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The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$160k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
88
Grants FY2024
44
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 46
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$1k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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 arriving87$159k67%
FY202344$133k50%
FY202229$107k48%
FY202117$55k53%
FY202015$72k33%
FY201946$180k37%
FY201843$149k40%
FY201737$166kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$622kArts & Culture$159kHealth$69kHuman Services$42kEmployment$28kFood & Nutrition$25kPhilanthropy$22kReligion$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NY
IA
OH
RI
WV
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
OK
MS
GA
TX

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 113 grantees
All grantees of The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Virginia Arts Festival Inc$60,00060%
Old Dominion University Educational Foundation$44,49020%
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Fdn$30,00021%
VMI Foundation$29,54480%
Tidewater Community College Educational Foundation Inc$29,54481%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$25,00020%
MATHCOUNTS Foundation$25,00050%
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation$24,25060%
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte$24,15040%
The Corporation of Mercer University$17,50070%
American Cancer Society Inc$15,39620%
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$15,00030%
Children's Flight of Hope$12,36150%
Nc State University$12,1793n/a
Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia$10,47740%
Carolina Day School Inc$10,00030%
Virginia Beach Events Unlimited Inc$10,00020%
Mountain City Public Montessori$10,000217%
The Virginia Foundation for Architecture Incorporated$10,00021%
Jay's Hope Foundation$9,85061%
Virginia Musical Theatre Inc$7,00030%
American Heart Association Inc$6,41120%
Old Dominion Athletic Foundation$6,00030%
Union Mission Ministries Inc$6,00030%
Law Enforcement United Inc$5,65070%
24 Foundation Inc$5,40050%
North Carolina State University Foundation Inc$5,21010%
Project Sweet Peas$5,00011%
Ashe Outreach Ministries Inc$5,00012%
Diversify Architecture$5,0001n/a
Appalachian State University Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Judeo-Christian Outreach Centerinc$5,00020%
Virginia Symphony Orchestra$5,00010%
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art$5,00010%
East Tennessee State University Foundation$3,50010%
Town Center Kiwanis Club$3,00035%
Engineers in Action Inc$3,00010%
Virginia State University Foundation$3,00030%
The Cultural Landscape Foundation$2,50010%
Volunteer Hampton Roads$2,50010%
Hampton University$2,50010%
The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)$2,50030%
Virginia African American Cultural Center Inc$2,0001n/a
Alices Kids Inc$2,00020%
The Union Mission$2,00010%
Beloved Asheville$1,75020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,75010%
Charlotte Affiliate of the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$1,7302n/a
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc$1,54520%
Real I M P a C T Center Inc$1,50022%
Asheville Humane Society Inc$1,10010%
Davidson-Davie Community College$1,00010%
Sandler Center for the Performing Arts Foundation$1,00010%
Emergency Shelter Inc$1,00010%
Durham Public Schools Foundation$1,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc$1,00010%
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle$1,00010%
Feed More Inc$1,00010%
Blue Ridge Independent Living Center Inc$1,00010%
Junior League of Macon Inc$1,00012%
Building Bridges of Asheville Inc$1,0001n/a
Guilford Education Alliance$1,00010%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Holston Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,00010%
Wake Monarch$1,00011%
The Living River Restoration Trust$1,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$1,00010%
Least of These Ministry$1,00010%
Hope for Life Rescue Inc$1,00010%
Womens Center of Wake County Inc$1,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$53610%
Side by Side Va Inc$50010%
Diversity Camp$5001n/a
TriPride TN Inc$50010%
Designed For Joy$50010%
Time Out Youth Inc$50010%
Dress for Success Central Virginia$50010%
Center for Domestic Peace Inc$50010%
Lgbt Life Center$50010%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$50010%
Hope House Foundation Inc$50010%
Safe Space Nova$5001n/a
Noblemen Social Club Inc$5001n/a
Central Georgia Autism Limited$5001n/a
Classroom Central Inc$50010%
Macon Pride Inc$50011%
Link Philanthropy Inc$50010%
Emily Krzyzewski Center Inc$50010%
Canstruction Inc$44010%
Samaritan's Purse$40010%
Manna Food Bank Inc$40010%
Williams YMCA of Avery County$35010%
Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity$35010%
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc$26010%
The Franklin School of Innovation Inc$25810%
Biltmore Baptist Church$2571n/a
Campaign For Southern Equality$25010%
Lgbt Center of Raleigh Inc$25010%
United Way of South Hampton Roads$20010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$20010%
East Carolina University Foundation Inc$2001n/a
The Raleigh Rescue Mission Inc$18710%
A Place at the Table$15010%
Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc$10010%
One Tree Planted Inc$10010%
Rada Foundation Inc$10010%
WNC Communities$10010%
Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc$10010%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$8510%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$5210%
Christ In Action Ministries Inc$5010%
Buffalo State College Foundation Inc$2510%
Sda Ppc Foundation$201n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 66 recipients with no EIN on record ($448k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Virginia Arts Festival Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOld Dominion University Educational Foundation: $44,490 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVirginia Institute of Marine Science Fdn: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetVMI Foundation: $29,544 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTidewater Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $29,544 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMATHCOUNTS Foundation: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCharlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation: $24,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte: $24,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Corporation of Mercer University: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $15,396 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Flight of Hope: $12,361 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFoodbank of Southeastern Virginia: $10,477 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCarolina Day School Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Beach Events Unlimited Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMountain City Public Montessori: $10,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetThe Virginia Foundation for Architecture Incorporated: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetJay's Hope Foundation: $9,850 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetVirginia Musical Theatre Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,411 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOld Dominion Athletic Foundation: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Mission Ministries Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLaw Enforcement United Inc: $5,650 over 7y, 0.1% of budget24 Foundation Inc: $5,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Carolina State University Foundation Inc: $5,210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Sweet Peas: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAshe Outreach Ministries Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAppalachian State University Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJudeo-Christian Outreach Centerinc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVirginia Symphony Orchestra: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVirginia Museum of Contemporary Art: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEast Tennessee State University Foundation: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTown Center Kiwanis Club: $3,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetEngineers in Action Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVirginia State University Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cultural Landscape Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVolunteer Hampton Roads: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHampton University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlices Kids Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Union Mission: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeloved Asheville: $1,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $1,545 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReal I M P a C T Center Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetAsheville Humane Society Inc: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDavidson-Davie Community College: $1,000 over 1y, 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 101.

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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.

Hampton Roads Community FoundationVA29.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Sentara Health · United Way of South Hampton Roads · The Helen G Gifford Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · The Community Foundation Inc

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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About The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc

How much does The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc give?
The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc reported 88 grants totaling $159,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (57%), Arts & Culture (15%), Health (6%).
Who are The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Virginia Arts Festival Inc ($60k), Old Dominion University Educational Foundation ($44k), Virginia Institute of Marine Science Fdn ($30k).
Does The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc 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 Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Townebank Foundation, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
Where is The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc based?
The Clark Nexsen Foundation Inc is based in VA.

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 180 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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