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Emory T Clark Family Foundation at a glance

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Emory T Clark Family Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$399k
Granted FY2026still arriving
28
Grants FY2026still arriving
4
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$724kEducation$723kHuman Services$564kFood & Nutrition$207kArts & Culture$175kYouth Development$112kAnimals$95kCrime & Legal$43kOther$0
02FY2026 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k8 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $355k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIFESTRIDERS$35,000
HUNGER TASK FORCE$30,000
CARROLL UNIVERSITY$25,000
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN$25,000
ZACHARIAHS ACRES INC$20,000
JOBSWORK MKE$20,000
DISCOVERY WORLD$20,000
SHEPHERDS COLLEGE$20,000
ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY$20,000
PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER$20,000
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE$20,000
SHARP LITERACY$15,000
THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC$15,000
CREATIVE COMMUNITY LIVING SERVICES$10,000
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $653k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%ABOVE THE CLOUDS INC: $5k → 7%CREATIVE COMMUNITY LIVING SERVICES: $10k → 8%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $10k → 15%THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $20k → 5%WOMEN'S CENTER: $18k → 5%THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $15k → 5%SHARP LITERACY: $15k → 17%ADAPTIVE COMMUNITY APPROACH PROGRAM: $5k → 5%SHARP LITERACY INC: $30k → 17%ZACHARIAH'S ACRES: $56k → 5%ZACHARIAH'S ACRES: $40k → 5%SHARP LITERACY INC: $25k → 17%SHARP LITERACY INC: $25k → 17%ZACHARIAH'S ACRES: $30k → 5%ZACHARIAH'S ACRES: $25k → 5%ZACHARIAH'S ACRES: $25k → 5%ZACHARIAHS ACRES INC: $20k → 5%SHARP LITERACY INC: $15k → 17%SHARP LITERACY INC: $15k → 17%ZACHARIAH'S ACRES: $20k → 5%ZACHARIAH'S ACRES: $15k → 5%SHARP LITERACY INC: $10k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 17%SHARP LITERACY INC: $10k → 17%WARRIOR SONGS: $5k → 17%DOGS IN VESTS: $3k → 17%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE: $10k → 17%INDEPENDENCE FIRST: $6k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 17%JOBSWORK MKE: $20k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $10k → 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.
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 36 repeat orgs$597k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2026, 20 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
41

Total granted

$2.6M
$474k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+4%

Still filing today

86%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • ZA
    ZACHARIAH'S ACRES INC
    8× · 2017–2026 · $231k · revenue +289%
  • HUNGER TASK FORCE INC
    8× · 2017–2026 · $205k · revenue +70%
  • TM
    THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC
    5× · 2020–2026 · $200k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILW
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • CW
    CHILDREN'S WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
  • PC
    PENEFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
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
Pathways of Wisconsin Inc

Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.

Human Services
2
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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3
Journey House Inc

Journey house empowers families on milwaukee's near southside to move out of poverty by offering adult education, youth development, workforce readiness, and family engagement.

Human Services
4
Portal Inc

To enhance opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) to participate fully in their community as valued neighbors, productive workers and respected citizens. portal, inc. assists more than 200 adults…

Employment
5
Innovative Services Inc

Innovative services, inc. (innovative care services) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities…

Human Services
6
Milwaukee Community Service Corps Inc

The milwaukee community service corps (mcsc) is a non-profit vocational training organization providing employment, education and life skills to training youth adults and unemployed and underemployed of milwaukee, wisconsin.

Employment
7
Milwaukee Center for Children and Youth Inc

To end suffering of abused children in milwaukee county through comprehensive advocacy, education, and supportive services that heal trauma, build resilience, nurture the ability to thrive, and create a path toward eradicating the epidemic…

Human Services
8
Cap Services Inc

Cap services, inc.'s mission is to transform people and communities to advance social and economic justice.

Human Services
9
Employ Milwaukee Inc

The mission of employ milwaukee, inc. is to build a strong workforce development system by planning, coordinating, collaborating and monitoring workforce initiatives with businesses, partners and community stakeholders at the local,…

Employment
10
Wisconsin Rapids Family Center Inc

Our mission is to empower those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault and address the root causes of abuse in the community through education and advocacy.

—
11
Community Care Health Plan Inc

Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.

