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The Clark Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$22M
Granted FY2024still arriving
81
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$3.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$55MHuman Services$43MArts & Culture$16MHealth$10MHousing & Shelter$9.5MCrime & Legal$8.9MCommunity Improvement$7.0MYouth Development$7.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $78k
  • $50k–250k48 grants · $6.1M
  • $250k+30 grants · $15M
$175,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$454M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Clark Foundation Scholarship Program$3,759,322
The Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home$1,500,000
Cooperstown Fire Department$1,500,000
Fenimore Art Museum$870,000
Goddard Riverside Community Center$475,000
New Visions for Public Schools$450,000
Uncommon Schools Inc$450,000
City Harvest Inc$400,000
New York City Charter School Center$400,000
Bowery Residents' Committee Inc$325,000
Women In Need Inc$300,000
East Side House Settlement$300,000
The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital$300,000
College for Every StudentBrilliant Pathways$300,000
Fenimore Farm & Country Village$280,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $33.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SCO Family of Services: $400k → 6%The Children's Village: $275k → 9%SCO Family of Services: $400k → 6%The Children's Village: $275k → 9%SCO Family of Services: $400k → 6%The Children's Village: $250k → 9%The Children's Village: $250k → 9%The Children's Village: $250k → 9%The Children's Village: $250k → 9%SCO Family of Services: $250k → 6%The Children's Village: $250k → 9%The Children's Village: $250k → 9%Queens Community House: $359k → 13%Graham Windham: $525k → 20%Graham Windham: $275k → 20%Graham Windham: $250k → 20%Graham Windham: $250k → 20%Graham Windham: $250k → 20%Graham Windham: $250k → 20%United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc: $250k → 17%Graham Windham: $250k → 20%Graham Windham: $250k → 20%The Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services: $250k → 17%United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc: $250k → 17%United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc: $250k → 17%Children's Aid: $275k → 17%Children's Aid: $275k → 17%Children's Aid: $275k → 17%Women In Need Inc: $300k → 17%Women In Need Inc: $300k → 17%Women In Need Inc: $300k → 17%Bowery Residents' Committee Inc: $408k → 17%Good Shepherd Services: $400k → 17%Good Shepherd Services: $400k → 17%Good Shepherd Services: $400k → 17%Good Shepherd Services: $400k → 17%Good Shepherd Services: $400k → 17%Good Shepherd Services: $400k → 17%Good Shepherd Services: $400k → 17%Bowery Residents' Committee Inc: $375k → 17%Bowery Residents' Committee Inc: $375k → 17%Bowery Residents' Committee Inc: $325k → 17%Bowery Residents' Committee Inc: $325k → 17%Bowery Residents' Committee Inc: $325k → 17%Bowery Residents' Committee Inc: $325k → 17%Women In Need Inc: $300k → 17%Women In Need Inc: $300k → 17%Women In Need Inc: $300k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$174M · 110 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

110 repeat relationships: 74 still active in FY2024, 36 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

110
8

Total granted

$174M
$629k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+10%

Still filing today

87%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M 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
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureEmploymentHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CW
    CLARA WELCH THANKSGIVING HOME INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $10M · revenue +31% · 76% of their budget
  • TM
    The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
    8× · 2017–2024 · $7.1M · revenue +45%
  • CITY HARVEST INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • CF
    Center for Court Innovation
    one grant, 2021 · $170k
  • GIRLS EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue +10%
  • OF
    OPPORTUNITIES FOR A BETTER TOMORROW INC
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +1%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Jobsfirstnyc

Jobsfirstnyc's mission is to create and advance solutions that break down barriers and transform the systems supporting young adults and their communities in the pursuit of economic opportunities.

Youth Development
2
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
3
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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4
United Way of New York City

Uwnyc works with a coalition of trusted partners to unite community power with citywide possibility. together, we meet today's most urgent needs while building transformative solutions for tomorrow - striving for health, opportunity, and…

Philanthropy
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
School in the Square Public Charter School

School in the square ("s2") engages, educates and empowers adolescents to respond mindfully and creatively to life's opportunities and challenges. s2 is a place where students, families and educators are seen, heard, and inspired and where…

Education
7
Uncommon New York City Charter Schools

Uncommon new york city charter schools operates outstanding urban public schools that close the opportunity gap and prepare students from low-income communities to graduate from college.

Education
8
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
9
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
10
Futures Ignite Inc

We amplify youth and community power by inspiring, guiding, and advocating for youth to determine their college, career, and leadership futures.

Human Services
11
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
12
New York City Center for Charter School Excellence

The new york city charter school center is committed to ensuring all of nyc's children have equitable access to a high quality public school education. charter schools are one of the means through which to achieve that goal. we advocate…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Success Academy Charter Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home 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

