Maryland · Private foundation
The Clifton Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $320,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations The Clifton Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $834k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $678k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $645k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $669k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $614k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $522k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Mens Christian Association of the Chesapeake Inc | $1,710,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Pecometh United Methodist Camp and Retreat Ministries Inc | $397,500 | 6 | 5% |
| Talbot Interfaith Shelter Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 18% |
| Kent School Inc | $192,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Changing Perspectives | $189,450 | 5 | 12% |
| Horizons of Kent and Queen Anne's | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Oklahoma College Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Compass Regional Hospice Inc | $52,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Haven Ministries Inc | $32,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Maryland Leadership Workshops Inc | $30,230 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Mens Christian Association of the Chesapeake Inc | $1,710,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Pecometh United Methodist Camp and Retreat Ministries Inc | $397,500 | 6 | 5% |
| Talbot Interfaith Shelter Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 18% |
| Kent School Inc | $192,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Changing Perspectives | $189,450 | 5 | 12% |
| Horizons of Kent and Queen Anne's | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Oklahoma College Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Compass Regional Hospice Inc | $52,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Haven Ministries Inc | $32,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Maryland Leadership Workshops Inc | $30,230 | 4 | n/a |
| Casa of Talbot County Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation of Hope Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Character Counts Mid Shore Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Doors Partners in Education Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Radcliffe Creek School Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tonkawa Education Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Homeports Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 7% |
| VMI Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan Group Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Operation No Persons Left Behind Outdoors | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Del-Mar-Va Council Inc - Boy Scouts of America | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($801k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The 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: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Dock Street Foundation · The May Foundation of Maryland · David a Bramble Foundation Inc · Fordi Family Foundation Inc · The Llandaff Family Trust · The Salmon Foundation Inc · The Seip Family Foundation Limited Eevercore Trust CO C/O Ashley Ferriello · Friel Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Bernard and Betty Hardesty Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Clifton Foundation Inc
- How much does The Clifton Foundation Inc give?
- The Clifton Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $1,022,175 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Clifton Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (60%), Human Services (20%), Education (5%).
- Who are The Clifton Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Young Mens Christian Association of the Chesapeake Inc ($1.7M), Pecometh United Methodist Camp and Retreat Ministries Inc ($398k), Talbot Interfaith Shelter Inc ($300k).
- Does The Clifton Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 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 The Clifton Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc, Dock Street Foundation, The May Foundation of Maryland.
- Where is The Clifton Foundation Inc based?
- The Clifton Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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