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The Clowes Fund Incorporated

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
181
Itemized grants FY2024
164
Organizations funded FY2023
22%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.9M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
153 to 164
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$59M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations The Clowes Fund Incorporated funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $402k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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 arriving154$2.8M13%
FY2023164$28M22%
FY2022153$2.7M19%
FY2021157$3.5M30%
FY2020164$4.6Mn/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.

Arts & Culture$28MHuman Services$3.1MEducation$2.1MYouth Development$1.8MCrime & Legal$1.8MEmployment$947kCivil Rights$791kInternational$674kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 277 grantees
All grantees of The Clowes Fund Incorporated by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Newfields Inc$26,867,800541%
English for New Bostonians Inc$363,87556%
The Immigrant Welcome Center Inc$324,250519%
Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc$324,00054%
Workforce Inc$313,50044%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$305,00040%
International Institute of New England Inc$250,00052%
Edvestors Inc$240,00052%
Marion County Commission on Youth Inc$220,50055%
Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Inc$220,00043%
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project$220,00052%
Political Asylumimmigration Representation Project Inc$215,00053%
UTEC Inc$210,00041%
African Community Education Program Inc$190,250511%
New Hampshire Legal Assistance Inc$180,00041%
Center for New Americans Inc$167,00057%
Project Citizenship Inc$165,50054%
American Friends Service Committee$160,0005n/a
Vermont Law School$155,00040%
Child Advocates Inc$155,00051%
Seattle Chamber Music Festival$150,00025%
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center Inc$140,00030%
Quincy Asian Resources Inc$140,00052%
Greater Indianapolis Literacy League Inc$140,00053%
Mujeres Unidas Avanzando Inc$140,00052%
More Than Words Inc$140,00050%
Prosperityme$135,00052%
Tree Street Youth Inc$132,50052%
Waltham Partnership for Youth Inc$130,25053%
De Novo Center for Justice and Healing$130,00051%
Second Helpings Inc$125,25050%
The Broad Bay Congregational United Church of Christ$125,0005n/a
Lawrence Communityworks Inc$121,00032%
Health Law Advocates Inc$120,75051%
Sandglass Center for Puppetry & Theater Research Ltd$120,000514%
Found in Translation Inc$120,00053%
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$120,00040%
Flanner House of Indianapolis$120,00050%
Sociedad Latina Inc$120,00052%
The Hyde Square Task Force Inc$120,00041%
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health Inc$117,5003n/a
One Family Inc$110,50051%
Trekkers Inc$110,00042%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of New Hampshire$110,00042%
Pioneer Valley Workers Center Inc$105,00045%
Trinity Jubilee Center Inc$102,50054%
Horizon House Inc$101,00051%
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc$100,00042%
Pathways Adult Education & Training Inc$100,00052%
Center for Interfaith Cooperation Inc$95,00047%
Oberlin College$95,00050%
826 Boston Inc$90,50051%
Raw Art Works Inc$90,00041%
In-Sight Photography Project Inc$90,00049%
Brazilian Women's Group Inc$90,00055%
Iyg Inc$90,00042%
WriteBoston Inc$90,00034%
Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc$90,00054%
Burmese American Community Institute$90,00052%
Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc$90,00032%
Teenworks Inc$88,10051%
Fathers and Families Resourceresearch Center Inc$80,00041%
Harborcov Inc$80,00031%
Reach for Youth Inc$80,00032%
Artists for Humanity Inc$80,00041%
Organization for Refugee And$80,00032%
Community Asylum Seekers Project Inc$79,000315%
Community Legal Aid Inc$75,00040%
Starfish Inc$70,00033%
La Plaza Inc$70,00022%
Shepherd Community Inc$70,00011%
Literations Corp$69,50032%
The New England Youth Theater Inc$65,00037%
Immigrant Family Services Institute Inc$60,00031%
Project Azul Inc$60,000321%
Homeworthy$60,00030%
Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc$60,00021%
The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc$60,00021%
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center$60,00032%
Community Adolescent Resource and Education Center Inc$60,00031%
Building Community in New Hampshire$60,00037%
Sea Education Association Inc$60,00050%
Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers Inc$60,00030%
The Compass School Inc$60,00032%
Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center at Crooked Creek$55,00021%
Center for Victim and Human Rights$55,00026%
Children Law Center of Massachusetts Inc$55,00032%
The Indiana Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$55,00022%
Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center$55,00033%
Pace Inc$50,50031%
The Neighborhood Developers Inc$50,00020%
Asian Community Development Corporation$50,00012%
Amherst College Trustees$50,00030%
Trustees of Boston University$50,00020%
Catholic Charities Indianapolis Inc$50,00020%
Indiana Legal Services Inc$50,00020%
Rian Immigrant Center Inc$50,00011%
Families First Indiana Inc$50,0001n/a
Granite State Organizing Project Inc$50,00018%
Justice at Work Inc$50,00025%
Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action$50,00050%
Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine$45,00022%
Center for Leadership Development Inc$45,00021%
Berkshire Immigrant Center Inc$45,00023%
Preparatory Foundation Inc$42,00051%
Root Ns Inc$41,75021%
Latinas Welding Guild$41,25025%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Inc$40,00050%
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc$40,00010%
Overcomers Refugee Services$40,00029%
Hannah Grimes Center$40,00022%
Massachusetts Advocates for Children Inc$40,00021%
Southeast Community Services Inc$40,00020%
Enroot Inc$40,00021%
Haitian Association of Indiana Corp$40,00029%
Christamore House Inc$40,00021%
Elevated Thought Inc$40,00021%
The Damien Center$40,00020%
Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation$40,00020%
Grow Food Northampton Inc$35,50042%
Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum$35,50050%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$32,00050%
