Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The Corps Network
The Corps Network provides critical leadership to the Corps movement and our nations service and conservation corps as they harness the power of youth and young adults to tackle some of Americas greatest challenges and transform their own lives.
- $12M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 69
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $12M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,259
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,489,389
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 40
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 33
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations The Corps Network funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 67 | $12M | 45% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $8.3M | 19% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $5.2M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $6.1M | 28% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $5.5M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $6.9M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $5.7M | 40% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $3.9M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation Legacy | $7,867,952 | 9 | 5% |
| Northwest Youth Corps | $6,431,324 | 9 | 10% |
| Franklins Promise Coalition Inc | $5,550,170 | 8 | 65% |
| Green City Force Inc | $4,743,749 | 9 | 16% |
| American Youthworks | $3,697,009 | 9 | 12% |
| Civic Works Inc | $3,592,758 | 9 | 5% |
| Greater Miami Service Corps | $3,139,410 | 9 | 23% |
| Operation Fresh Start Inc | $1,613,867 | 9 | 7% |
| Utah State University | $1,511,431 | 6 | n/a |
| Climb Community Development Corporation | $1,258,172 | 9 | 31% |
Show all 94 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
The Corps Network supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · National Forest Foundation · National Park Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Youthbuild Global Inc · American Forests · Service Year Exchange Inc · The Outdoor Foundation · National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc · Colorado Youth Corps Association · National Recreation Foundation Incorporated · National Wildlife Federation
How this is measured
About The Corps Network
- How much does The Corps Network give?
- The Corps Network reported 69 itemized grants totaling $12,071,500, out of $12,345,505 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 40 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Corps Network fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (31%), Youth Development (22%), Employment (19%).
- Who are The Corps Network's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Conservation Legacy ($7.9M), Northwest Youth Corps ($6.4M), Franklins Promise Coalition Inc ($5.6M).
- Does The Corps Network fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Corps Network?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Forest Foundation, National Park Foundation.
- Where is The Corps Network based?
- The Corps Network is based in DC.
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