Clifton Foundation
Waco, TX · EIN 74-2832766. Reported 180 grants totalling $526,220 to 55 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Clifton Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $75 and the largest $45,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caritas of Waco | Waco, TX | $84,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Waco Family Practice Foundation | Waco, TX | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Waco Foundation | Waco, TX | $44,500 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Culver Educational Foundation | Culver, IN | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Waco Chamber Community Development Fnd | Waco, TX | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Waco-Mclennan County | Waco, TX | $26,460 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Greater Waco United Fund Foundation | Waco, TX | $25,460 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Texas Senior Ministries | Waco, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vanguard Foundation | Waco, TX | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute | Waco, TX | $14,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Paul's AME Church | Waco, TX | $12,950 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Providence Foundation | Waco, TX | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tstc Foundation | Waco, TX | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Waco Chamber Foundation | Waco, TX | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Service Organizations Inc | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Compassion Ministies of Waco Inc | Waco, TX | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historic Waco Foundation Inc | Waco, TX | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Talitha Koum Institute | Waco, TX | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fuzzy Friends Rescue | Waco, TX | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Texas Tribune | Waco, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wisd Education Foundation | Waco, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Hunger Relief Inc | Elm Mott, TX | $4,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Foundation--Kwbu-Fm | Waco, TX | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Care Net Pregnancy Center | Waco, TX | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Educational Foundation Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Abuse Center | Waco, TX | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mclennan Community College Foundation | Waco, TX | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mission Wacomission World Inc | Waco, TX | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trinity School of Midland | Midland, TX | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of South Carolina | Columbia, SC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Texas--MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Episcopal School | Lynchburg, VA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Waco Community Development Corporation | Waco, TX | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Service Organizations Inc Dept Ws | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Country Day School | Fort Worth, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Museum of the Bible | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oakwood Cemetery | Waco, TX | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern Methodist University--Meadows School of the Arts | Dallas, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Association for Retarded Citizens Texas | Waco, TX | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cedar Creek Veterans Foundation | Mabank, TX | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bynam School | Midland, TX | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army | Waco, TX | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Junior League of Waco | Waco, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museum of the Bible | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Greater Waco Interfaith Conference | Waco, TX | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hillcrest School | Midland, TX | $850 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arc of Mclennan County | Waco, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Keep Waco Beautiful Inc | Waco, TX | $300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
42 of 55 (76%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 87%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute
ALDERTON/MORRISON VIDEO EXHIBIT - Wisd Education Foundation
GREATER WACO ADVANCED MFG ACADEMY - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT - University of South Carolina
JOURNALISM--MISC SCHOLARSHIPS - University of Southern California
USC ENGINEERING INNOVATION FUND - Southern Methodist University-Meadows School of the Arts
TEMERLIN ADVERTISING INSTITUTE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 106 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47 | $113,505 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 42 | $114,155 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | $175,505 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 45 | $123,055 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Clifton Foundation has 20 of them, worth $627,730. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Waco Family Practice Foundation | Waco, TX | $95,000 |
| Waco Family Practice Foundation | Waco, TX | $95,000 |
| Waco Family Practice Foundation | Waco, TX | $50,000 |
| Waco Family Practice Foundation | Waco, TX | $50,000 |
| Waco Chamber Community Development Fnd | Waco, TX | $45,000 |
| Culver Educational Foundation | Culver, TX | $40,000 |
| Waco Chamber Community Development Fnd | Waco, TX | $36,000 |
| Culver Educational Foundation | Culver, TX | $30,000 |
| Vanguard Foundation | Waco, TX | $30,000 |
| Waco Chamber Community Development Fnd | Waco, TX | $27,000 |
| Vanguard Foundation | Waco, TX | $24,000 |
| Culver Educational Foundation | Culver, TX | $20,000 |
| Vanguard Foundation | Waco, TX | $18,000 |
| Waco Chamber Community Development Fnd | Waco, TX | $18,000 |
| Vanguard Foundation | Waco, TX | $12,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 82% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Clifton Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 4579 Lake Shore Drive, Waco, TX, 76710. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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