Funding search · EIN 464148510 · Louisville, KY

Clifton Foundation

Name: Clifton Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

125
grants reported: $989,730
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Kentucky College of Art & Design at Spalding University Attn Meghan Greenw3 grants · $346,525
Louisville Orchestra2 grants · $130,000
The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky3 grants · $90,000
Whitney Museum of American Art3 grants · $52,785
Planned Parenthood2 grants · $50,000
Speed Art Museum2 grants · $30,000
Hindman Settlement School1 grant · $25,000
Louisville Ballet2 grants · $21,000
Fund for the Arts1 grant · $20,000
Creative Capital2 grants · $19,000

Giving over time

$457,525

2022

$182,250

2023

$349,955

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 125 grants.

$126,000
Kentucky College of Art & Design at Spalding University Attn Meghan Greenw · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$125,050
Kentucky College of Art & Design at Spalding University Attn Meghan Greenw · Louisville, KY · 2023
General fund
$100,000
Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$95,475
Kentucky College of Art & Design at Spalding University Attn Meghan Greenw · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$45,000
The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
General fund
$36,285
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$30,000
Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$30,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Hindman Settlement School · Hindman, KY · 2022
General fund
$22,500
The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
General fund
$22,500
The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023
General fund
$20,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$20,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$11,000
Louisville Ballet · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Bluegrass Land Conservancy · Lexington, KY · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Faulkner Morgan Archive · Lexington, KY · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Creative Capital · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Louisville Ballet · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Muhammad Ali Center · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$9,000
Creative Capital · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$9,000
Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$6,000
American Farmland Trust · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$6,000
Bluegrass Land Conservancy · Lexington, KY · 2022
General fund
$5,500
River Fields · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Aclu Ky Foundation Reproductive Freedom Project · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Kentucky 4-H Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Kentucky Resources Council · Frankfort, KY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Old Island Restoration Foundation · Key West, FL · 2024
General fund
$5,000
St Francis School · Goshen, KY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Kentucky 4-H Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Aclu Ky Foundation Reproductive Freedom Project · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Kentucky 4-H Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Kentucky Resources Council · Frankfort, KY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
St Francis School · Goshen, KY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
The Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$4,000
The Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$4,000
Foodchain · Lexington, KY · 2023
General fund
$3,600
Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest · Clermont, KY · 2022
General fund
$2,520
Kentucky Museum of Arts & Crafts · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest · Clermont, KY · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Louisville Public Media · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Old Island Restoration Foundation · Key West, FL · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Louisville Public Media · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$2,200
Catholic Charities · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Oldham County Historical Society · Lagrange, KY · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Actors Theatre of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Louisville Central Community Center · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Oldham County Historical Society · Lagrange, KY · 2022
General fund
$2,000
St Francis in the Fields · Harrods Creek, KY · 2022
General fund
$2,000
The Bail Project Attn Development · Venice, CA · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Yew Dell Gardens · Crestwood, KY · 2022
General fund
$1,800
Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,500
The Center for Women and Families · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,500
The Morton Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,500
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$1,500
The Center for Women and Families · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$1,500
The Morton Center · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$1,000
A Fund · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Catholic Charities · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Commonwealth Fund for Ket Tv · Lexington, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Community Foundatoin of Louisville Waterfront Plaza · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Hildegard House · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Hite Art Institute - Uofl 104 Schneider Hall · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Ifye Association of the USA · Plain City, OH · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Louisville Central Community Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Louisville Grows · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$1,000
The Masters School · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Hite Art Institute - Uofl 104 Schneider Hall · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Ifye Association of the USA · Plain City, OH · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Kentucky Educational Television · Lexington, KY · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Kentucky Museum of Arts & Crafts · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Payne Hollow On the Ohio · Prospect, KY · 2022
General fund
$1,000
People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$1,000
River Fields · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Sweet Brair College · Sweet Brair, VA · 2022
General fund
$500
Center for Interfaith Relations · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$500
Hosparus-Hospice of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$500
Kentucky Natural Land Trust · Berea, KY · 2024
General fund
$500
Louisville Visual Art Association · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$500
Louisville Photo Biennial · Louisville, KY · 2023
General fund
$500
Hildegard House · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$500
Hosparus-Hospice of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$500
Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$500
Kentucky Fairness Alliance · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$500
Kentucky Trust for Historic Preservation · Frankfort, KY · 2022
General fund
$500
Louisville Visual Art Association · Louisville, KY · 2022
General fund
$500
Sustainable Health Enterprises · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General fund
$500
The Masters School · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2022
General fund
$300
Frazier International Museum · Louisville, KY · 2024
General fund
$300
Leadership Kentucky Foundation · Frankfort, KY · 2024
General fund

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.