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THE CLIFTON CLUB

THE CLIFTON CLUB (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,220 to it, the largest being J HARRINGTON &AMP MARIE GLIDDEN FOUNDATION ($9,220). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.6M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$9k
Net assets
$1.4M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What The Clifton Club does

Mission

The Clifton Club is a social club, the purpose of which is to promote the means of entertainment, recreation and enjoyment for its members and their guests, and to provide culture, intellectual improvement, and social interaction.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The Clifton Club is a premier dining and social club located on america's north coast in lakewood, ohio, a western suburb of cleveland. Since 1902, The Clifton Club has been one of the most pleasant places to visit and spend time on the shores of lake erie, providing a quiet and relaxing experience with the convenience of being close to the greater cleveland area. Today, the club offers its members best-in-class service from a dedicated staff, mouthwatering food prepared by a highly trained and experienced chef, and all this provided in a beautiful historical building situated 90 feet above lake erie at the mouth of rocky river. Our 3-story clubhouse provides a haven for its members and their guests. It is a place to meet, socialize, and enjoy fine food and impeccable service. The clubhouse is composed of formal and informal dining rooms and lounges, a private dining room, a pub, as well as a terrace overlooking our beautiful patio and manicured gardens. The Clifton Club is truly a rare gem and a treasure of lakewood, cleveland and all of northeast ohio. Membership at june 30, 2025 was comprised of the following categories:resident - 223 social - 30 park - 43 resident…

    $200,180 earned by the program

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($684k) Expenses 100 ($675k) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2018 Revenue 105 ($720k) Expenses 104 ($701k) Net assets 102 ($1.2M)2019 Revenue 174 ($1.2M) Expenses 184 ($1.2M) Net assets 97 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 177 ($1.2M) Expenses 179 ($1.2M) Net assets 97 ($1.1M)2021 Revenue 222 ($1.5M) Expenses 177 ($1.2M) Net assets 125 ($1.4M)2022 Revenue 190 ($1.3M) Expenses 193 ($1.3M) Net assets 125 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 205 ($1.4M) Expenses 215 ($1.4M) Net assets 121 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 226 ($1.5M) Expenses 226 ($1.5M) Net assets 123 ($1.4M)2025 Revenue 231 ($1.6M) Expenses 235 ($1.6M) Net assets 123 ($1.4M)
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Revenue (231)Expenses (235)Net assets (123)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.4M to $2.0M (−15%).

$2.2M
$2.2M
$2.2M
$2.4M
$2.0M
$2.0M
$2.0M
$2.0M
$2.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 9% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’17
$18k
’18
−$57k
’19
$5k
’20
$322k
’21
−$4k
’22
−$49k
’23
$26k
’24
−$1k
’25
2.7
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed10101010911131317
Joined·+3+1+4+0+3+5+0+4
No longer listed·31411300
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $4k → $5k.

Funder
'21
'22
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE CLIFTON CLUB’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.

Where its funders are

100% of THE CLIFTON CLUB's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE CLIFTON CLUB

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 Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • 17882 Lake Road LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CLIFTON CLUB?
THE CLIFTON CLUB (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,220 to it, the largest being J HARRINGTON &AMP MARIE GLIDDEN FOUNDATION ($9,220). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CLIFTON CLUB have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $9,220 in grants to THE CLIFTON CLUB, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CLIFTON CLUB?
J HARRINGTON &AMP MARIE GLIDDEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,220 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CLIFTON CLUB find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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