Grants for business and community development organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to business associations and community development organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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11,797 business associations and community development organizations received at least $2.0 billion in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 8,047 grants made from 4,675 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 4,675 foundations, 75% 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.

$2,026,181,196

Total grant dollars given to business and community development organizations

8,047

Number of grants made annually to business and community development organizations

4,675

Number of grantmakers funding business and community development organizations

$1,500

Median grant size to business and community development organizations

Foundations that support business associations and community development organizations

Out of all grants made to business and community development organizations, 75% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 52% of the dollar-value of grants to community devel orgs. Foundations funding community devel orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, educational service providers, scholarship organizations, and emergency assistance programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	3,522
Medium	619
Large	529

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	112
Private	3,662
Corporate	198
Other	703

Grants made

Grants made to community devel orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	3,539
2-3	903
4-10	180
11+	53

Top 10 foundations supporting business associations and community development organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to community devel orgs	Number of grants made to community devel orgs	Median grant size
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	9.9%	138	$250
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	86	$100
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.9%	79	$60
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.3%	74	$2,000
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.2%	71	$1,000
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.2%	71	$60
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.3%	53	$500
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.1%	50	$1,000
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.5%	45	$500
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	42	$50

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Business associations and community development organizations grantees

Business and community development organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 85% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 26% of all community devel orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	7,878
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	169

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,250
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,733
>$5M	$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	812
New York	767
District of Columbia	533
Texas	384
Other	5,551

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Washington DC	755
New York City	687
Los Angeles	298
Chicago	283
Other	5,313

Top 25 grants made to business and community development organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Hospital Properties	$132,563,673	Actual Amount Paid	OhioHealth
Renown Health	$129,382,883	General Ledger	Renown Health
System Management Group	$111,475,000	Cash	National University (NU)
System Management Group	$111,475,000	Cash	National University (NU)
Blue Meridian Partners	$70,703,371	Grant Payments To BMP for General Operations	The Edna Mcconnell Clark Foundation
System Management Group	$57,205,000	Cash	National University (NU)
System Management Group	$57,205,000	Cash	National University (NU)
CareSource Georgia Co	$55,000,000	Actual	CareSource
Harvard Real Estate - Allston	$47,455,675	Cash	Harvard University
SVH Real Estate	$47,281,732	Fair Market Value	St Vincent
SVH Real Estate	$47,281,732	Fair Market Value	St Vincent
Forrestal Agricultural Corporation	$40,456,019	Cash	Princeton University
MPB / Sentara Atheletic Club	$35,693,748	Corp Books/rec	Sentara Healthcare
San Diego Tourism Authority / San Diego Convention and Tourist Bureau	$35,614,292	Psa 1	San Diego Tourism Marketing District (SDTMD)
Rotary International	$35,352,370	Cost	The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
Internet Society	$35,000,000	FMV	Public Interest Registry (PIR)
Internet Society	$35,000,000	General Support	Public Interest Registry (PIR)
American Association for Cancer Research	$29,782,164	General Program Support	Entertainment Industry Foundation
SVH Real Estate	$29,634,803	Actual Amount Paid/transferred	Ascension Health
Self-Help Ventures Fund	$29,149,282	Cost	Center for Community Self-Help
California Hospital Association (CHA)	$27,155,274	Actual	California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
North Carolina Rural Center	$20,227,608	See Part Iv	Golden LEAF Foundation
Rotary International	$17,601,472	Cost	The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
Academy 1740	$17,008,790	FMV	American Academy of Family Physicians
Blue Meridian Partners	$15,961,350	Blue Meridian Partners: General Partnership	The JPB 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 "Business and community development organizations" category for this page is determined by the "S00: Community Improvement, Capacity Building: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.