Grants for community service centers

Name: Top 25 grants made to community service clubs and organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,315 community service clubs and organizations received at least $61.7 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 963 grants made from 761 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 761 foundations, 89% made just a single grant to community centers, and 3% made grants to four or more community centers. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$61,749,669

Total grant dollars given to community service centers

963

Number of grants made annually to community service centers

761

Number of grantmakers funding community service centers

$1,000

Median grant size to community service centers

Foundations that support community service clubs and organizations

Out of all grants made to community service centers, 78% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 97% of the dollar-value of grants to community centers. Foundations funding community centers also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, scholarship organizations, educational service providers, youth development programs, and boys and girls clubs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	593
Medium	89
Large	78

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	17
Private	594
Corporate	59
Other	91

Grants made

Grants made to community centers	Number of grantmakers
1	680
2-3	58
4-10	21
11+	2

Top 10 foundations supporting community service clubs and organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to community centers	Number of grants made to community centers	Median grant size
Charity Partners Foundation	MA	National	0.2%	14	$16
Rotary International - 7870 Rotary District	VT	State	97.8%	13	$1,500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	10	$750
LPL Financial Foundation	MA	National	0.2%	8	$500
Northeast Pennsylvania Lions Service Foundation	PA	State	8.7%	7	$3,000
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	7	$1,500
Albemarle Foundation	NC	National	0.1%	7	$125
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.0%	7	$615
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	7	$500
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.0%	7	$500

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Community service clubs and organizations grantees

Community service centers with more than $5 million in total revenues received 97% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 5% of all community centers.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	959
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	4

Grant amount by grantee size

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

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	109
Texas	83
New York	57
Florida	52
Other	662

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	65
Los Angeles	47
Washington DC	36
Seattle	33
Other	687

Top 25 grants made to community service centers

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Rotary International	$35,352,370	Cost	The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
Rotary International	$17,601,472	Cost	The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
Kiwanis International	$3,686,779	Cash	Kiwanis Children's Fund
Volunteers of America Northern California and Northern Nevada	$3,386,636	In Recognition of the Shelter From the Storm Fundraiser	Community Foundation of Western Nevada (CFWN)
Avodah the Jewish Service Corps	$5,000	Avodah DC for the Jewish Service Corps	Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation
A Safe Place	$5,000	The Children's Program	The Upjohn Fund of San Francisco
Junior League of Minneapolis	$5,000	Charitable	Susan Stuart Seiler Family Foundation
Volunteers of America	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	The Kappler Marrack Foundation
South Florida Progress Foundation	$5,000	For 2019 Support of the Foundation's Work To Leverage Its Relationship With South Florida Professionals and Civic Leaders in Partnership With the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.	John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Jonathans Landing Cares	$5,000	For the Benefit of the Qualified Charity in Accordance With Article 1 of the Trust Agreement	The Stiles-Nicholson Foundation
Junior Achievement of Alaska	$5,000	The Grant Was To A Public Charity To Support Its General Charitable Purposes.	The Carr Foundation
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)	$5,000	Charitable Purpose	Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation
San Juan Rotary Foundation	$5,000	The Healing Field Fund	Merrion Family Foundation
A Safe Place	$5,000	To Provide Emergency Shelter Services for Adult Survivors of Domestic Violence and Their Children in Oakland.	Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund
Impact	$5,000	Program Support	The Vanessa T Marcotte Foundation - Nonprofit Corporation
Womans Club of Mclean	$5,000	General Contributions	Suneer and Priya Aurora Foundation
Assistance League of Tulsa	$5,000	General Operations	Sanford P and Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Trustee
Rotary International - Montoursville Rotary Club	$5,000	Provide Operational Support	Williamsport-Lycoming Chamber of Commerce
Volunteers of America of Utah	$5,000	Charitable Contribution	Jeffrey S and Helen H Cardon Foundation
100 Black Men of Rome-Northwest Georgia	$5,000	100 Black Men of Rome- Nwga Inc. Serving Northwest Gaeducation, Economic Empowerment, Mentoring, Health & Wellness	Georgia Power
Junior League of Birmingham (JLB)	$5,000	General Operating	The Hugh Kaul Foundation
Junior Charity League Inc of Magnolia	$5,000	Program Assistance	Albemarle Foundation
National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh Section (NCJW)	$5,000	2019 Discretionary Grant	Shear Family Foundation
Junior League of Birmingham (JLB)	$5,000	General/operating	Alabama Power Foundation
The Mt Baker Community Club	$5,000	College Scholarships for Underrepresented Minorities	Vatheuer Family Foundation (VFF)

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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 service centers" category for this page is determined by the "S80: Community Service Clubs" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.