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The Gladys and Franklin Clark Foundation at a glance

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The Gladys and Franklin Clark 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.

$398k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.2MEducation$500kHealth$230kHuman Services$101kEnvironment$100kAnimals$30kPublic Safety & Disaster$30k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $48k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $350k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION$150,000
COLONIAL BEHAVIOR HEALTH$50,000
SENTARA FOUNDATION$50,000
MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION$50,000
CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES$50,000
ARC GREATER WILLIAMSBURG$25,000
DREAM CATCHERS$22,550
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 (FY17–25, $186k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ST FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS: $25k → 8%GROVE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER: $36k → 7%ARC GREATER WILLIAMSBURG: $25k → 7%HOSPICE HOUSE & SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG: $50k → 7%HOSPICE HOUSE & SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG: $50k → 7%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 20% of The Gladys and Franklin Clark Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in VA; by stated purpose, 84%.

The Gladys and Franklin Clark Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.2% 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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 9 repeat orgs$413k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$2.2M
$288k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+11%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsEnvironmentReligionOther
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

  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
    8× · 2018–2025 · $725k · revenue +8%
  • MM
    MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2025 · $500k · revenue +52%
  • CD
    Child Development Resources
    3× · 2022–2025 · $200k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • VR
    VERSABILITY RESOURCES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +11%
  • LF
    LET FREEDOM RING FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +18%
  • WA
    Williamsburg Area Memorial Community Center
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue -20% · 26% of their budget
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
Virginia Association of Museums

The virginia association of museums is a statewide network serving the museum community. the association's mission statement is "the virginia association of museums helps our museum community succeed".

Arts & Culture
2
Historic Virginia Land Conservancy

Promoting for the benefit of the general public, the preservation, protection and enjoyment of our natural resources, principally in the lower james, york, rappahannock and chowan rivers and surrounding watersheds.

Environment
3
Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation

The foundation determines the patentability and obtains patents on virginia commonwealth university (vcu) inventions and markets and licenses such inventions to commerical entities. the foundation's activities promote research efforts at…

Health
4
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities

VCIC works with schools, businesses, and communities to achieve success through inclusion.

Civil Rights
5
Vcu Investment Management Company

To provide investment and investment management and related services to the rector and the board of visitors of virginia commonwealth university (vcu), and/or to the private and independent foundations and other entities affiliated with…

Education
6
Washington Heritage Museums

The mission of washington heritage museums is to preserve, promote and maintain its five 18th century properties in fredericksburg, virginia and develop dynamic educational resources and programs to engage and inspire the intrest of…

Arts & Culture
7
The Virginia Home

The Virginia Home provides compassionate and professional residential care to adult Virginians with irreversible physical disabilities, ensuring that their lifelong comfort and security will never be compromised, regardless of the ability…

Health
8
Williamsburg Area Chamber of Commerce

To enhance, promote, and serve the business communities of the city of williamsburg, virginia, james city county, virginia, the bruton district of york county, virginia, and the yorktown, virginia waterfront.

—
9
Voices for Virginia's Children

The mission of voices for virginia's children is to champion public policies and legislation that achieve positive and equitable outcomes for young people.

Civil Rights
10
The Virginia Foundation for Architecture Incorporated

Elevating awareness of the transformative power of architecture and design.

—
11
The George Washington Foundation

The mission of the george washington foundation is to enhance the public understanding of the lives, values, and legacies of george washington, fielding and betty washington lewis and their family members, particularly in the broader…

Arts & Culture
12
Virginia Law Foundation

Virginia law foundation's mission is to promote through philanthropy the rule of law, access to justice and law related education.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The 30 Day Fund 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

17 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. 17 of the 20 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)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: $725,000 · Arts & CultureColonial Williamsburg FoundationMUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Arts & CultureMUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATIONJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · Arts & CultureJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $26,366 · Arts & CultureWILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherWILLIAMSBURG REGIONA…DREAM CATCHERS: $102,550 · OtherDREAM CATCHERSVERSABILITY RESOURCES INC: $50,000 · OtherVERSABILITY RESOURCE…SENTARA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherSENTARA FOUNDATIONCOLONIAL BEHAVIOR HEALTH: $50,000 · OtherCOLONIAL BEHAVIOR HE…Williamsburg Area Memorial Community Center: $40,000 · OtherWilliamsburg Area Me…THE 30 DAY FUND INC: $30,000 · OtherTHE 30 DAY FUND INCWILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationWILLIAM & MARY LA…Child Development Resources: $200,000 · EducationChild Development…HOSPICE HOUSE INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesGROVE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER: $36,170 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF GREATER WILLIAMSBURG: $25,000 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS: $25,000 · Human ServicesJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · EnvironmentLET FREEDOM RING FOUNDATION: $50,000 · ReligionHERITAGE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $30,000 · Animals
Arts & Culture$1,331,366Other$472,550Education$400,000Human Services$186,170Environment$100,000Religion$50,000Animals$30,000

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 budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $725,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetWILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetChild Development Resources: $200,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDREAM CATCHERS: $102,550 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetHOSPICE HOUSE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetVERSABILITY RESOURCES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLET FREEDOM RING FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetWilliamsburg Area Memorial Community Center: $40,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetGROVE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER: $36,170 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE 30 DAY FUND INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHERITAGE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetVIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $26,366 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ARC OF GREATER WILLIAMSBURG: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% 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.

Peninsula Community F…The Community Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…Greater Williamsburg …Sentara HealthAbbitt Family Foundat…The Robert McEldowney…Langley for Families …The Gap FoundationThe US Charitable Gif…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…
Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia IncVA22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · The Community Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Greater Williamsburg Community Trust · Sentara Health · Abbitt Family Foundation · The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · The Gap Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Gladys and Franklin Clark Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gladys and Franklin Clark Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Gladys and Franklin Clark Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Gladys and Franklin 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 20 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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