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The Corley Foundation at a glance

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The Corley Foundation

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.

$60k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$170kInternational$85kEducation$53kCommunity Improvement$17k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$520k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL INTRA-OCULAR IMPLANT$20,000
GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$15,000
SANTA ANA COUNTRY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP$10,000
CHISOMO IDEA$10,000
FORUM FOR CORPORATE DIRECTORS ORANG$4,750
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEW ENGLAND EYE INSTITUTE: $35k → 16%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $6k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS: $8k → 10%CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS: $8k → 10%CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS: $8k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 12% of The Corley Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 56% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 45%.

The Corley Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 12% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$100k · 4 repeat orgs$225k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
10

Total granted

$100k
$180k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+9%

Still filing today

50%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE CHISOMO IDEA INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $38k · revenue +2%
  • EI
    EYELLIANCE INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $25k · revenue -66%
  • CO
    CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS
    3× · 2020–2022 · $23k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • UG
    UCI GAVIN HERBERT EYE INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
  • NE
    NEW ENGLAND EYE INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue +9%
  • IC
    Illinois College of Optometry
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue +19%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
International Council of Ophthalmology

International council of ophthalmology is a swiss non-profit established to work with ophthalmologic societies and others to enhance ophthalmic education and improve access to the highest quality eye care in order to preserve and restore…

Health
2
The New England College of Optometry

See schedule othe mission of new england college of optometry is to change the way people see the world.we do so by:- integrating innovative education with early and diverse clinical experiences to prepare today's optometrists for…

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3
Dean Mcgee Eye Institute

The dean mcgee eye institute is dedicated to serving all oklahomans and the global community through excellence and leadership in patient care, education and vision research.

Health
4
American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc

To develop and provide financial support for optometric research and education.

Health
5
Keralink International Inc

Keralink international works to end avoidable blindness by developing, delivering, and scaling affordable solutions for all, powered by innovative technology and partnerships.

Health
6
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc

We enable countries to cure avoidable blindness by developing high quality, cost-effective eye care in underserved areas of the world.

International
7
Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc

Description of organization mission the schepens eye research institute ("schepens") fights blindness by developing new technologies, therapies and knowledge to retain and restore vision. through a continuum of discovery, the institute…

Health
8
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
9
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
11
Optometry Giving Sight

Optometry giving sight targets the prevention of blindness & impaired vision due to uncorrected refractive error through education, training, service delivery and advocacy.

Philanthropy
12
Sankara Eye Foundation Usa

To work towards eradicating curable blindness all over india. our key program is vision 20/20 - with the goal of performing 500,000 free surgeries per year throughout india. we have been primarily partnering with sankara eye foundation in…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Melanoma Research Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Chisomo Idea Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 17 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCI GAVIN HERBERT EYE INSTITUTE: $75,013 · OtherUCI GAVIN HERBERT EYE INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL INTRA-OCULAR IMPLANT: $20,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL INTRA-OCULAR IMPLANTFORUM FOR CORPORATE DIRECTORS ORANG: $14,750 · OtherFORUM FOR CORPORATE DIRECTORS ORANGSANTA ANA COUNTRY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP: $10,000 · OtherSANTA ANA COUNTRY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP+2 more: $5,000 · OtherNEW ENGLAND EYE INSTITUTE INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesNEW ENGLAND EYE INSTIT…CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS: $22,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN OF THE NATION…JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $5,650 · Human ServicesJOHN TRACY CLINICEYELLIANCE INC: $25,000 · HealthEYELLIANCE INCGLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthGLAUCOMA RESEARC…FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $8,000 · HealthFREE WHEELCHAIR …Illinois College of Optometry: $35,000 · EducationIllinois Colle…OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationOPHTHALMOLOGY …THE CHISOMO IDEA INC: $37,500 · InternationalTHE CHISOMO I…JF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsPIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Community Improvement
Other$124,763Human Services$63,150Health$48,000Education$42,500International$37,500Recreation & Sports$6,000Community Improvement$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CHISOMO IDEA INC: $37,500 over 4y, 18% of budgetNEW ENGLAND EYE INSTITUTE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIllinois College of Optometry: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEYELLIANCE INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN OF THE NATIONS: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $5,650 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH10.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Corley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Corley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • New England Eye Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 17 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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