· Private foundation
The Clark and Carolyn Adams Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Carrollwood Day School Education Inc | $20,000 |
| St Philip's Episcopal Church | $15,000 |
| Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Inc | $10,000 |
| University of South Florida | $5,000 |
| Annandale at Suwanee | $5,000 |
| University of Miami Citizens Board | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +96% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTHE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC8× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +142%
- CDCARROLLWOOD DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION INC7× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +103%
- CUCOLGATE UNIVERSITY4× · 2017–2020 · $40k · revenue +80%
Funded once
- AVAnnandale Villageone grant, 2019 · $5k
- UOUniversity of Kentuckyone grant, 2022 · $2k
- TJTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MIAMI INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +46%
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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.
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, 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.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 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 ↗
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 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
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Clark and Carolyn Adams Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Clark and Carolyn Adams Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Inc: 6% of income from government
- University of Miami: 5% of income from government
- Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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