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Clark Charitable Foundation

Name: Clark Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

499
grants reported: $438.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $200,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

clark scholars building capacity school health scholarship youth

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Named Clark Scholars engineering scholarships at partner universities
Capital construction and endowed chairs, heavily University of Maryland
DC-area maternal, infant and pediatric health programs
Veterans transition, employment and capacity-building nonprofits
Catholic and independent K-12 student scholarships in DC/MD
Food security and family social services in DC and Baltimore

Typical grant

Median grant is $200,000, with the middle half between roughly $47,000 and $750,000, but the money is concentrated in a small number of seven- and eight-figure checks. The largest awards go to engineering facilities, scholarship endowments and named programs at universities ($3M to $23M), while the small end funds general operating support for DC-area nonprofits. Giving repeats heavily: Georgetown, University of Maryland, Children's National, Sibley Memorial and the Clark Scholars campuses appear year after year, often with multiple grants in a single year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“CLARK SCHOLARS PROGRAM”
“GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT”
“CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT”
“STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS”
“FACILITY RENOVATIONS”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie engineering or workforce work to the Clark Scholars pipeline, including transfer-student pathways from community colleges.
For health research, connect to their maternal-infant line: Safe Babies Safe Moms, Clark Parent-Child Network, early childhood.
Ask $250,000 to $750,000 for program or operating support unless you carry a named endowment or building.
Emphasize DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia beneficiaries even if your institution sits elsewhere.

Worth knowing: This is a deeply relationship-driven donor tied to the A. James Clark legacy: University of Maryland, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Children's National and Sibley absorb an enormous share, and the out-of-state grants are almost all Clark Scholars campuses or national veterans groups. Cold approaches without a Clark-program connection or a DC-area service footprint face long odds.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

University of Maryland College Park Foundation20 grants · $77.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation14 grants · $42.8M
Medstar Health5 grants · $18.6M
Children'S National Medical Center6 grants · $18.1M
Georgetown University13 grants · $17.2M
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation11 grants · $13.2M
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts3 grants · $11.2M
Pennsylvania State University6 grants · $10.3M
North Carolina a&T State University2 grants · $10.0M
Trustees of Boston College1 grant · $10.0M

Giving over time

$144.8M

2022

$106.3M

2023

$187.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 499 grants.

