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The Clements Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$394k
Granted FY2023
9
Grants FY2023
9
Organizations funded FY2023
22%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$160,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 23
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
6
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations The Clements Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsEnvironmentHealthOther
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
FY20239$394k22%
FY202213$373k23%
FY202119$489k32%
FY202023$489k61%
FY201918$527k67%
FY20188$205k25%
FY201710$290kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Civil Rights$720kPublic Benefit$689kEducation$324kArts & Culture$289kEnvironment$208kHuman Services$183kCommunity Improvement$90kEmployment$70kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
WI
NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MD
AZ
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of The Clements Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Promise Education Fund Inc$659,300619%
Free Speech for People Inc$640,00078%
Phoenix Chamber Music Society$151,000411%
Defy Ventures Inc$137,50051%
Center for the Contemplative Mind in Soc$105,000420%
Grameen Research Inc$100,0001n/a
The Orion Society Inc$95,00032%
First Nations Development Institute$90,00040%
Summer Search$70,00030%
Meadowbrook Waldorf Association$50,00021%
Appalachian Mountain Club$50,00030%
Institute of Noetic Sciences$45,00021%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$35,00040%
Contemplative Life Inc$35,000219%
Sunrise Movement Education Fund$30,00020%
Pinnacle Prevention Corp$25,00011%
The Mariposa Center$25,00015%
Salt Lake Civil Network Inc$25,00016%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$20,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$20,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Casa Marianella Inc$17,50030%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$16,70520%
Arizona School for the Arts$16,00020%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Guardianorg Foundation$15,00020%
Equal Justice Initiative$12,50020%
Climate Emergency Fund$12,50010%
The Phoenix Boys Choir Association$10,00011%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$10,00010%
Head Count Inc$10,00010%
Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence$10,00010%
New Georgia Project Inc$10,00010%
The Boma Project Inc$10,00020%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$10,00010%
Pastors United Community Advocacy Inc$5,00010%
MoveOn Education Fund$5,00012%
Chelsea Symphony Inc$5,00015%
East Bay Community Action Program$5,00010%
Take Back Our Republic Inc$5,00011%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$5,00010%
Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc$5,00010%
Urban Ministries of Durham Inc$2,50010%
The Innocence Project Inc$2,50010%
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($121k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Promise Education Fund Inc: $659,300 over 6y, 19% of budgetFree Speech for People Inc: $640,000 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetPhoenix Chamber Music Society: $151,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetDefy Ventures Inc: $137,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCenter for the Contemplative Mind in Soc: $105,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetThe Orion Society Inc: $95,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetFirst Nations Development Institute: $90,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSummer Search: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMeadowbrook Waldorf Association: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute of Noetic Sciences: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetContemplative Life Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetSunrise Movement Education Fund: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPinnacle Prevention Corp: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Mariposa Center: $25,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetSalt Lake Civil Network Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasa Marianella Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $16,705 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArizona School for the Arts: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGuardianorg Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Emergency Fund: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Phoenix Boys Choir Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHead Count Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMaine Coalition to End Domestic Violence: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Georgia Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Boma Project Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPastors United Community Advocacy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMoveOn Education Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetChelsea Symphony Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetEast Bay Community Action Program: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTake Back Our Republic Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Hope of Fairfield Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Ministries of Durham Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $2,500 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 44.

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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.

ImpactassetsincMD14.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Tides Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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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Find your warmest path to The Clements Foundation Inc 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 Clements Foundation Inc

How much does The Clements Foundation Inc give?
The Clements Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $394,205 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Clements Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Civil Rights (26%), Public Benefit (25%), Education (12%).
Who are The Clements Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: American Promise Education Fund Inc ($659k), Free Speech for People Inc ($640k), Phoenix Chamber Music Society ($151k).
Does The Clements Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Clements 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 Clements Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Impactassetsinc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
Where is The Clements Foundation Inc based?
The Clements Foundation Inc is based in DE.

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 50 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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