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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
123
Grants FY2024
73
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$82,500
Organizations funded a year
73 to 94
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$70M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $837k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsEmploymentOther
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 arriving74$3.8M35%
FY202373$3.4M38%
FY202290$4.2M48%
FY202194$3.8M73%
FY202077$4.1Mn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Community Improvement$4.6MPhilanthropy$2.5MCivil Rights$1.8MPublic Benefit$1.7MEducation$1.6MFood & Nutrition$989kCrime & Legal$951kHuman Services$862kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 112 grantees
All grantees of Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Coro New York Leadership Center$531,50056%
Community Resource Exchange Inc$510,50054%
The Laundromat Project Inc$472,60055%
Rockwood Leadership Institute$467,50052%
Justleadershipusa Inc$467,50057%
Institute for Nonprofit Practice Inc$422,50053%
The Forum for Urban Design$379,00057%
Center for Third World Organizing$355,00044%
The Partnership for After School Education Inc$350,00055%
New American Leaders Inc$330,00055%
Change Elemental$330,00055%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$315,00040%
Lutheran Social Services of New York Inc$310,0005n/a
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$310,00050%
Rvc Seattle$310,00051%
The United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc$260,00041%
COOP Careers Inc$255,00041%
Education Pioneers$255,00041%
Design Trust for Public Space Inc$255,00057%
New York Immigration Coalition Inc$200,00021%
Blackspace Urbanist Collective Inc$180,000412%
Workforce Professionals Training Institute$180,00043%
Interfaith Center of New York Inc$180,000211%
Education Reform Now Inc$170,00041%
Philanthropy New York Inc$166,75043%
Literacy Assistance Center Inc$150,00052%
Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development$148,00023%
Common Defense Education Fund Inc$130,00033%
Nonprofit New York Inc$127,16025%
New York Women's Foundation Inc$102,50011%
Spring Street Climate Fund Inc$101,00029%
Asian American Federation Inc$100,00011%
Proinspire$100,00014%
New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals Inc$90,00024%
University Settlement Society of New York$90,00020%
NYC Mesh$86,000128%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$70,00021%
Good Shepherd Services$64,00010%
Movement Strategy Center$60,00020%
Degrees of Change$60,00011%
Fierce$60,00018%
The Foundation for City College$55,00010%
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College Foundation$50,00010%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$45,00030%
Join for Justice Inc$40,00013%
In Our Backyards Inc$40,00020%
Equity Advocates Inc$40,000212%
New York University$40,00010%
New York Foundation$40,00020%
Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center Inc$35,00012%
Renaissance Youth Center$35,00031%
Red Hook Initiative$28,75040%
Exalt Youth$25,00010%
First Corinthian Baptist Church$20,0002n/a
Buildon Inc$20,00030%
Colgate University$20,00040%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$20,00010%
Lawyers Alliance for New York$20,00011%
Guild of Future Architects Foundation$20,00012%
Community Food Advocates Inc$20,00011%
Americans for the Arts Inc$20,00030%
Green Guerillas Inc$20,00013%
The Arab-American Family Support Center Inc$20,00010%
Cooperate Inc$20,000112%
Forestdale Inc$18,00010%
Latino U College Access Inc$15,00030%
Upstart Bay Area$10,00010%
Brandworkers International Inc$10,00011%
Warm Cookies of the Revolution$10,00013%
Make the Road New York$10,00010%
Bowie State University Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Opencollective Foundation$10,00010%
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc$10,00010%
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Inc$10,00010%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$10,00010%
Fractured Atlas Inc$10,00010%
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$10,00010%
United Philanthropy Forum$10,00010%
The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc$10,00010%
Sustainable Seattle$10,00011%
Mothering Justice$10,00010%
Neighborhood Funders Group$10,00010%
Mekong Inc$10,00011%
Custom Collaborative Inc$10,00021%
Wespac Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Shunpike$10,00010%
Boardsource$10,00010%
Youth Leadership Incubator Inc HackPlus$10,00012%
The Center for Anti-Violence Education Inc$5,00011%
Concord Baptist Church of Christ$5,0001n/a
Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality$5,00010%
Third Sector New England Inc$5,00010%
The Reconciliation Center Inc$5,00020%
Glory Girls Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$5,00010%
Edward Charles Foundation$5,00010%
George Jackson Academy$5,00010%
Create in Chinatown Inc$5,00011%
York College Foundation$5,00010%
NYC Kids Rise Inc$3,90020%
Get Free Movement Fund Inc$3,00010%
Transgender Law Center$2,50010%
The Aspen Institute Inc$2,50010%
Firecracker Foundation$2,50011%
Century Association Archives Foundation$2,50012%
City Harvest Inc$1,50010%
Brooklyn Independent$40010%
Crescent Foundation$2501n/a
Drug Policy Alliance$12010%
Topeka Justice Unity and Ministry Project$10010%
Puente Human Rights Movement$10010%
Restoreher Usamerica Inc$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 131 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 106 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCoro New York Leadership Center: $531,500 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetCommunity Resource Exchange Inc: $510,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetThe Laundromat Project Inc: $472,600 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetRockwood Leadership Institute: $467,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetJustleadershipusa Inc: $467,500 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetInstitute for Nonprofit Practice Inc: $422,500 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetThe Forum for Urban Design: $379,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetCenter for Third World Organizing: $355,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetThe Partnership for After School Education Inc: $350,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetNew American Leaders Inc: $330,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetChange Elemental: $330,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $315,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $310,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRvc Seattle: $310,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetThe United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc: $260,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCOOP Careers Inc: $255,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEducation Pioneers: $255,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetDesign Trust for Public Space Inc: $255,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetNew York Immigration Coalition Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBlackspace Urbanist Collective Inc: $180,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetWorkforce Professionals Training Institute: $180,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetInterfaith Center of New York Inc: $180,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetEducation Reform Now Inc: $170,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPhilanthropy New York Inc: $166,750 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetLiteracy Assistance Center Inc: $150,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetAssociation for Neighborhood & Housing Development: $148,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCommon Defense Education Fund Inc: $130,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetNonprofit New York Inc: $127,160 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetNew York Women's Foundation Inc: $102,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSpring Street Climate Fund Inc: $101,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetAsian American Federation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetProinspire: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetNew York Association of Training and Employment Professionals Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetUniversity Settlement Society of New York: $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNYC Mesh: $86,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetGrantmakers for Effective Organizations: $70,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGood Shepherd Services: $64,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMovement Strategy Center: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDegrees of Change: $60,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFierce: $60,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetThe Foundation for City College: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEugenio Maria de Hostos Community College Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFund for the City of New York Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJoin for Justice Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetIn Our Backyards Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEquity Advocates Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetNew York University: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Foundation: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% 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 106.

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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.

New York Women's Foundation IncNY47.1× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New York Women's Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Surdna Foundation Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Brooklyn Community Foundation · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Pinkerton Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · North Star Fund Inc · New York 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.

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About Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc

How much does Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc give?
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc reported 123 grants totaling $3,752,060 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 73 and 94 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (23%), Philanthropy (13%), Civil Rights (9%).
Who are Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Coro New York Leadership Center ($532k), Community Resource Exchange Inc ($511k), The Laundromat Project Inc ($473k).
Does Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc 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 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New York Women's Foundation Inc, The Ford Foundation, The New York Community Trust.
Where is Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc based?
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 247 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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