New Jersey · Nonprofit
CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,986 to it, the largest being THE MC CUTCHEN FOUNDATION ($98,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $92k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $117k
- Net assets
- $96k
What Clifton Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
To allow all members of the community to develop and implement programs that will enhance and enrich the educational process of all clifton public school students
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Teacher grants- satisfied materials needed in order to do projects. 103 grants benefiting 11,000 students
$42,136 spentof which $42,136 as grants71% of program spendingEvent expenses- tricky tray a fund raising event and family fun day
$9,253 spent16% of program spendingScholarship
$4,000 spent7% of program spendingAdmin expenses of $2,677 and educator of the year $1,500
$4,177 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $59,566.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $46k to $96k (+109%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
97% of CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $2k → $29k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 84% · 2023 82% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $336 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,986 to it, the largest being THE MC CUTCHEN FOUNDATION ($98,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $116,986 in grants to CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- THE MC CUTCHEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $98,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLIFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing