· Private foundation
The Clyfford 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $3k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
- $250k+1 grant · $260k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CLIMATE LAW POLICY PROJECT | $260,200 |
| GIMME SHELTER ANIMAL RESCUE | $15,000 |
| CHARITY AID FOUNDATION AMERICA | $10,000 |
| BARD COLLEGE | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +149% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TAThe Abraham Foundation4× · 2017–2020 · $23k · revenue +149%
- 1A1761 ARTS INC2× · 2017–2018 · $11k · revenue +167%
BARD COLLEGE2× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +256%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $5k
- AIAKASHINGA INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +290%
- MFMANNA FOOD CENTER INCone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +21%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
New York Sustainable Agricultural Working Group (NYSAWG) is a not-for-profit organization located in western New York to raise awareness of issues affecting the sustainability of the food and agriculture system. The Organizations mission…
The mission of feeding new york state is to lead a unified effort for a hunger-free state of new york. the mission of food banking is to obtain food and deliver it to emergency food programs. feeding new york state works to end hunger by…
Our costs consist of acquiring, sorting and distributing food to 617 member agencies, transportation and logistics, and community outreach to 69 direct distribution sites such as gbfb mobile markets, and federal distributions for low…
Conserve, enhance, and celebrate our distinctive catskill sanctuary through sustainable horticulture, responsible land stewardship, and innovative educational programming
The mission of the connecticut foodshare is to deliver an informed and equitable response to hunger by mobilizing community partners, volunteers, and supporters.
Pitney meadows community farm's mission is to celebrate and explore agricultural educaiton, healthy food and recreation.
The purpose is to ensure, improve and maintain the integrity of the community surrounding sutton place south and sutton place park in manhattan, new york (the "community"), including the visual aspects, aesthetics, trees, shrubs and…
The mission of island harvest is to end hunger and reduce food waste on long island.
To offer emergency food assistance, service the food-related needs of vulnerable populations, and engage the entire community in the fight against hunger. we are nonsectarian, community focused, and volunteer supported.
Zero foodprint is mobilizing the food world around agricultural climate solutions. our work aims to create a circular economy that incentivizes practices that actively draw down carbon dioxide and offer our best hope of addressing the…
The focus of the merrimack valley food bank is to help meet a person's most profound need - adequate nutrition and freedom from hunger. only through cooperative efforts can society initiate change, develop strategies to alleviate hunger,…
Protect is a grassroots, membership organization dedicated to the protection, stewardship and sustainability of the natural environment and human communities of the adirondack park and the new york state forest preserve for current and…
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 21 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CLIMATE LAW AND POLICY PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Gimme Shelter Animal Rescue Inc ↗
- Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
- Who funds The Abraham Foundation ↗
- Who funds 1761 ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds AKASHINGA INC ↗
- Who funds MANNA FOOD CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH STAR FUND INC ↗
- Who funds THE MONTAUK PLAYHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MONTAUK FOOD PANTRY ↗
- Who funds BETHESDA CARES INC ↗
- Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MADOO CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds SPRINGS FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Clyfford Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Clyfford Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Bethesda Cares Inc: 100% of income from government
- Manna Food Center Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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