$23.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2024
New engineering facilities
$20.6M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2023
Clark scholars program network
$20.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2022
Kim building addition
$10.0M
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2024
Endow the vice president of education and the lawrence c. Nussdorf fund for sound health
$10.0M
Trustees of Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
Carroll school of management scholarship program
$9.0M
North Carolina a&T State University · Greensboro, NC · 2024
College of engineering transfer student pathways and a. James clark legacy scholars competitive freshman endowment
$7.9M
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024
Support for glioblastoma research
$7.8M
Medstar Health · Columbia, MD · 2024
Safe babies, safe moms health initiative
$7.3M
Children'S National Medical Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Clark parent-child network
$7.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2024
Clark distinguished chairs
$7.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2023
New engineering facilities
$5.8M
Maryland Food Bank · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General operating support of food secuity programs
$5.3M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2022
Maryland promise program
$5.0M
Children'S National Medical Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Clark parent-child network
$5.0M
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Support of the georgetown university thrive center for children, families, and communities
$5.0M
Medstar Health · Columbia, MD · 2023
Safe babies, safe moms health initiative
$5.0M
Medstar Health · Columbia, MD · 2022
Safe babies, safe moms health initiative
$4.3M
Workshops for Warriors · San Diego, CA · 2022
Construction of a new facility
$4.3M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2024
Maryland promise program
$4.1M
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington · Washington, DC · 2024
Support of the newcomer network
$4.0M
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Support of study of markets & ethics programming and the ethics project at the mcdonough school of business
$4.0M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Clark scholars program
$4.0M
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024
Clark scholars program
$4.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2023
Clark distinguished chairs
$4.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2022
New engineering facilities
$4.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2022
Clark distinguished chairs
$3.8M
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Clark scholars program
$3.8M
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Construction of new pavilion
$3.8M
Medstar Georgetown Medical Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Construction of new pavilion
$3.8M
Children'S National Medical Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Endowed professorships
$3.7M
Catholic Charities Dc · Washington, DC · 2023
Support of the newcomer network
$3.5M
Georgia Tech Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Clark scholars program
$3.3M
Childrens National Hospital · Washington, DC · 2024
Clark parent-child network
$3.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2024
Clark scholars program network
$3.0M
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Clark scholars program
$3.0M
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2023
Clark scholars program
$3.0M
Dc Public Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Dcpspersists initiative
$3.0M
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Clark scholars program
$3.0M
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Clark scholars program
$3.0M
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2022
Clark scholars program
$3.0M
Stevens Institute of Technology · Hoboken, NJ · 2022
Clark scholars program
$3.0M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Clark scholars program
$3.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2022
Center for minorities in science and engineering
$3.0M
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Clark scholars program
$3.0M
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
Clark scholars program
$2.8M
Washington Jesuit Academy · Washington, DC · 2023
Capital campaign support
$2.6M
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Maternal health access program
$2.6M
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Maternal health acces program
$2.6M
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Maternal health access program
$2.5M
Samaritan Inns · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support of housing, treatment and recovery services programs
$2.5M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Clark scholars program
$2.5M
Catholic Charities Dc · Washington, DC · 2022
Support of the newcomer network
$2.2M
Washington Nationals Philanthropies · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating and youth programming support
$2.0M
Junior Tennis Champions Center · College Park, MD · 2024
Facility expansion
$2.0M
Suburban Hospital Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Capital campaign
$2.0M
Boulder Crest Foundation · Bluemont, VA · 2023
General operating support of veterans programs
$2.0M
Operation Homefront · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Support for veterans transitional housing programs
$2.0M
Suburban Hospital Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Capital campaign
$2.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2023
Clark leadership chairs
$2.0M
Boulder Crest Foundation · Bluemont, VA · 2022
General operating support of veterans programs
$2.0M
Operation Homefront · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Support for veterans transitional housing programs
$2.0M
Suburban Hospital Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Capital campaign
$2.0M
Third Option Foundation · Reston, VA · 2022
Support of veterans programs
$2.0M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2022
Clark leadership chairs
$1.9M
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for a virtual nursing program
$1.8M
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support capacity building and strategic growth of the trades academy
$1.8M
The Commit Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Support of veterans transition programs
$1.8M
The Washington School for Girls · Washington, DC · 2024
Student scholarships and new facility construction
$1.8M
Hire Heroes USA · Alpharetta, GA · 2022
Mentoring and online training programs
$1.8M
The Mission Continues · St Louis, MO · 2022
Service leadership corps and women veterans leadership program
$1.7M
Suburban Hospital Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating support for a virtual nursing program
$1.7M
Virginia Tech Foundation · Blacksburg, VA · 2024
Clark scholars program
$1.6M
The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology · Hoboken, NJ · 2024
Clark scholars program
$1.5M
Washington Jesuit Academy · Washington, DC · 2022
Capital campaign support
$1.5M
Operation Homefront · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Support for veterans transitional housing programs
$1.5M
Hire Heroes USA · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
Mentoring and online training programs
$1.5M
The Mission Continues · St Louis, MO · 2023
Capacity building support for veterans program
$1.5M
Third Option Foundation · Reston, VA · 2023
Support of veterans programs
$1.5M
Washington Jesuit Academy · Washington, DC · 2023
Headmaster's endowment fund
$1.4M
The Mission Continues · St Louis, MO · 2024
Capacity building support for veterans program
$1.4M
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support capacity building and strategic growth of the trades academy
$1.3M
The Commit Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Support of veterans transition programs
$1.3M
The Commit Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Support of veterans transition programs
$1.3M
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2022
Center for minorities in science and engineering
$1.3M
Hire Heroes USA · Alpharetta, GA · 2024
Mentoring and online training programs
$1.2M
Washington Jesuit Academy · Washington, DC · 2024
Capital campaign support
$1.2M
Workshops for Warriors · San Diego, CA · 2023
Construction of a new facility
$1.2M
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
A. James clark endowed chair fund
$1.1M
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Expand pediatric proton therapy care
$1.1M
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Expand pediatric proton therapy care
$1.1M
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Elevate orthopaedic patient care
$1.1M
Operation Opportunity Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Capacity-building support of college preparatory programs
$1.0M
Bishop McNamara High School · Forestville, MD · 2024
Student scholarships
$1.0M
College Track · Suitland, MD · 2024
Facility renovations
$1.0M
Dematha Catholic High School · Hyattsville, MD · 2024
Student scholarships
$1.0M
Elizabeth Seton High School · Bladensburg, MD · 2024
Student scholarships
$1.0M
Mount St Mary'S University · Emmitsburg, MD · 2024
Third century scholars program
$1.0M
National Links Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
Facility renovations
$1.0M
Pga Tour First Tee Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2024
Support for the finchem scholars program
$1.0M
Third Option Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
Support of veterans programs

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