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Clough Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$276k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 32
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$4.7M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Clough Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$276k24%
FY202427$256k33%
FY202332$237k38%
FY202230$275k40%
FY202128$280k57%
FY202024$281kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$400kAnimals$349kScience & Tech$147kHousing & Shelter$107kFood & Nutrition$104kArts & Culture$96kEducation$92kYouth Development$89kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OR
NV
IA
CA
CO
WV
VA
KS
TN
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Clough Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of the Mustangs$103,0005n/a
Sarah's Home Corporation$97,00065%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$82,00060%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado$80,50060%
Journey Home Animal Center$79,00032%
Miracle Flights$71,00060%
Harmony Acres Equestrian Center$45,00042%
Kids Aid Kids Aid$44,00062%
Riding Institute for Disabled Equestrians Inc$43,000519%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$43,00050%
Colorado Mountain College Foundation Inc$41,00040%
Literacy Outreach$31,00036%
Access Afterschool$26,00032%
Food Bank of the Rockies$26,00040%
Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital Inc$24,00030%
A Way Out Inc$23,00031%
Reach-Out Colorado Inc$20,00036%
The Buddy Program Inc$17,00040%
Grand Valley Equine Assisted Learning Center$15,00032%
Thorn$15,00030%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$14,00010%
New Ute Theater Society Inc$14,000218%
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$13,00020%
Nurtured by Nature$12,00014%
Pilots to the Rescue Inc$11,0001n/a
Sea Turtle Conservancy$10,00020%
Gulf Coast Kid's House Inc$6,00010%
Samaritan's Purse$6,00010%
Piceance Mustangs$5,00013%
Youthzone Inc$5,00010%
Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra$5,00010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America Mountain States Chapter$5,00011%
Bookcliffs Council on the Arts & Humanities$5,000121%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$5,00010%
Heavenly Blessings Ministry Inc$5,0001n/a
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$5,00010%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$5,00010%
Trinity Church Incorporated$3,0001n/a
The Tank Ltd$2,00010%
Trinity Church$2,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($542k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Clough Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSarah's Home Corporation: $97,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $82,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado: $80,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJourney Home Animal Center: $79,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetMiracle Flights: $71,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHarmony Acres Equestrian Center: $45,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetKids Aid Kids Aid: $44,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetRiding Institute for Disabled Equestrians Inc: $43,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $43,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Mountain College Foundation Inc: $41,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLiteracy Outreach: $31,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetAccess Afterschool: $26,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetFood Bank of the Rockies: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Way Out Inc: $23,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetReach-Out Colorado Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetThe Buddy Program Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGrand Valley Equine Assisted Learning Center: $15,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetThorn: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Ute Theater Society Inc: $14,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetMote Marine Laboratory Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNurtured by Nature: $12,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetSea Turtle Conservancy: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGulf Coast Kid's House Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPiceance Mustangs: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetYouthzone Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGrand Junction Symphony Orchestra: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America Mountain States Chapter: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBookcliffs Council on the Arts & Humanities: $5,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Tank Ltd: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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.

Western Colorado Community Foundation IncCO30× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Good Day Foundation Inc · El Pomar Foundation · Aspen Community Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · Av Hunter Trust Incorporated · Anschutz Family Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Clough Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Clough Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Clough Family Foundation

How much does Clough Family Foundation give?
Clough Family Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $276,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 32 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Clough Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Animals (21%), Science & Tech (9%).
Who are Clough Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Friends of the Mustangs ($103k), Sarah's Home Corporation ($97k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($82k).
Does Clough Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Clough Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Clough Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Good Day Foundation Inc.
Where is Clough Family Foundation based?
Clough Family Foundation is based in CO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 80 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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