The Clifton Foundation appears to focus its philanthropic support on local health care infrastructure, making a substantial gift to a Waco-based primary care organization for a capital project. Their giving emphasizes strengthening community medical capacity and access to primary care services in their immediate geographic area.
Highly concentrated, single large grant; one-time/local capital investment rather than many small or recurring operating grants.
A $45,000 capital project grant to Waco Family Practice Foundation stands out as the Clifton Foundation’s largest recent award, and it points to a clear preference for strengthening local health care infrastructure in Waco. The foundation’s recent giving also includes repeated general-use support for Caritas of Waco and multi-year backing for several Waco-based community organizations, suggesting a steady pattern rather than one-off gifts. Across the recent grants list, the foundation appears to favor practical support for institutions that serve everyday needs: primary care, community assistance, and local service delivery. That pattern is reinforced by recurring awards to groups such as United Way of Waco-McLennan County, The Greater Waco United Fund Foundation, and The Waco Foundation. The result is a grantmaking profile centered on community capacity, with money flowing to both capital needs and flexible operating support. The foundation’s recent activity also reaches into education, senior services, and local arts and history, but the strongest thread is support for organizations embedded in Waco’s civic and health-service ecosystem.
Health care infrastructure is the clearest theme in the Clifton Foundation’s recent grants. In 2024, it gave $45,000 to Waco Family Practice Foundation for a capital project, and it also supported Providence Foundation with $5,000 for general use. Community services are another recurring area. Caritas of Waco received $21,000 for general use in 2023, 2024, and 2025, while Central Texas Senior Ministries received $5,000 in 2024 and another $5,000 in 2025 for Meals on Wheels. The foundation also funds education and local cultural institutions. It gave Culver Educational Foundation $10,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025 for general use, and it supported the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute with $5,000 in both 2024 and 2025 for the Alderton/Morrison video exhibit.
Clifton Foundation’s typical grant size is small: the 25th percentile and median are both $1,000, and the 75th percentile is $3,125. That distribution indicates a base of modest awards with a smaller set of larger grants layered on top. Recent entries also show repetition across years, with several recipients appearing in 2023, 2024, and 2025 rather than as single-time grants. The pattern fits an institutional family-style funder making mostly local awards. Its grants are a mix of general use, capital projects, endowment support, scholarship support, and event or program-specific gifts.
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Most grants fall between $1K and $3K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$3K
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Notable grantees: WACO FAMILY PRACTICE FOUNDATION
Grantmaking is concentrated in Texas, which receives 74% of the foundation’s grants. Waco is the dominant recipient city, with many awards landing there across health care, community service, education, and arts institutions. The recent list also includes some giving outside Texas, including Culver, Indiana, showing that the foundation’s reach is regional rather than purely city-bound. Across all recent grants provided here, recipients are in the United States.
The recent grants list shows support for health care providers, community service nonprofits, education institutions, senior services, and local arts and history organizations. Examples include capital support for a Waco family practice organization, general-use gifts to community charities, scholarship-related funding, Meals on Wheels support, and an exhibit grant to a museum.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years. Caritas of Waco received $21,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025. United Way of Waco-McLennan County and The Greater Waco United Fund Foundation also appear repeatedly, as do The Waco Foundation, Central Texas Senior Ministries, and Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is concentrated at the low end: p25 is $1,000, median is $1,000, and p75 is $3,125. Recent grants therefore include a large number of modest awards, with a smaller group of larger commitments such as capital project and annual general-use gifts.
Texas is the top state by grant count, with 74% of grants going to recipients in TX. Waco is the main recipient city in the recent grants list, while one recurring out-of-state recipient is Culver Educational Foundation in Indiana.