Wopanaak Language and Cultural Weetyoo Inc$30,00032%
Vermont Works for Women Inc$30,00022%
Vermont Asylum Assistance Project Inc$30,000122%
Herring Gut Learning Center$30,0002n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$30,00020%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$25,30010%
Building Tomorrow Inc$25,00050%
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc$25,00050%
Upper Valley Haven$25,00050%
Rubicon Programs Inc$25,00040%
Kellermann Foundation$25,00050%
Harrison Center for the Arts Inc$25,00050%
New Hampshire Peace Action Education Fund$25,00056%
The Villages of Indiana Inc$25,00050%
The Trustees of the Smith College$25,00050%
St Monica Catholic Church Indianapolis Inc$24,8504n/a
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc$24,50031%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$23,50040%
Marlboro School of Music Inc$22,70040%
Resist Inc$22,50010%
The Harley School$22,50050%
Common Threads of Maine$20,000110%
World Central Kitchen Inc$20,00020%
The Hatch Inc$20,00014%
COMMON Foundation dba Our COMMON Foundation$20,00016%
Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice$20,00012%
Felege Hiywot Center Inc$20,00015%
La Vida Inc$20,00015%
Central Vermont Adult Basic Education Inc$20,00011%
Women's Information Service (Wise) of the Upper Valley Inc$20,00011%
Jfynetworks a Nonprofit Corporation$20,0001n/a
The Bail Project Inc$20,00010%
Peace Learning Center Inc$20,00011%
Center for Women & Enterprise Inc$20,00011%
River Gallery School Inc$20,00014%
Hawthorne Social Service Association Inc$20,00011%
Worcester Refugee and Immigrant Support and Empowerment (Rise) for Health Inc$20,00018%
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras$20,00011%
Museum of Fine Arts$19,50050%
Childrens School of Science Inc$18,50052%
Polk Ecumenical Action Council For Empowerment Inc$16,87533%
A Place To Turn Inc$16,00021%
Conservation International Foundation$16,00050%
Grassroots International Inc$15,00050%
Oxfam-America Inc$15,00010%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$15,00010%
Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy$15,00050%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$15,00010%
National Immigration Law Center$15,00020%
International Rescue Committee INC$12,50020%
Hitchcock Center for the Environment Inc$11,80031%
Coalition For Open Democracy$11,50052%
Indiana University Foundation$11,00050%
Umass Chan Medical School Foundation Inc$10,9505n/a
Purdue Research Foundation$10,50040%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$10,50010%
Earthjustice$10,00020%
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc$10,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana Inc$10,00010%
Town of Waldoboro$10,0001n/a
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc$10,00010%
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc$10,00010%
The Greenlining Institute$10,00010%
Committee on Temporary Shelter Inc$10,00020%
Farestart$10,00010%
East Bay Community Law Center$10,00010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$10,00010%
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc$10,00010%
United States Fund for Unicef$10,00010%
Emmanuel Music Inc$10,00011%
Madam Walker Legacy Center Inc Fka Madame Walker Urban Life Center$10,00020%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$10,00010%
Supporting and Helping Asylees and$10,00025%
Information and Referral Network Inc$10,0001n/a
Dartmouth Health Home Care Inc$10,00020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$10,00010%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$10,00020%
Casa Ruby Inc$10,00010%
Vermont Foodbank$10,00010%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$10,00010%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$10,00020%
Wellesley Theatre Project Inc$9,25040%
St Richard's Episcopal School$9,00030%
Caroline Symmes Inc$9,00023%
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust Inc$9,00040%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Inc$8,75010%
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc$8,75030%
Penobscot Bay Language School$8,50051%
Day Middle School Parent Teacher Organization$8,12556%
Dover-Sherborn Gridiron Club Inc$7,500211%
Community Change Inc$7,50051%
New Hampshire Antiquarian Society DBA Hopkinton Historical Society$7,50053%
Newton Food Pantry Inc$5,25040%
Whately Historical Society, Inc.$5,0002n/a
Orangutan Outreach Inc Attn Richard Zimmerman$5,00011%
The Malala Fund$5,00010%
The Dover Sherborn Education Fund Inc$5,00029%
The Innocence Project Inc$5,00010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$5,00010%
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health$5,00011%
New Hampshire World Fellowship Center Inc$5,00050%
Jewish Community Center Association of Indianapolis Incorporated$4,75040%
Community Servings Inc$4,75030%
Franklin Land Trust Inc$4,50030%
The Trustees of Reservations$4,00020%
The Epiphany School Inc$4,00010%
Women4 Change Indiana Inc$3,50021%
The Parks Foundation of Hendricks County$3,25031%
Project Home Indy Co$3,00010%
Hoosier Environmental Council Inc$2,87510%
Ball State University Foundation Inc$2,75040%
Ivy Tech Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Inc$2,5002n/a
Earth Island Institute Inc$2,50010%
The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts Inc$2,50010%
James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association$2,50030%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$2,50010%
National Urban Fellows Inc$2,25020%
Indy Convergence Inc$2,25021%
Alianza Community Schools Inc$2,05010%
The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Inc$2,00040%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,00010%
Wealth4Impact, Ltd.$1,5001n/a
Washington Township Schools Foundation Inc$1,50020%
Joseph Maley Foundation Inc$1,25030%
Young Women's Christian Association of Boston Inc$1,25010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$1,25010%
Coburn Place Safehaven II Inc$1,25010%
Sociedad Amigos de Colombia de Indiana Inc$1,25012%
Old Dartmouth Historical Society$1,00010%
Theatre Arts Opportunity Committee Inc$1,00011%
Birthday Wishes Inc$1,00020%
United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc$1,00010%
The Needham Education Foundation Inc$75020%
Great Dog Rescue NE Inc$75010%
Plugged in Band Program Inc$75010%
Tri-Area Library Inc$5001n/a
Iladd$50010%
Villanova University$50010%
Catholic Youth Organization of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Inc$50010%
