Grants for community development corporations

Name: Top 25 grants made to community development corporations
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,942 community development corporations received at least $29.5 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,266 grants made from 870 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 870 foundations, 85% made just a single grant to community devel orgs, and 4% made grants to four or more community devel orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$29,458,935

Total grant dollars given to community development corporations

1,266

Number of grants made annually to community development corporations

870

Number of grantmakers funding community development corporations

$1,500

Median grant size to community development corporations

Foundations that support community development corporations

Out of all grants made to community development corporations, 66% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 91% of the dollar-value of grants to community devel orgs. Foundations funding community devel orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, christian organizations, food banks, food distribution programs, and homeless shelters.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	580
Medium	144
Large	145

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	46
Private	633
Corporate	60
Other	131

Grants made

Grants made to community devel orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	747
2-3	86
4-10	28
11+	9

Top 10 foundations supporting community development corporations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to community devel orgs	Number of grants made to community devel orgs	Median grant size
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	38	$1,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.1%	25	$2,272
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	0.3%	19	$900
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	19	$295
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.0%	15	$70
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.1%	14	$500
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	13	$100
Alliant Energy Foundation	WI	State	0.6%	11	$1,281
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.0%	11	$1,000
The Schott Foundation for Public Education	MA	National	4.0%	10	$5,000

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Community development corporations grantees

Community development corporations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 94% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 22% of all community devel orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	1,259
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	7

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,845

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	157
California	129
Iowa	79
Pennsylvania	73
Other	828

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	121
Los Angeles	61
Chicago	61
Philadelphia	47
Other	809

Top 25 grants made to community development corporations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Barton Institute for Community Action	$6,926,632	General Use	University of Denver (DU)
Neighborhood Preservation	$4,503,568	General Operational Support	Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
Reinvent Stockton Foundation	$4,000,000	Community Building	California Community Foundation
University City District (UCD)	$3,225,128	Grant	University of Pennsylvania (Penn)
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund	$3,000,000	Education	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Avenue Community Development Corporation	$2,585,000	Community Development	Greater Houston Community Foundation
Communities Unlimited	$2,540,085	Technical Assistance, Training and Research and Economic Development	Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP)
Beat the Streets - Los Angeles	$5,000	Urgent Youth Social Needs	The Negri Foundation
The Community House Association	$5,000	General	The Williams Family Fund
Cincinnati Urban Promise	$5,000	General	Josephine S Russell Charitable Trust
Carnegie Hill Neighbors	$5,000	General Support	The Jerome P and Carol B Kenney Trust
Desire Street Ministries	$5,000	Ministry, Leadership	James P Gills Foundation
Bywood Community Association	$5,000	Provide Food and Emergency Supplies To the Immigrant Community in the Upper Darby Area	Foundation for Delaware County (CCF)
Neighbor To Neighbor Community Development Corporation	$5,000	Essential Supplies To Deliver Food To Low-Income Residents in the Sharon Hill and Darby Township Area	Foundation for Delaware County (CCF)
Incommon Community Development	$5,000	Donation Used To Further the Mission of the Organization	Midwest Housing Equity Group (MHEG)
Develop Iosco Incorporated	$5,000	Economic Progress	DTE Energy Foundation
Fusion Partnership	$5,000	Support Sponsorships for the New Timbuktu Community Education Institute	Annie E Casey Foundation (AECF)
Dekalb Community Impact Corporation	$5,000	Assist Various Organization Needs	3rivers Credit Union Foundation
Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington	$5,000	General	Geisen Scheper Charitable Foundation
Sno-King Community Chorale at Edmonds Community College	$5,000	General Operating Fund	Lucky Seven Foundation
Love Thy Neighbor Community Development and Opportunity Corporation	$5,000	Player Matching Grant	NFL Foundation
Green Family Foundation	$5,000	Player Matching Grant	NFL Foundation
Grimes Community Foundation	$5,000	General Operations	Raccoon Valley Bank Charitable Foundation
Walker County Community Agency	$5,000	2nd Disbursement of Funds for Furloughed Worker Needs	Walker Area Community Foundation
Walker County Community Agency	$5,000	3rd Distribution of Funds for Furloughed Workers	Walker Area Community Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Community development corporations" category for this page is determined by the "S20: Community, Neighborhood Development, Improvement" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.