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· Private foundation

The Clark and Carolyn Adams Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$57k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$185kHealth$121kReligion$47kInternational$37kPublic Benefit$10kHousing & Shelter$5kPhilanthropy$4kEnvironment$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$231k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Carrollwood Day School Education Inc$20,000
St Philip's Episcopal Church$15,000
Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Inc$10,000
Annandale at Suwanee$5,000
University of South Florida$5,000
University of Miami Citizens Board$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Whispering Manes Therapeutic Riding: $1k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$398k · 12 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +80% since the first grant, against +46% for the ones you funded once.

12 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
6

Total granted

$398k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+46%

Still filing today

50%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthInternationalCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TC
    THE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +142%
  • CD
    CARROLLWOOD DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +79%
  • CU
    COLGATE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $40k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • AV
    Annandale Village
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • TJ
    THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MIAMI INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +46%
  • UO
    University of Kentucky
    one grant, 2022 · $2k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Miami
2
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
3
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
4
Lynn University Inc

Founded in 1962 and located in boca raton, florida, lynn university is an independent, coeducational institution accredited by the southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges (sacscoc). (continued in sch o)the…

Education
5
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
6
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
7
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
8
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
9
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
10
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
11
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

12
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Whispering Manes Therapeutic Riding Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay 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

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DIOCESE OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA INC ST PHILIPS EPISCOPAL CHURCH — $66,775 · OtherDIOCESE OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA INC ST PHIL…University of South Florida — $35,000 · OtherUniversity of South FloridaOUR LITTLE ROSES FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY — $18,700 · OtherOUR LITTLE ROSES FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETYUniversity of Miami Citizens Board — $9,950 · OtherUniversity of Miami Citizens BoardOur Little Roses Foreign Ministries — $8,000 · OtherOur Little Roses Foreign MinistriesAnnandale Village — $5,000 · Other+4 more — $5,000 · OtherCARROLLWOOD DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION INC — $75,000 · EducationCARROLLWOOD DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION I…COLGATE UNIVERSITY — $40,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITYUniversity of Miami — $12,500 · EducationUniversity of MiamiTHE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC — $100,000 · HealthTHE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY I…Annandale At Suwanee Inc — $20,000 · HealthAnnandale At Suwanee IncJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC — $10,000 · InternationalCORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MIAMI INC — $2,000 · Community ImprovementWHISPERING MANES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC — $1,000 · Human Services
Other$148,425Education$127,500Health$120,000International$10,000Philanthropy$4,000Community Improvement$2,000Human Services$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC — $100,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCARROLLWOOD DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION INC — $75,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAnnandale At Suwanee Inc — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami — $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MIAMI INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWHISPERING MANES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC
  • Who funds CARROLLWOOD DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION INC
  • Who funds COLGATE UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds Annandale At Suwanee Inc
  • Who funds University of Miami
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC
  • Who funds CORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MIAMI INC
  • Who funds WHISPERING MANES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC
  • Who funds THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Miami Foundation IncFL13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Chicago Community Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Clark and Carolyn Adams Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 5%
  • The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Inc6% of income from government
  • University of Miami5% of income from government
  • Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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