Ocean Conservancy$50010%
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Inc$50010%
Friends of Needham Lacrosse, Inc.$5001n/a
Centre Street Food Pantry Inc$50010%
New England Equine Rescue - North Inc$50010%
Indiana Recycling Coalition Inc$50010%
International Myeloma Foundation$50010%
Flashes Football Foundation$5001n/a
Council on International Educational Exchange Inc$50010%
Als One Inc$50010%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$50010%
Circle of Hope Inc$50010%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$40010%
Newton North High School Parent Teacher Student Organization$30010%
Jog Your Memory 5k Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($984k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Clowes Fund Incorporated supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNewfields Inc: $26,867,800 over 5y, 41% of budgetEnglish for New Bostonians Inc: $363,875 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetThe Immigrant Welcome Center Inc: $324,250 over 5y, 19% of budgetExodus Refugee Immigration Inc: $324,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetWorkforce Inc: $313,500 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetLocal Initiatives Support Corporation: $305,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Institute of New England Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetEdvestors Inc: $240,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMarion County Commission on Youth Inc: $220,500 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetNeighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Inc: $220,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetImmigrant Legal Advocacy Project: $220,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetPolitical Asylumimmigration Representation Project Inc: $215,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetUTEC Inc: $210,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetAfrican Community Education Program Inc: $190,250 over 5y, 11% of budgetNew Hampshire Legal Assistance Inc: $180,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for New Americans Inc: $167,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetProject Citizenship Inc: $165,500 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetVermont Law School: $155,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetChild Advocates Inc: $155,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSeattle Chamber Music Festival: $150,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetMary Rigg Neighborhood Center Inc: $140,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetQuincy Asian Resources Inc: $140,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetGreater Indianapolis Literacy League Inc: $140,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetMujeres Unidas Avanzando Inc: $140,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetMore Than Words Inc: $140,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetProsperityme: $135,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetTree Street Youth Inc: $132,500 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetWaltham Partnership for Youth Inc: $130,250 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetDe Novo Center for Justice and Healing: $130,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSecond Helpings Inc: $125,250 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLawrence Communityworks Inc: $121,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetHealth Law Advocates Inc: $120,750 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSandglass Center for Puppetry & Theater Research Ltd: $120,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetFound in Translation Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $120,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFlanner House of Indianapolis: $120,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSociedad Latina Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetThe Hyde Square Task Force Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetOne Family Inc: $110,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTrekkers Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of New Hampshire: $110,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetPioneer Valley Workers Center Inc: $105,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetTrinity Jubilee Center Inc: $102,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetHorizon House Inc: $101,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetPathways Adult Education & Training Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCenter for Interfaith Cooperation Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetOberlin College: $95,000 over 5y, 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 200.

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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 Indianapolis Foundation IncIN82.5× affinity51 shared granteesties to 8 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 Clowes Fund Incorporated?

Find your warmest path to The Clowes Fund Incorporated 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 Clowes Fund Incorporated

How much does The Clowes Fund Incorporated give?
The Clowes Fund Incorporated reported 181 itemized grants totaling $2,925,750, out of $3,138,750 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 153 and 164 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Clowes Fund Incorporated fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (54%), Human Services (6%), Education (4%).
Who are The Clowes Fund Incorporated's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Newfields Inc ($27M), English for New Bostonians Inc ($364k), The Immigrant Welcome Center Inc ($324k).
Does The Clowes Fund Incorporated fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Clowes Fund Incorporated accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Clowes Fund Incorporated?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Indianapolis Foundation Inc, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Central Indiana Inc.
Where is The Clowes Fund Incorporated based?
The Clowes Fund Incorporated is based in IN.

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 307 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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