Clough Family Foundation
Rifle, CO · EIN 26-4098267. Reported 205 grants totalling $1,344,000 to 80 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Clough Family 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $8,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $25,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Mustangs | Grand Junction, CO | $103,000 | 10 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sarah's Home | Peyton, CO | $77,000 | 10 | 5 | 2025 |
| Miracle Flights | Las Vegas, NV | $56,000 | 9 | 5 | 2025 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation Colorado | Greenwood Village, CO | $50,500 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rifle Animal Shelter | Rifle, CO | $49,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Journey Home Animal Shelter | Rifle, CO | $47,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Harmony Acres Equestrian Center | Fruita, CO | $45,000 | 7 | 4 | 2025 |
| Daniel's Academy | Peyton, CO | $43,000 | 6 | 3 | 2025 |
| Colorado Mountain College Foundation | Glenwood Springs, CO | $41,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ihmc Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition | Pensacola, FL | $39,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $38,000 | 4 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ihmc Florida Institue for Human & Machine Cognition | Pensacola, FL | $35,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pss Silt Wildlife Foundation | Silt, CO | $35,000 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Judes Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $28,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | El Jebel, CO | $26,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital | Portland, OR | $24,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| A Way Out | Aspen, CO | $23,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lift-Up | Rifle, CO | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Literacy Outreach | Glenwood Springs, CO | $21,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kids Aid | Grand Junction, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kid's Aid | Grand Junction, CO | $19,000 | 4 | 2 | 2025 |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | Washington, DC | $19,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | Topeka, KS | $19,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Riding Institute for Disabled Equestrians | Silt, CO | $18,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Buddy Program | Aspen, CO | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Access Afterschool | Carbondale, CO | $16,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aspen Community Foundation | Basalt, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Daniel's Academy Project | Peyton, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make a Wish Foundation Colroado | Greenwood Village, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rifle Journey Home Animal Shelter | Rifle, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Thorn | Manhattan Beach, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Navy Seal Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | $14,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Ute Theatre Society | Rifle, CO | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rifle Senior Center | Rifle, CO | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Field Institute | Alamosa, CO | $13,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium | Sarasota, FL | $13,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nurtured By Nature | Valley Center, CA | $12,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bookcliffs Art Center | Rifle, CO | $11,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pilots to the Rescue | Brooklyn, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Riding Institute for Disable Equestrians | Silt, CO | $11,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Judes Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $11,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lift-Up Rifle | Rifle, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reach Out Colorado | Rifle, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sea Turtle Conservancy | Gainesville, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shriner's Children's Hospital | Tampa, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Toys for Tots Foundation | Des Moines, IA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Track Force 1 | Morrison, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rifle Rendezvous Festival | Rifle, CO | $7,500 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rifle Rendezvous | Rifle, CO | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Gulf Coast Kids House | Pensacola, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manna Ministry of Tidewater | Virginia Beach, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Samaratan's Purse | Boone, NC | $6,000 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Children's Neighborhood - Children in Crisis | Fort Walton Beach, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bookcliff Arts Center | Rifle, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bookcliffs Arts Center | Rifle, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra | Grand Junction, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grand Valley Equine Assisted Learning Center | Fruita, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grand Valley Equine Assisted Learnings Center | Fruita, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind | Yorktown Heights, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heavenly Blessings | Pensacola, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heavenly Blessings Ministry | Pensacola, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nutured By Nature Animal Educators | Valley Center, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paralyed Veterans of America | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Piceance Mustangs | Meeker, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rifle Lift-Up | Rifle, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shriners | Tampa, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shriners | Ransom, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Labre Indian School | Topeka, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Leadership Institute | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Truth in the Word | Palisade, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youthzone | Glenwood Springs, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Buddy Program | Manhattan Bch, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Toys for Tots | Des Moines, IA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Search & Rescue Dogs of the USA | Morrison, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity Church | Virginia Beach, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 1DIED4ALL | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Tank | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity Church | Virginia Beach, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Tank | Rangely, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
33 of 80 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 45%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Friends of the Mustangs
SUPPORT FOR DARTING PROGRAM - Ihmc Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
SUPPORT FOR MULTI-MEDIA LAB & EXO SUIT - Journey Home Animal Shelter
SUPPORT FOR FOOD & PET CARE PROGRAMS - Ihmc Florida Institue for Human & Machine Cognition
SUPPORT FOR MULTI-MEDIA LAB/MAC COMPUTERS - Rifle Animal Shelter
SUPPORT: GENERAL PROGRAMS - Colorado Mountain College Foundation
SUPPORT FOR RIFLE HIGH SCHOOL AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 100 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | $286,000 | $6,000 |
| 2022 | 46 | $280,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | $237,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 42 | $265,000 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 32 | $276,000 | $8,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
67% of its giving went to organizations in Colorado. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
- 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 Clough Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 686, Rifle, CO, 81650. 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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