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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 22-2482369

Roger L Clifton Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $35,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $35,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $678,318

  • Tax year 2024

    $33,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $650,576

  • Tax year 2023

    $34,284

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $613,174

  • Tax year 2022

    $35,784

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $623,354

  • Tax year 2021

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $641,024

  • Tax year 2020

    $30,200

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $661,553

  • Tax year 2019

    $25,250

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $541,517

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Friends of Harvard SwimmingBoston, MA

    General

    $6,000
  2. Boston Book FestivalBrighton, MA

    General

    $5,000
  3. Gnome SurfFall River, MA

    General

    $5,000
  4. University of San Diego - Torero Student Support FundSan Diego, CA

    General

    $5,000
  5. Moses Brown School (tripp Family Scholarship Fund)Providence, RI

    General

    $3,000
  6. Downtown Evening Soup KitchenNew Haven, CT

    General

    $2,000
  7. World Computer ExchangeHull, MA

    General

    $2,000
  8. Cape Eleuthera FoundationPhiladelphia, PA

    General

    $1,500
  9. Center for FictionBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $1,500
  10. Iraivan Temple (san Marga)Kapaa, HI

    General

    $1,000
  11. Nantucket Book FoundationNantucket, MA

    General

    $1,000
  12. Allen's Neck Friends MeetingSouth Dartmouth, MA

    General

    $500
  13. Hands in OutreachSheffield, MA

    General

    $500
  14. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    General

    $500
  15. Our Sister's SchoolNew Bedford, MA

    General

    $500
  16. Westport FairWestport, MA

    General

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education5 grants $10,00080% of the total
  2. International aid2 grants $2,00016% of the total
  3. Sports and recreation1 grant $5004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts10 grants $21,500
  2. California1 grant $5,000
  3. Rhode Island1 grant $3,000
  4. Connecticut1 grant $2,000
  5. New York1 grant $1,500
  6. Pennsylvania1 grant $1,500
  7. Hawaii1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Roger L CliftonTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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