104 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. 104 of the 125 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
103/104
Grantees still filing
85/104
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Clark Foundation Scholarship Program: $19,211,133 · OtherClark Foundation Scholarship ProgramScholarship Program: $11,722,062 · OtherScholarship ProgramCLARA WELCH THANKSGIVING HOME INC: $10,400,000 · OtherCLARA WELCH THANKSGIVING HOME INCGODDARD RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,275,000 · OtherNew York City Charter School Center: $3,200,000 · OtherCITY HARVEST INC: $4,025,000 · Other+52 more: $36,788,455 · Other+52 moreGOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $2,800,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SHEPHERD SERVICESBOWERY RESIDENTS COMMITTEE INC: $2,558,333 · Human ServicesBOWERY RESIDENTS COMMI…SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $2,300,000 · Human ServicesSCO FAMILY OF SERVICESGRAHAM WINDHAM: $2,300,000 · Human ServicesGRAHAM WINDHAMWOMEN IN NEED INC: $2,250,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN NEED INCTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $2,075,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOC…THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC: $2,050,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE…SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $2,000,000 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES…LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $1,890,000 · Human ServicesLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOO…GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC: $1,800,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL OF NEW YORK: $1,705,000 · Human ServicesQUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1,668,750 · Human ServicesJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $1,550,000 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $1,200,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $1,200,000 · Human Services+9 more: $6,057,500 · Human Services+9 moreUNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC: $3,500,000 · EducationUNCOMMON …NEW VISIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $3,285,000 · EducationNEW VISIO…ACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC: $1,500,000 · EducationACHIEVEME…SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $1,350,000 · EducationSUCCESS A…BARD COLLEGE: $950,000 · EducationBARD COLL…FRIENDS COUNCIL ON EDUCATION: $775,281 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $587,500 · EducationCORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL: $561,686 · EducationTHE BROOKWOOD SCHOOL: $530,000 · Education+5 more: $1,685,000 · Education+5 moreNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $6,400,000 · Arts & CultureFENIMORE ART MUSEUM: $3,311,667 · Arts & CultureTHE FARMERS MUSEUM INC: $1,810,167 · Arts & CultureGLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INC: $1,290,000 · Arts & CultureNEIGHBORHOOD TRUST FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC: $600,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $450,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CARES INC: $1,916,667 · PhilanthropyHARLEM RBI INC: $1,890,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $1,375,000 · PhilanthropySTUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $1,175,000 · PhilanthropyARBOR BROTHERS INC DBA ARBOR RISING: $1,150,000 · PhilanthropySEACHANGE CAPITAL PARTNERS INC: $825,000 · PhilanthropyPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $788,000 · PhilanthropyFEDERATION OF PROTESTANT WELFARE AGENCIES INC: $725,000 · PhilanthropyFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $650,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $397,500 · PhilanthropyThe Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital: $7,120,141 · HealthTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC: $2,000,000 · HealthFAMILY PLANNING OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $370,833 · Health+2 more: $425,000 · HealthPER SCHOLAS INC: $1,800,000 · EmploymentCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $1,700,000 · EmploymentPARAPROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE INC: $950,000 · EmploymentNONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN: $700,000 · EmploymentThe Knowledge House Fellowship Inc: $400,000 · EmploymentWORKFORCE PROFESSIONALS TRAINING INSTITUTE: $395,000 · Employment
Other$88,621,650Human Services$35,404,583Education$14,724,467Arts & Culture$13,861,834Philanthropy$10,892,167Health$9,915,974Employment$5,945,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLARA WELCH THANKSGIVING HOME INC: $10,400,000 over 8y, 76% of budgetThe Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital: $7,120,141 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $6,400,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $4,025,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC: $3,500,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFENIMORE ART MUSEUM: $3,311,667 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetNEW VISIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $3,285,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetGODDARD RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,275,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $2,800,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBOWERY RESIDENTS COMMITTEE INC: $2,558,333 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetEAST SIDE HOUSE INC: $2,400,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetSCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $2,300,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGRAHAM WINDHAM: $2,300,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED INC: $2,250,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $2,075,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC: $2,050,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $2,000,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC: $2,000,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetNEW YORK CARES INC: $1,916,667 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR EVERY STUDENT INC: $1,900,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $1,890,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetHARLEM RBI INC: $1,890,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetLAWYERS ALLIANCE FOR NEW YORK: $1,875,000 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetTHE URBAN ASSEMBLY INC: $1,833,333 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetTHE FARMERS MUSEUM INC: $1,810,167 over 7y, 10% of budgetURBAN PATHWAYS INC: $1,808,333 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetGRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC: $1,800,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC: $1,800,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetHUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL OF NEW YORK: $1,705,000 over 8y, 21% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $1,700,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetQUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1,668,750 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $1,550,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC: $1,500,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCAMBA INC: $1,450,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,400,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $1,375,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $1,350,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INC: $1,290,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetSHELTERING ARMS CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,233,333 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $1,200,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $1,200,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetASCENDUS INC: $1,187,500 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetSTUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $1,175,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetARBOR BROTHERS INC DBA ARBOR RISING: $1,150,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetSUPPORT CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT INC: $1,100,000 over 8y, 9.6% of budgetSAFE HORIZON INC: $1,075,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH REPRESENT INC: $1,012,500 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetSUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $1,000,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budget
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 CLARA WELCH THANKSGIVING HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds UNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds FENIMORE ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds NEW VISIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds GODDARD RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds BOWERY RESIDENTS COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST SIDE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds GRAHAM WINDHAM ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN IN NEED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE FOR EVERY STUDENT INC ↗
  • Who funds LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM RBI INC ↗
  • Who funds LAWYERS ALLIANCE FOR NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN ASSEMBLY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FARMERS MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN PATHWAYS INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds PER SCHOLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds COOPERSTOWN FIRE DEPT INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMBA INC ↗
  • Who funds STUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ↗

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.

Robin Hood FoundationThe New York Communit…Pinkerton FoundationThe Hyde and Watson F…Altman FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Booth Ferris Foundati…Mother Cabrini Health…United Way of New Yor…The Harry and Jeanett…New York Women's Foun…Tiger Foundation
Robin Hood FoundationNY59.1× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robin Hood Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Pinkerton Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Altman Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · United Way of New York City · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · New York Women's Foundation Inc · Tiger 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Clark Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Clark Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • The Family Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Achievement First Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
41report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Clark Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Clark Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 125 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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