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The Clark Hunter Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$419k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
54
Grants FY2024
52
Organizations funded FY2023
10%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$117,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 59
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$5.1M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations The Clark Hunter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHuman ServicesOther
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 arriving52$418k8%
FY202352$410k10%
FY202259$441k22%
FY202135$214k6%
FY202053$212k13%
FY201946$206k4%
FY201850$226k40%
FY201740$202kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$756kArts & Culture$521kHealth$300kAnimals$228kReligion$206kHuman Services$72kPublic Safety & Disaster$63kYouth Development$47kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of The Clark Hunter Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Pittsburgh$357,00030%
Laurel Arts Inc$208,00088%
Humane Society of Somerset County$85,50036%
The Neighborhood Academy$70,00080%
Somerset Area Ministries Inc$59,935819%
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh$55,00080%
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild$55,00080%
Frick Art & Historical Center Inc$50,00070%
Quantum Theatre Inc$45,00081%
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Inc$44,00081%
Literacy Pittsburgh$35,20060%
Greenfield Community College Foundation$35,00070%
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh$22,00070%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies$21,00060%
Childrens' Glaucoma Foundation Inc$20,60082%
The Literacy Project$20,50031%
Audubon Society of Western Pa$16,50080%
The Challenge Program Inc$16,36260%
Wqed Multimedia$14,50070%
Westminster College$14,00080%
Winchester Thurston School$14,00040%
Franklin Land Trust Inc$13,00080%
Pace School$10,00060%
Allegheny Land Trust$6,50070%
Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc$6,47150%
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden$5,24060%
Trying Together$5,00020%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$4,80040%
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation$3,92540%
Larkin Street Youth Services$3,50050%
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy$3,10040%
National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc$3,00010%
North Hills Community Outreach Inc$2,50020%
Breakthrough T1d$2,50010%
Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania$2,12520%
The Learning Knoll Inc$2,00040%
Attack Theatre Inc$1,96570%
Westmoreland Land Trust$1,50020%
Richland Youth Foundation$1,50013%
City of Asylum$1,20040%
Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh$87530%
Community Theater Project Corporation$86050%
San Diego Society of Natural History$50010%
San Diego Bird Alliance$50010%
Grow Pittsburgh$45050%
Extra Mile Education Foundation$43010%
Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest$40040%
Lighthouse Arts Inc$2002n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($986k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Clark Hunter Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $357,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLaurel Arts Inc: $208,000 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetHumane Society of Somerset County: $85,500 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetThe Neighborhood Academy: $70,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSomerset Area Ministries Inc: $59,935 over 8y, 19% of budgetCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh: $55,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetManchester Craftsmen's Guild: $55,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFrick Art & Historical Center Inc: $50,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetQuantum Theatre Inc: $45,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPittsburgh Arts & Lectures Inc: $44,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetLiteracy Pittsburgh: $35,200 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGreenfield Community College Foundation: $35,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Museum of Pittsburgh: $22,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens' Glaucoma Foundation Inc: $20,600 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetThe Literacy Project: $20,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAudubon Society of Western Pa: $16,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Challenge Program Inc: $16,362 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWqed Multimedia: $14,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWestminster College: $14,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWinchester Thurston School: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFranklin Land Trust Inc: $13,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPace School: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAllegheny Land Trust: $6,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetConnecticut River Watershed Council Inc: $6,471 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPittsburgh Botanic Garden: $5,240 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTrying Together: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank: $4,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Public Theater Corporation: $3,925 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Pennsylvania Conservancy: $3,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Hills Community Outreach Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrantmakers of Western Pennsylvania: $2,125 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Learning Knoll Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAttack Theatre Inc: $1,965 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWestmoreland Land Trust: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRichland Youth Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCity of Asylum: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh: $875 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Theater Project Corporation: $860 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Society of Natural History: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Bird Alliance: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrow Pittsburgh: $450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetExtra Mile Education Foundation: $430 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest: $400 over 4y, 0.0% 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 47.

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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.

Hillman Family FoundationsPA43.8× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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How do I get to The Clark Hunter Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Clark Hunter 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.

About The Clark Hunter Foundation

How much does The Clark Hunter Foundation give?
The Clark Hunter Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $418,860 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 59 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Clark Hunter Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Arts & Culture (22%), Health (13%).
Who are The Clark Hunter Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Pittsburgh ($357k), Laurel Arts Inc ($208k), Humane Society of Somerset County ($86k).
Does The Clark Hunter Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Clark Hunter Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Clark Hunter Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hillman Family Foundations, Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Grable Foundation.
Where is The Clark Hunter Foundation based?
The Clark Hunter Foundation is based in PA.

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 96 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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