopa Mountain Inc$40,00041%
Bozeman Library Friends and Foundation$37,50041%
Canines With a Cause$35,00043%
Montana State University Foundation Inc$35,00020%
Kids on the Move Inc$32,50040%
Wilderness Watch Inc$30,00032%
Friends of Tracy Aviary$30,00060%
Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming$28,00030%
Bozeman Art Museum$27,50025%
Help Center Inc$27,50022%
Utah Wildlife Federation$27,0002n/a
Whitefish Legacy Partners Inc$25,00015%
Grand Teton Association$25,00011%
American Rivers Inc$25,00020%
Little Ranger Learning Center$25,00034%
Teton County Library Foundation & Friends$25,00023%
Community Animal Welfare Society -$25,00024%
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance$25,00013%
Young Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah$25,00040%
National Outdoor Leadership School$25,00020%
Community Resource Center of Teton Valley$25,00024%
Center Pole$25,00020%
Teller Wildlife Refuge Inc$24,00041%
Young Parents' Education Center$20,00026%
Aid for Friends Inc$20,00014%
Lander Pet Connection Inc$20,000210%
Missoula Area Agency on Aging Inc$20,00020%
Bridgerland Technical College$20,0001n/a
Wyoming Natural Resource Foundation$20,000124%
Special Olympics Utah Inc$20,00011%
Young Women's Christian Association of Utah$20,00030%
The Christmas Box International$20,00021%
Union Gospel Mission of Missoula$20,00021%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah$19,00020%
The Inn Between$17,00021%
K9 Care Montana Inc$15,00019%
Domestic Abuse Recovery Solutions Inc$15,0002n/a
Flathead Land Trust$15,00021%
The Wilderness Society$15,00010%
Montana Freshwater Partners Inc$15,00013%
Garden City Harvest Inc$15,00030%
Centrum Foundation$15,00010%
Alliance for Youth Inc$15,00012%
Good Samaritan Ministries & Thrift Store$15,00011%
Inland Northwest Land Trust$15,00010%
Summit Independent Living Center$15,00010%
Dog Tag Buddies Inc$15,00013%
Idaho STEM Action Center Foundation Incorporated$15,00021%
Dress for Success Billings Inc$12,00025%
Color Country Animal Welfare$11,00032%
Humane Society of Jefferson County$10,00014%
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates$10,00025%
Madison River Foundation$10,00013%
Ohara Commons and Sustainability Center Inc$10,0002n/a
The Montana Land Reliance$10,0001n/a
The Traveling School$10,00012%
Humane Society Lake County Area Inc$10,00012%
Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley$10,00013%
Pet Partners$10,00010%
Bridgercare$10,00010%
Sobriety Foundation$10,00021%
Hutchings Museum$10,00012%
Utah Wild Sheep Foundation$10,00011%
Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary$9,00011%
St Francis Animal Shelter Inc$8,00013%
The Family Place Utah Formerly Known as Child & Family Support Center of Cache$8,00010%
Grow Wild Inc$7,75023%
Animeals$7,50012%
Youth World Education Project Inc$7,5001n/a
Growing Gardens of Boulder County$7,50011%
Wilderness Science Education Inc$7,500114%
Selkirk Conservation Alliance$7,00014%
Future West Inc$5,00012%
Montana FFA Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Disability in Uinta County$5,00014%
Gallatin Valley Farm to School$5,00012%
Friends of the Coalition Fka Food & Care Coalition of Utah Valley$5,00010%
The Fellowship Center$5,00012%
The Road Home$5,00010%
Great Falls Public Library Foundation$5,00011%
Friends Forever Mentoring$5,0001n/a
Lemhi Regional Land Trust$5,00010%
Hipeexnu Kii U Nuun Wisiix$5,0001n/a
Flathead Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Futureindesign Inc$5,00010%
Adopt-A-Native Elder$5,00010%
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art$5,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Weber-Davis$5,00010%
Operation Warm Inc$5,00010%
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center$5,00010%
Buffalo Field Campaign Inc$5,00011%
Utah Pet Partners$3,00012%
Shepherds Inn Corporation$2,5001n/a
Yes Youth Empowerment Services$2,50012%
Center for Restorative Youth Justice$2,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 63 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEarthjustice: $520,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJefferson Land Trust: $410,000 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetStafford Animal Shelter: $393,500 over 7y, 15% of budgetAmerican Prairie Foundation: $370,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSnake River Animal Shelter Inc: $360,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetProgressive Animal Welfare Society aka PAWS: $330,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetTeton Regional Land Trust Inc: $320,000 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetSagebrush Steppe Land Trust Inc: $292,000 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetWest Yellowstone Foundation: $260,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $260,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Anne's Center: $260,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetGreater Yellowstone Coalition: $255,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetClimb Dba Climb Wyoming: $235,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetPaws - Providing Animal Welfare Services: $230,000 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetTautphaus Park Zoological SocietyInc: $218,000 over 8y, 23% of budgetMountain Home Montana Inc: $215,000 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetThe Vital Ground Foundation Inc: $210,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetBlackfoot Challenge Inc: $206,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $205,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMontana Conservation Corps Inc: $205,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetYcc Family Crisis Center: $205,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetAnimal Adoption Center Inc: $200,000 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetMuseum of Idaho: $196,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetHeart of the Valley Inc: $195,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetHenrys Fork Foundation Inc: $185,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetOlympic Peninsula Young Mens Christian Assn: $182,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBig Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc: $180,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $170,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Utah: $170,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGallatin Valley Land Trust: $157,500 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetIntermountain Therapy Animals: $155,000 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetWildearth Guardians: $155,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetYellowstone to Yukon: $155,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWestern Watersheds Projects Inc: $150,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetSouth Valley Sanctuary Inc: $140,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetThrive Inc: $140,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetGrand Teton National Park Foundation: $140,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Teton River Inc: $140,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetCenter Valley Animal Rescue: $139,700 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetAll About the Animals Coalition Inc: $135,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetWestern Environmental Law Center: $130,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetHaven: $125,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $125,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWasatch Adaptive Sports Inc: $122,500 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetUtah Animal Adoption Center: $115,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $110,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCentennial Valley Association Inc: $110,000 over 8y, 10% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 186.

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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.

Dennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationMT66.9× affinity37 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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About Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark

How much does Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark give?
Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark reported 110 grants totaling $2,572,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 99 and 135 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (34%), Animals (23%), Human Services (13%).
Who are Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Earthjustice ($520k), Jefferson Land Trust ($410k), Stafford Animal Shelter ($394k).
Does Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
Where is Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark based?
Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark is based in MT.

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 263 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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