The recent grants point to several priorities: capital funding for community-based primary care clinics, facility expansion and construction for local service providers, family medicine and community health infrastructure, Meals on Wheels, scholarship support, and museum exhibit support.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARITAS OF WACO | WACO, TX | $21,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| CULVER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | CULVER, IN | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| WACO CHAMBER FOUNDATION | WACO, TX | $9,000 | 2025 | THE MOMENTUM FUND |
| UNITED WAY OF WACO-MCLENNAN COUNTY | WACO, TX | $6,365 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| THE GREATER WACO UNITED FUND FOUNDATION | WACO, TX | $6,365 | 2025 | ENDOWMENT |
| VANGUARD FOUNDATION | WACO, TX | $6,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL PROJECT |
| THE TEXAS TRIBUNE | WACO, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | THE WACO BRIDGE |
| THE WACO FOUNDATION | WACO, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| DR PEPPER MUSEUM AND FREE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE | WACO, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | ALDERTON/MORRISON VIDEO EXHIBIT |
| THE WACO FOUNDATION | WACO, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | DUNCAN SCHOLARS |
| CENTRAL TEXAS SENIOR MINISTRIES | WACO, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | MEALS ON WHEELS |
| TSTC FOUNDATION | WACO, TX | $2,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
| PROVIDENCE FOUNDATION | WACO, TX | $2,500 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $2,500 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC DEPT WS | WASHINGTON, DC | $2,500 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| HISTORIC WACO FOUNDATION INC | WACO, TX | $1,500 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| FUZZY FRIENDS RESCUE | WACO, TX | $1,500 | 2025 | SPONSOR EVENT |
| TALITHA KOUM INSTITUTE | WACO, TX | $1,500 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| THE WACO FOUNDATION | WACO, TX | $1,500 | 2025 | INSPIRACION |
| COMPASSION MINISTIES OF WACO INC | WACO, TX | $1,500 | 2025 | SPONSOR EVENT |
| WORLD HUNGER RELIEF INC | ELM MOTT, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| BRAZOS VALLEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING FOUNDATION--KWBU-FM | WACO, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | FORT WORTH, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | CAMBRIDGE, MA | $1,000 | 2025 | SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT |
| MISSION WACOMISSION WORLD INC | WACO, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| MAYO CLINIC | ROCHESTER, MN | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY--MEADOWS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS | DALLAS, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | TEMERLIN ADVERTISING INSTITUTE |
| TRINITY SCHOOL OF MIDLAND | MIDLAND, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS--MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | HOUSTON, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | LYNCHBURG, VA | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| FAMILY ABUSE CENTER | WACO, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| DR PEPPER MUSEUM AND FREE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE | WACO, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| WACO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | WACO, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER | WACO, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL PROJECTS |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | COLUMBIA, SC | $1,000 | 2025 | JOURNALISM--MISC SCHOLARSHIPS |
| MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,000 | 2025 | ENDOWMENT FUND |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | DURHAM, NC | $1,000 | 2025 | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | WACO, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | LOS ANGELES, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | USC ENGINEERING INNOVATION FUND |
| EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| OAKWOOD CEMETERY | WACO, TX | $500 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| ARC OF MCLENNAN COUNTY | WACO, TX | $500 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | HILLSDALE, MI | $500 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| THE GREATER WACO INTERFAITH CONFERENCE | WACO, TX | $250 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| KEEP WACO BEAUTIFUL INC | WACO, TX | $75 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| WACO FAMILY PRACTICE FOUNDATION | WACO, TX | $45,000 | 2024 | CAPITAL PROJECT |
| CARITAS OF WACO | WACO, TX | $21,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| ST PAUL'S AME CHURCH | WACO, TX | $12,950 | 2024 | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
| CULVER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | CULVER, IN | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| WACO CHAMBER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FND | WACO, TX | $9,000 | 2024 | THE MOMENTUM FUND |
WACO CHAMBER FOUNDATION
$9,000THE MOMENTUM FUND
THE GREATER WACO UNITED FUND FOUNDATION
$6,365ENDOWMENT
VANGUARD FOUNDATION
$6,000CAPITAL PROJECT
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
$5,000THE WACO BRIDGE
CENTRAL TEXAS SENIOR MINISTRIES
$5,000MEALS ON WHEELS
UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC DEPT WS
$2,500GENERAL USE
HISTORIC WACO FOUNDATION INC
$1,500GENERAL USE
FUZZY FRIENDS RESCUE
$1,500SPONSOR EVENT
COMPASSION MINISTIES OF WACO INC
$1,500SPONSOR EVENT
WORLD HUNGER RELIEF INC
$1,000GENERAL USE
FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
$1,000GENERAL USE
MAYO CLINIC
$1,000GENERAL USE
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY--MEADOWS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
$1,000TEMERLIN ADVERTISING INSTITUTE
TRINITY SCHOOL OF MIDLAND
$1,000GENERAL USE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS--MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
$1,000GENERAL USE
VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
$1,000GENERAL USE
FAMILY ABUSE CENTER
$1,000GENERAL USE
CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER
$1,000CAPITAL PROJECTS
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
$1,000JOURNALISM--MISC SCHOLARSHIPS
MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE
$1,000ENDOWMENT FUND
MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
$1,000GENERAL USE
OAKWOOD CEMETERY
$500GENERAL USE
THE GREATER WACO INTERFAITH CONFERENCE
$250GENERAL USE
KEEP WACO BEAUTIFUL INC
$75GENERAL USE
ST PAUL'S AME CHURCH
$12,950CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
WACO CHAMBER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FND
$9,000THE MOMENTUM FUND