Legacy Investments

Building on our earliest work
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Overview

Prior to 2016, the Clark Charitable Foundation invested $78 million in nonprofit organizations and institutions of significance to Foundation leadership and the Clark family. During its sunset, the Clark Foundation provided strategic wind-down grants to many longstanding partners to support their continued success.

Focus Areas

Easton, MD

A man sits viewing signage displaying an architectural rendering of the A. James Clark Emergency Services Training Campus in Easton, Maryland.

Credit: Easton Volunteer Fire Department

The Clark Foundation honored Mr. Clark's belief that one should "give where you live" by making investments in his longtime home of Easton, Maryland. Its support was far-reaching, touching almost every aspect of life in the Easton community.

This new Academic Center represents a significant milestone in BAAM’s 20-year journey of empowering our youth and lifting our community from within. It is more than just a building — it’s a space where learning, growth and community come alive.

Dina Gomes Daly
Executive Director and BAAM Co-Founder

Featured Grantees

The Academy Art Museum, a white building shaded by trees, set against a blue sky with white clouds.

Academy Art Museum

The Academy Art Museum promotes the knowledge, practice, and appreciation of the arts and enhances cultural life on the Eastern Shore.
A teacher reads a book to students seated on a rug in a colorfully decorated classroom.

Building African American Minds

BAAM's Athletic and Academic Centers house tutoring programs, a tuition-free pre-K to third grade school, and adult education.
A woman and man view a detailed scale model of a historic boat in a museum exhibit.

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

The museum is dedicated to the preservation and exploration of the history, environment and culture of the Chesapeake Bay region.
Medical professionals standing beside advanced equipment in a hospital setting.

Memorial Hospital Foundation

The Clark Comprehensive Breast Care Center and the University of Maryland Shore Regional Medical Center at Easton will improve healthcare delivery across five counties on the Eastern Shore.

Higher Education

A group of smiling, waving graduates wearing blue caps and gowns stand on steps in front of a building at Georgetown University.

Credit: Georgetown University

Mr. Clark was able to pursue his dream of becoming an engineer because he received a full scholarship to the University of Maryland. He often spoke about how the education he received – and the doors it opened – profoundly shaped and changed the trajectory of his life.

I very much look forward to contributing with my day to day activities to add more bricks to this incredible construction that Mr Clark’s legacy will keep building for the years to come.

Francesco D'Acunto
A. James Clark Chair in Global Real Estate

Featured Grantees

Carmen and Joe Del Guercio pose in front of a backdrop decorated with the Boston College logo.

Boston College

The Carmine and Maria Del Guercio Scholarship Fund at the Carroll School of Management will support 10 students each year in perpetuity.
A smiling graduate in cap and gown hugs another person while proudly holding their diploma during a graduation ceremony.

Georgetown University

The McDonough School of Business enhances societal well-being by equipping future leaders with the skills and values necessary to address complex regional and global challenges.