Nebraska · Private foundation
The Clifton Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $6.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,642,400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,642,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Clifton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $6.9M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $575k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $375k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $375k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $750k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $1.2M | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $12,002,400 | 9 | 1% |
| Strengths Academy | $31,522 | 1 | 22% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($338k), not named here.
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About The Clifton Foundation
- How much does The Clifton Foundation give?
- The Clifton Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $6,876,737 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Clifton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (98%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are The Clifton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Nebraska Foundation ($12M), Strengths Academy ($32k).
- Does The Clifton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Clifton Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is The Clifton Foundation based?
- The Clifton Foundation is based in NE.
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