Kentucky · Private foundation
Clifton Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $350k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 50
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $126,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 60
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Clifton Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 49 | $327k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $160k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 60 | $413k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $203k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $461k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Louisville Orchestra Inc | $130,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $82,785 | 5 | 0% |
| Southern California Equestrian Sports | $75,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Speed Art Museum | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fund for the Arts Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Creative Capital Foundation | $39,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet | $31,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Francis Parker School of Louisville Inc St Francis High School Inc | $30,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Muhammad Ali Museum and Education Center | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hindman Settlement School Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 58 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($802k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Clifton Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · W L Lyons Brown Foundation · Owsley Brown II Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Ina B Bond Ashbourne Charitable Fund Inc · Brown-Forman Foundation · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · The Norton Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Clifton Foundation Inc
- How much does Clifton Foundation Inc give?
- Clifton Foundation Inc reported 50 grants totaling $349,955 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 60 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Clifton Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (30%), Environment (12%).
- Who are Clifton Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Louisville Orchestra Inc ($130k), Whitney Museum of American Art ($83k), Southern California Equestrian Sports ($75k).
- Does Clifton Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Clifton Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Clifton Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Snowy Owl Foundation Inc, W L Lyons Brown Foundation.
- Where is Clifton Foundation Inc based?
- Clifton Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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