Funding search · EIN 222482369 · Boston, MA

Roger L Clifton Foundation

Name: Roger L Clifton Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

65
grants reported: $139,068
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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

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Top recipients

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Gnome Surf4 grants · $26,500
Friends of Harvard Swimming3 grants · $16,000
Moses Brown School (Tripp Family Scholarship Fund)4 grants · $15,568
Boston Book Festival4 grants · $15,000
University of San Diego - Torero Student Support Fund2 grants · $10,000
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen4 grants · $8,000
World Computer Exchange4 grants · $7,000
Cape Eleuthera Foundation4 grants · $6,500
Harvard University2 grants · $5,500
Iraivan Temple (San Marga)4 grants · $4,000

Giving over time

$35,784

2022

$34,284

2023

$33,500

2024

$35,500

2025

Grant history

All 65 reported grants, largest first.

$9,000
Gnome Surf · Fall River, MA · 2024
General
$7,500
Gnome Surf · Fall River, MA · 2023
General
$6,000
Friends of Harvard Swimming · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$5,000
Boston Book Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General
$5,000
Gnome Surf · Fall River, MA · 2025
General
$5,000
University of San Diego - Torero Student Support Fund · San Diego, CA · 2025
General
$5,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General
$5,000
University of San Diego - Torero Student Support Fund · San Diego, CA · 2024
General
$5,000
Boston Book Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General
$5,000
Friends of Harvard Swimming · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$5,000
Friends of Harvard Swimming · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$5,000
Gnome Surf · Fall River, MA · 2022
General
$4,784
Moses Brown School (Tripp Family Scholarship Fund) · Providence, RI · 2023
General
$4,784
Moses Brown School (Tripp Family Scholarship Fund) · Providence, RI · 2022
General
$3,500
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
General
$3,000
Moses Brown School (Tripp Family Scholarship Fund) · Providence, RI · 2025
General
$3,000
Boston Book Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General
$3,000
Moses Brown School (Tripp Family Scholarship Fund) · Providence, RI · 2024
General
$2,500
Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$2,000
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen · New Haven, CT · 2025
General
$2,000
World Computer Exchange · Hull, MA · 2025
General
$2,000
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen · New Haven, CT · 2024
General
$2,000
World Computer Exchange · Hull, MA · 2024
General
$2,000
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen · New Haven, CT · 2023
General
$2,000
World Computer Exchange · Hull, MA · 2023
General
$2,000
Boston Book Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General
$2,000
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen · New Haven, CT · 2022
General
$2,000
Yale Dramatic Association · New Haven, CT · 2022
General
$1,500
Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General
$1,500
Center for Fiction · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General
$1,500
Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$1,000
Iraivan Temple (San Marga) · Kapaa, HI · 2025
General
$1,000
Nantucket Book Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2025
General
$1,000
Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$1,000
Hands in Outreach · Sheffield, MA · 2024
General
$1,000
Iraivan Temple (San Marga) · Kapaa, HI · 2024
General
$1,000
Hands in Outreach · Sheffield, MA · 2023
General
$1,000
Harvard College Annual Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$1,000
Iraivan Temple (San Marga) · Kapaa, HI · 2023
General
$1,000
Stark Mountain Foundation · Waitsfield, VT · 2023
General
$1,000
Esperance Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2022
General
$1,000
Hands in Outreach · Sheffield, MA · 2022
General
$1,000
Iraivan Temple (San Marga) · Kapaa, HI · 2022
General
$1,000
Our Sister'S School · New Bedford, MA · 2022
General
$1,000
World Computer Exchange · Hull, MA · 2022
General
$1,000
Zeiterion Theatre - New Bedford · New Bedford, MA · 2022
General
$500
Allen'S Neck Friends Meeting · South Dartmouth, MA · 2025
General
$500
Hands in Outreach · Sheffield, MA · 2025
General
$500
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General
$500
Our Sister'S School · New Bedford, MA · 2025
General
$500
Westport Fair · Westport, MA · 2025
General
$500
Allen'S Neck Friends Meeting · South Dartmouth, MA · 2024
General
$500
Harvard College Annual Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$500
Westport Fair · Westport, MA · 2024
General
$500
Allen'S Neck Friends Meeting · South Dartmouth, MA · 2023
General
$500
International Surf Therapy Organization · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2023
General
$500
Notre Dame University · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
General
$500
Our Sister'S School · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General
$500
Westport Fair · Westport, MA · 2023
General
$500
Allen'S Neck Friends Meeting · South Dartmouth, MA · 2022
General
$500
Gateway Babe Ruth League · West Wareham, MA · 2022
General
$500
Harvard College Annual Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$500
Newport Music Festival · Middletown, RI · 2022
General
$500
Notre Dame University · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
General
$500
Westport Fair · Westport, MA · 2022
General

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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.