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The Corley Legacy Foundation at a glance

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The Corley Legacy Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$123k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$340kHuman Services$203kEducation$140kArts & Culture$45kRecreation & Sports$13kYouth Development$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$5k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $105k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$684k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRAIG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$40,000
CHILDRENS DIABETES FOUNDATION$25,000
CHILDRENS DIABETES FOUNDATION$15,000
A PRECIOUS CHILD INC$15,000
K IIN BEH EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDATION INC$10,000
ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION$7,000
CHILDRENS DIABETES FOUNDATION$6,000
MOSAIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $203k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $100k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $25k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $15k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $15k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $13k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $10k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $10k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $5k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $5k → 5%WARREN VILLAGE INC: $5k → 12%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$705k · 9 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
6

Total granted

$705k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+42%

Still filing today

89%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CD
    CHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $214k · revenue +79%
  • CH
    Craig Hospital Foundation
    4× · 2017–2025 · $96k · revenue +228%
  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • TS
    Tommy Spaulding Leadership Institute
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -21%
  • VC
    VALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +42%
  • GC
    GREATER COLORADO COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2018 · $7k · revenue +6%
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
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
2
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
3
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
4
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
5
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
6
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
7
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
12
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A Precious Child Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Jewish Health. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 16 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $214,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATIONCraig Hospital Foundation: $96,000 · HealthCraig Hospital FoundationNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $25,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH+1 more: $5,000 · HealthA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $197,500 · Human ServicesA PRECIOUS CHILD INC+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSI…KIIN BEH EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationKIIN BEH EDUCATION CE…Mosaic Education Initiative: $15,000 · EducationMosaic Education Init…Tommy Spaulding Leadership Institute: $10,000 · EducationTommy Spaulding Leade…VALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $7,500 · EducationVALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOO…ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $7,000 · EducationDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $45,000 · Arts & CultureGOALIE GUILD INC: $12,500 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 · OtherGREATER COLORADO COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $6,500 · Youth Development
Health$340,000Human Services$202,500Education$139,500Arts & Culture$45,000Other$17,500Youth Development$6,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $214,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $197,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $96,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKIIN BEH EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMosaic Education Initiative: $15,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTommy Spaulding Leadership Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER COLORADO COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC: $5,000 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Corley Legacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 16 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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