Funding search · EIN 522256618 · Chestertown, MD

The Clifton Foundation

Name: The Clifton Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

80
grants reported: $8.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $12,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund1 grant · $5.0M
Ymca of the Chesapeake4 grants · $1.3M
Chesapeake Charities4 grants · $505,500
Pecometh United Methodist Camp and4 grants · $275,000
Horizons of Kent and Queen3 grants · $252,500
Changing Perspectives4 grants · $204,000
Talbot Interfaith Shelter4 grants · $180,000
Kent School4 grants · $113,000
Mid-Shore Community Foundation2 grants · $90,235
Horizons of Kent and Queen Anne'S1 grant · $85,000

Giving over time

$883,500

2021

$5.7M

2022

$780,000

2023

$1.0M

2024

Grant history

All 80 reported grants, largest first.

$5.0M
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Albany, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$325,000
Ymca of the Chesapeake · Easton, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$320,000
Ymca of the Chesapeake · Easton, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$320,000
Ymca of the Chesapeake · Easton, MD · 2022
General charitable purposes
$315,000
Ymca of the Chesapeake · Easton, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$208,000
Chesapeake Charities · Stevensville, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$150,000
Pecometh United Methodist Camp and · Centreville, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$105,000
Chesapeake Charities · Stevensville, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$102,500
Chesapeake Charities · Stevensville, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$90,000
Chesapeake Charities · Stevensville, MD · 2022
General charitable purposes
$87,500
Horizons of Kent and Queen · Chestertown, MD · 2022
General charitable purposes
$85,000
Horizons of Kent and Queen Anne'S · Chestertown, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$85,000
Horizons of Kent and Queen · Chestertown, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$83,675
Mid-Shore Community Foundation · Easton, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$80,000
Horizons of Kent and Queen · Chestertown, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$55,000
Kent School · Chestertown, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$54,000
Changing Perspectives · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Changing Perspectives · Bradford, VT · 2023
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Changing Perspectives · Bradford, VT · 2022
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Pecometh United Methodist Camp and · Centreville, MD · 2022
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Talbot Interfaith Shelter · Easton, MD · 2022
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Changing Perspectives · Bradford, VT · 2021
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Pecometh United Methodist Camp and · Centreville, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Talbot Interfaith Shelter · Easton, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$40,000
Talbot Interfaith Shelter · Easton, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$40,000
Talbot Interfaith Shelter · Easton, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Pocono Plateau Program Center · Cresco, PA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Kent School · Chestertown, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Northern Oklahoma College Foundation · Tonkawa, OK · 2023
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Pecometh United Methodist Camp and · Centreville, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Pocono Plateau Program Center · Cresco, PA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$20,000
Casa of the Mid-Shore · Easton, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$20,000
Haven Ministries · Queenstown, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$20,000
Pocono Plateau Program Center · Cresco, PA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$20,000
1st United Methodist Church · Chestertown, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$20,000
Northern Oklahoma College Foundation · Tonkawa, OK · 2021
General charitable purposes
$19,000
Kent School · Chestertown, MD · 2022
General charitable purposes
$14,000
Kent School · Chestertown, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$12,500
Haven Ministries · Queenstown, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$12,000
Tonkawa Public Schools · Tonkawa, OK · 2024
General charitable purposes
$12,000
Pocono Plateau Program Center · Cresco, PA · 2021
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Compass Regional Hospice · Centreville, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Centreville, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Foundation of Hope · Easton, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Maryland Leadership Workshops · Riverdale Park, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Casa of the Mid-Shore · Easton, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Compass Regional Hospice · Centreville, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Rock Hall, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Virginia Military Institute · Lexington, VA · 2022
General
$10,000
Tonkawa Public Schools · Tonkawa, OK · 2021
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Tonkawa Public Schools · Tonkawa, OK · 2023
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Compass Regional Hospice · Centreville, MD · 2022
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Tonkawa Public Schools · Tonkawa, OK · 2022
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Compass Regional Hospice · Centreville, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$7,500
Bay Area Young Life · Centreville, MD · 2022
General charitable purposes
$7,500
Bay Area Young Life · Centreville, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$6,940
Maryland Leadership Workshops · Annapolis, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$6,560
Mid-Shore Community Foundation · Easton, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay · Newark, DE · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Foundation of Hope · Easton, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay · Newark, DE · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Open Doors Partners in Education · Chestertown, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Chestertown Christian Academy · Chestertown, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay · Newark, DE · 2021
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Kent County Community Food Pantry · Chestertown, MD · 2021
General charitable purpose
$4,500
Giving the Edge · Stevensville, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Bay Area Young Life · Centreville, MD · 2023
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Homeports · Chestertown, MD · 2022
General charitable purposes
$3,060
Giving the Edge · Stevensville, MD · 2022
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Vmi Foundation · Lexington, VA · 2021
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Bay Area Young Life · Centreville, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Boy Scouts of America · Dover, DE · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Open Doors Partners in Education · Chestertown, MD · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Boy Scouts of America · Wilmington, DE · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Boy Scouts of America · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay · Newark, DE · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Boy Scouts of America · Wilmington, DE · 2021
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Samaritan Group · Chestertown, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$1,500
Kent County High School Athletic · Worton, MD · 2021
General charitable purposes
$1,370
Maryland Leadership Workshops · Easton, MD · 2022
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