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The Cline Family 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.

$322k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
22%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 31
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$2.9M
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 Cline Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k 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 ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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 arriving30$317k17%
FY202323$226k22%
FY202225$210k20%
FY202125$235k16%
FY202025$232k36%
FY201923$212k30%
FY201822$209k32%
FY201731$207kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$530kArts & Culture$414kRecreation & Sports$407kEnvironment$284kYouth Development$56kHuman Services$43kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kCivil Rights$10kOther$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 45 grantees
All grantees of The Cline Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Green-Wood Historic Fund Inc$165,57882%
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation$143,72060%
Squash and Education Alliance Inc$130,00061%
Streetsquash Inc$115,00061%
St Ann's Warehouse Inc$115,00080%
Nantucket Community Sailing Inc$92,50082%
Bucknell University$87,50070%
President and Trustees of Bates College$80,00070%
Great Harbor Yacht Club Foundation Inc$55,00058%
Amherst College Trustees$50,00020%
Chewonki Foundation Inc$50,00060%
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$42,00040%
Saint Ann's School$40,00040%
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences$39,00060%
'Sconset Trust Inc$35,00071%
The President and Trustees of Colby College$34,50040%
Newport County Regional YMCA$30,00030%
City Squash Inc$19,50060%
Brooklyn Public Library$18,90050%
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Inc$10,50030%
Brooklyn Heights Association Inc$9,00051%
The Green-Wood Cemetery$8,54310%
University of Virginia School of Architecture Foundation$8,00020%
The Evergreens Cemetery$7,00030%
The University Club$6,00010%
The Sola Foundation$5,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York$5,00010%
Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc$4,50030%
Evergreens Cemetery Preservation Foundation$4,00021%
Brooklyn Kindergarten Society$3,00030%
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation$3,00010%
One West 54th Street Foundation$3,00030%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,50010%
Wine on Wheels Inc$2,50012%
The Royal Oak Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Pave Schools Inc$2,00020%
Kings County Tennis League$2,00021%
Maimonides Medical Center$1,00010%
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services$1,00010%
Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School$1,00010%
Coney Island Prep Builders Inc$1,00010%
Wheeling Forward Inc$1,00010%
American Friends of Keshet Eilon Inc$50010%
The Corporation of Yaddo$50010%
McKim Family Charitable Foundation$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($412k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Green-Wood Historic Fund Inc: $165,578 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetBrooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation: $143,720 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSquash and Education Alliance Inc: $130,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetStreetsquash Inc: $115,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSt Ann's Warehouse Inc: $115,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNantucket Community Sailing Inc: $92,500 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetBucknell University: $87,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Trustees of Bates College: $80,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Harbor Yacht Club Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetAmherst College Trustees: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChewonki Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBrooklyn Academy of Music Inc: $42,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Ann's School: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences: $39,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budget'Sconset Trust Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $34,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNewport County Regional YMCA: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCity Squash Inc: $19,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBrooklyn Public Library: $18,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBrooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBrooklyn Heights Association Inc: $9,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetThe Green-Wood Cemetery: $8,543 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Virginia School of Architecture Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Evergreens Cemetery: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe University Club: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sola Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater New York: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBric Arts Media Bklyn Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreens Cemetery Preservation Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBrooklyn Kindergarten Society: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBrooklyn Bridge Park Corporation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne West 54th Street Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWine on Wheels Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetThe Royal Oak Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPave Schools Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKings County Tennis League: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMaimonides Medical Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrooklyn Community Housing and Services: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConey Island Preparatory Public Charter School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConey Island Prep Builders Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWheeling Forward Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Keshet Eilon Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Corporation of Yaddo: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMcKim Family Charitable Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.3% 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 45.

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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.

The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY29× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Strong Foundation of New York · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · Brooklyn Community Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Coleman Family Charitable Foundation · The Esther & Morton Wohlgemuth Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Boston 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 Cline Family Foundation Inc

How much does The Cline Family Foundation Inc give?
The Cline Family Foundation Inc reported 31 grants totaling $322,225 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Cline Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Arts & Culture (22%), Recreation & Sports (22%).
Who are The Cline Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Green-Wood Historic Fund Inc ($166k), Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation ($144k), Squash and Education Alliance Inc ($130k).
Does The Cline Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Cline Family 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 Cline Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Strong Foundation of New York, The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc.
Where is The Cline Family Foundation Inc based?
The Cline Family Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 74 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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