Health
12
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sharp Literacy Inc. 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

62 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 62 of the 89 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/62
Grantees still filing
40/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $205,000 · OtherHUNGER TASK FORCE INCZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE: $85,000 · OtherZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEELA CASA DE ESPERANZA INC: $85,000 · OtherLA CASA DE ESPERANZA INCST ANN CNTR OF INTERGENERATIONAL: $75,000 · OtherST ANN CNTR OF INTERGENERATIONALSHEPHERDS COLLEGE: $65,000 · OtherSHEPHERDS COLLEGERONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $40,000 · Other+42 more: $589,316 · Other+42 moreZACHARIAH'S ACRES INC: $230,510 · Human ServicesZACHARIAH'S ACRES INCSHARP LITERACY INC: $145,000 · Human ServicesSHARP LITERACY INCUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER I…THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $53,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INCGIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesGIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC+12 more: $97,307 · Human Services+12 moreTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $200,000 · EducationTHE MEDICAL COLLEG…ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $155,000 · EducationST AUGUSTINE PREPA…DISCOVERY WORLD LTD: $132,500 · EducationDISCOVERY WORLD LT…CARROLL UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 · Education+2 more: $25,000 · EducationLIFESTRIDERS INC: $170,000 · HealthLIFESTRIDERS INCPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $115,000 · HealthPENFIELD CHILDREN…Froedtert Hospital Foundation Inc: $60,000 · HealthFroedtert Hospita…EXCEPTIONAL EQUESTRIANS COMPANY: $37,500 · HealthEXCEPTIONAL EQUES…Chix 4 A Cause LTD: $35,000 · HealthChix 4 A Cause LT…PROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · HealthPROHEALTH CARE FO…+3 more: $30,000 · Health+3 moreABOVE THE CLOUDS INC: $90,000 · Arts & CultureFLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureFIRST STAGE MILWAUKEE: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJourney 21 Inc: $110,000 · Housing & ShelterHEBRON HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY INC D/B/A HEBRON HOUSING SERVICES: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterThe Guest House of Milwaukee Inc: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterSOJOURNER FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,144,316Human Services$705,817Education$532,500Health$477,500Arts & Culture$165,000Housing & Shelter$125,000Philanthropy$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetZACHARIAH'S ACRES INC: $230,510 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $205,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $200,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIFESTRIDERS INC: $170,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $155,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSHARP LITERACY INC: $145,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetDISCOVERY WORLD LTD: $132,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $130,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $115,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJourney 21 Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetABOVE THE CLOUDS INC: $90,000 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetLA CASA DE ESPERANZA INC: $85,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFroedtert Hospital Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $53,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL EQUESTRIANS COMPANY: $37,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetChix 4 A Cause LTD: $35,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetHope Center Inc: $32,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetPROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOJOURNER FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSCHOOLS THAT CAN MILWAUKEE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLIFE NAVIGATORS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCENTRO LEGAL POR DERECHOS HUMANOS INC: $22,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCARROLL UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST STAGE MILWAUKEE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRAWHIDE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPearls for Teen Girls Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMETA HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWISCONSIN ADAPTIVE SPORTS ASSOCIATI: $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFOOD FOR HEALTH INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INC: $13,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFaith Hope & Love Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $10,360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEBRON HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY INC D/B/A HEBRON HOUSING SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKathy's House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBENEDICT CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOUR NEXT GENERATION INC: $8,900 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $7,416 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENCE FIRST INC: $5,947 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWarrior Songs Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetBLACK ARTS MKE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCITY ON A HILL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 ZACHARIAH'S ACRES INC ↗
  • Who funds HUNGER TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFESTRIDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARP LITERACY INC ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY WORLD LTD ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Journey 21 Inc ↗
  • Who funds ABOVE THE CLOUDS INC ↗
  • Who funds LA CASA DE ESPERANZA INC ↗
  • Who funds Froedtert Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds EXCEPTIONAL EQUESTRIANS COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds Chix 4 A Cause LTD ↗
  • Who funds Hope Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds PROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF MILWAUKEE AREA DOMESTIC ANIMAL CONTROL COMMISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOLS THAT CAN MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE NAVIGATORS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO LEGAL POR DERECHOS HUMANOS INC ↗
  • Who funds CARROLL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST STAGE MILWAUKEE ↗
  • Who funds JOBSWORK MKE INC ↗

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.

Green Bay Packers Fou…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Evan & Marion Helfaer…United Way of Greater…Ralph Evinrude Founda…Baird Foundation IncFrancie Luke Silverma…Youth Foundation IncWaukesha County Commu…Anon Charitable TrustJoseph and Vera Zilbe…
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI66.8× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Francie Luke Silverman Foundation Under the F Silverman Charitable Tr · Youth Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Anon Charitable Trust · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc

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 Emory T Clark Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Emory T Clark Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Emory T Clark Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Emory T Clark Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 89 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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