· Private foundation
The Mary Higgins 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $56k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK | $25,000 |
| VILLA MARIA ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| VILLA MARIE CLAIRE | $5,000 |
| FRAXA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| ST FRANCIS BREADLINE (CHURCH OF ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI) | $5,000 |
| IMMACULATE HEART ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| ST JOSEPH REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK | $2,500 |
| SYSTEMIC JIA FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| COVENANT HOUSE OF NEW JERSEY | $2,500 |
| ST GABRIEL CHURCH | $2,500 |
| COVENANT HOUSE | $2,500 |
| PLAYHOUSE COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL | $2,500 |
| ALUMNI IN RECOVERY | $2,500 |
| BIG SUNDAY | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FRFRAXA Research Foundation Inc6× · 2017–2025 · $69k · revenue +32%
- CHCOVENANT HOUSE5× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +34%
- SPST PATRICK'S HOME FOR THE AGED AND INFIRM2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- MLMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +103%
- LSLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POORgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +59%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $3k
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.
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.
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Our mission is to provide the highest-quality, state-of-the-art mental health and chemical dependency treatment in a warm, healing environment. our caring, compassionate team prepares our patients to return to their families and…
Keeping faith with the teachings of the roman catholic church and guided by the bishop of metuchen, saint peter's university hospital is committed to humble service to humanity, especially the poor, through competence and good stewardship…
The physicians of virtua medical group (vmg) share a common philosophy in all they do: to create an outstanding experience for patients. in a broad range of specialties, from family medicine to surgery to oncology, vmg's highly-trained…
To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.
Saint peter's healthcare system, inc. is a not for-profit holding company based in new brunswick, new jersey. saint peter's healthcare system, inc. is the sole corporate member of a number of not for-profit entities and the sole…
To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
How this is measured
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 38 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds FRAXA Research Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds ALUMNI IN RECOVERY A NJ NONPROFIT CORP ↗
- Who funds THE FLAX TRUSTAMERICA ↗
- Who funds MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC ↗
- Who funds SYSTEMIC JIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ↗
- Who funds Big Sunday ↗
- Who funds DOMINICAN SISTERS FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds ST PATRICK'S HOME FOR THE AGED AND INFIRM ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds RENAISSANCE NEWARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Mary Higgins Clark Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mary Higgins Clark Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Covenant House New Jersey Inc: 34% of income from government
- Montclair Film Festival Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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