New York · Public charity
Groundwork USA Inc
The mission of groundwork usa (the organization) is to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses, and organizations to promote environmental, economic, and social well-being. The organization is committed to…
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $82,993
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $307,654
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 19
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Groundwork USA Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k 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 | 22 | $2.6M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $2.8M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $3.2M | 5% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $944k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $983k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $761k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $888k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $871k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwork Lawrence Inc | $1,543,292 | 8 | 12% |
| Groundwork Hudson Valley Inc | $1,043,011 | 8 | 19% |
| River Network | $973,620 | 8 | 6% |
| Groundwork Elizabeth Inc | $970,392 | 8 | 37% |
| Groundwork Ohio River Valley Inc | $879,088 | 6 | 47% |
| Groundwork New Orleans | $846,235 | 7 | 26% |
| Groundwork Milwaukee Inc | $755,717 | 8 | 52% |
| Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek | $748,654 | 5 | 27% |
| Groundwork Rhode Island | $716,562 | 8 | 17% |
| Groundwork Bridgeport Inc | $622,897 | 7 | 45% |
Show all 27 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Groundwork USA Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 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: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Patagoniaorg · River Network · Rei Cooperative Action Fund · Surdna Foundation Inc · The Nature Conservancy · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Groundwork USA Inc
- How much does Groundwork USA Inc give?
- Groundwork USA Inc reported 23 grants totaling $2,557,143 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Groundwork USA Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (59%), Environment (38%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Groundwork USA Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Groundwork Lawrence Inc ($1.5M), Groundwork Hudson Valley Inc ($1.0M), River Network ($974k).
- Does Groundwork USA Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Groundwork USA Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Patagoniaorg, River Network.
- Where is Groundwork USA Inc based?
- Groundwork USA Inc is based in NY.
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