Skip to content
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Private foundation

The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$294M
Granted FY2022
8
Grants FY2022
5
States reached
$202M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2022.

Human Services$692MPhilanthropy$38MEducation$32MHealth$29MScience & Tech$25MCommunity Improvement$23MEmployment$12MYouth Development$4.6MOther$0
02FY2022 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+7 grants · $294M
$25,000,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC$201,538,566
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE$30,000,000
CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION$25,000,000
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION$25,000,000
CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP$8,500,000
NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP$2,500,000
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE$1,000,000
BROOKLYN MUSEUM$100,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $696.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%TIDES CENTER: $2.0M → 10%BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC: $270.3M → 17%TIDES CENTER: $2.0M → 10%BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC: $201.5M → 17%CHILD TRENDS: $1.0M → 8%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $2.5M → 14%BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC: $70.7M → 17%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $500k → 14%BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC: $58.5M → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $500k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $50k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $30.0M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $30.0M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $20.0M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $5.0M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $1.0M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $1.0M → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
NC
DC
OK
AL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$761M · 9 repeat orgs$92M to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$761M
$42M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-1%
+23%

Still filing today

78%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHealthEmploymentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CF
    CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
    3× · 2020–2022 · $17M · revenue +14%
  • CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $12M · revenue +34%
  • COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS
    2× · 2020–2021 · $9.5M · revenue +305% · 28% of their budget

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20M · revenue -4%
  • AC
    AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5.0M
  • EF
    EDUCATION FINANCE INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $5.0M
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
4
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
5
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
6
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
7
Center for American Progress

The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…

Civil Rights
8
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
9
Citizen Schools Inc

In fiscal year 2025, the agency operated an americorps maker fellowship, placing 7 americorps vista members at 6 different education focused organizations in ca, ma, and ny. americorps members worked on capacity building projects to expand…

Education
10
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
11
Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose Inc

Chief executives for corporate purpose (cecp) is the only business counsel and network dedicated to driving measurable returns on purpose. we promote responsible purpose-driven business as it increases customer loyalty, builds employee…

Philanthropy
12
Childhood Education International

To promote innovative solutions to education challenges and inspire action that creates positive, sustainable futures for children and youth worldwide

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Trends Inc; the most unlike its peers is Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 30 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
12/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC: $601,037,937 · Human ServicesBLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INCHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $87,000,000 · Human ServicesHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC+4 more: $8,550,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP: $16,670,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $9,500,000 · EducationYouth Guidance: $4,500,000 · EducationRESULTS FOR AMERICA: $4,000,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000,000 · EducationCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation: $25,000,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $2,000,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $1,500,000 · PhilanthropyNURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $27,500,000 · HealthWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $25,000,000 · Science & TechTHE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC: $20,000,000 · Community ImprovementAMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000,000 · OtherEDUCATION FINANCE INSTITUTE: $5,000,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,828,000 · OtherCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $12,000,000 · Other+7 more: $1,440,000 · Other
Human Services$696,587,937Education$35,670,000Philanthropy$28,500,000Health$27,500,000Science & Tech$25,000,000Community Improvement$20,000,000Other$26,268,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC: $601,037,937 over 3y, 17% of budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $87,000,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetNURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $27,500,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $25,000,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation: $25,000,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC: $20,000,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP: $16,670,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $12,000,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $9,500,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetYouth Guidance: $4,500,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetRESULTS FOR AMERICA: $4,000,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $4,000,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $3,000,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $2,000,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $1,000,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCHILD TRENDS INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $550,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $500,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAFE PASSAGE PROJECT CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL INDIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC: $75,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Blue Meridian Partner…The David and Lucile …Gates FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Blue Meridian Partners IncNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Meridian Partners Inc · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Gates Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Edna McConnell Clark Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 63%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Child Trends Inc: 50% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation 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.

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 30 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Edna McConnell Clark’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home