Illinois · Private foundation
The Clare Foundation
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.
- $78k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Clare Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $78k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $93k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $115k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $120k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $115k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $115k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $123k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Public Housing Museum | $85,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Beverly Arts Center of Chicago | $69,458 | 3 | 2% |
| Hales Franciscan High School Inc | $49,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Andrew Weishar Foundation | $48,048 | 7 | 2% |
| Wings Program Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Beverly Area Planning Association | $40,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Port Ministries | $35,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Pat Mac's Pack Inc | $29,000 | 5 | 1% |
| A New Direction Beverly Morgan Park | $29,000 | 4 | 6% |
| St Rita of Cascia High School Corporation | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Public Housing Museum | $85,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Beverly Arts Center of Chicago | $69,458 | 3 | 2% |
| Hales Franciscan High School Inc | $49,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Andrew Weishar Foundation | $48,048 | 7 | 2% |
| Wings Program Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Beverly Area Planning Association | $40,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Port Ministries | $35,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Pat Mac's Pack Inc | $29,000 | 5 | 1% |
| A New Direction Beverly Morgan Park | $29,000 | 4 | 6% |
| St Rita of Cascia High School Corporation | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Gray Matter Experience Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Role Model Movement Inc (NFP) | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Burst Into Books | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Career Transitions Center of Chicago | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Feeding America | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grocery Run Club | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendship Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($484k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Clare Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Clare Foundation
- How much does The Clare Foundation give?
- The Clare Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $78,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Clare Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (16%), Housing & Shelter (14%), Religion (9%).
- Who are The Clare Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The National Public Housing Museum ($85k), Beverly Arts Center of Chicago ($69k), Hales Franciscan High School Inc ($49k).
- Does The Clare Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Clare Foundation 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 The Clare Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Clare Foundation based?
- The Clare Foundation is based in IL.
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