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Al & Ib Thomas Ed'L Fd at a glance

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Al & Ib Thomas Ed'L Fd

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$44k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$393kRecreation & Sports$4kScience & Tech$4kYouth Development$900Other$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$703k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$10,470
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY$9,350
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON$7,920
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$5,250
LINNBENTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE$2,940
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$2,000
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY$1,800
GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY$1,560
LINFIELD UNIVERSITY$1,200
CENTRALIA COLLEGE$720
CORBAN UNIVERSITY$720
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CARROLL COLLEGE: $2k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA: $1k → 9%PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $1k → 8%GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%PNCA: $1k → 12%SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 13%WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY: $13k → 13%LINNBENTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 13%CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $15k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $8k → 15%OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $2k → 16%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 18%GOSHEN COLLEGE: $2k → 13%CENTRALIA COLLEGE: $720 → 12%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 14%WYOTECH: $1k → 17%LINFIELD UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 12%WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY: $9k → 13%LINNBENTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2k → 13%CORBAN UNIVERSITY: $720 → 14%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $3k → 15%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 18%LINFIELD UNIVERSITY: $1k → 11%WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%PHAGANS SCHOOL OF BEAUTY: $900 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MT
IL
NY
MA
OR
WY
IN
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
AZ
HI
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$368k · 21 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
29

Total granted

$368k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+16%

Still filing today

33%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $720 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LU
    Linfield University
    7× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +3%
  • WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2022 · $7k · revenue +29%
  • PU
    PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +6%
  • LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +19%
  • CC
    CARROLL COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +12%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
2
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
3
Pomona College

Throughout its history, pomona college has educated men and women of exceptional promise. we gather individuals, regardless of financial circumstances, into a small residential community that is strongly rooted in southern california yet…

Education
4
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
5
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
6
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
7
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
8
Trustees of Clark University

Clark university's mission is to educate undergraduate and graduate students to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding through rigorous scholarship and creative…

Education
9
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
10
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
11
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
12
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Portland; the most unlike its peers is Concordia University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 52 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $90,505 · OtherCHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGEWESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY: $85,470 · OtherWESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITYOREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: $66,070 · OtherOREGON STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $34,860 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OREGONLinn-Benton Community College: $14,585 · OtherPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $14,470 · Other+30 more: $39,602 · Other+30 moreLinfield University: $12,100 · EducationLinfield Unive…WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $6,800 · EducationWILLAMETTE UNI…PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $6,510 · EducationPACIFIC UNIVER…GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $6,310 · EducationGEORGE FOX UNI…CORBAN UNIVERSITY: $3,820 · EducationCORBAN UNIVERS…SWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $2,500 · EducationPacific Lutheran University: $2,200 · EducationLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $2,000 · EducationREED INSTITUTE: $1,800 · EducationCARROLL COLLEGE: $1,800 · EducationDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $1,800 · Education+4 more: $4,900 · Education+4 moreNorthwestern University: $4,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$345,562Education$52,540Recreation & Sports$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLinfield University: $12,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $6,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $6,510 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $6,310 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORBAN UNIVERSITY: $3,820 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Lutheran University: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREED INSTITUTE: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARROLL COLLEGE: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoshen College Inc: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Linfield University ↗
  • Who funds WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds CORBAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SWARTHMORE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Pacific Lutheran University ↗
  • Who funds LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds REED INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CARROLL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Goshen College Inc ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Leo Adler TrustElwell-Colvin Scholar…Joann Hamilton Memori…Amy Heryford Ousley a…Eminger Stewart Found…Walter & Mary a Stast…
Leo Adler TrustIL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leo Adler Trust · Elwell-Colvin Scholarship Fund · Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund · Amy Heryford Ousley and James Heryford Ousley · Eminger Stewart Foundation Uma · Walter & Mary a Stastny Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Al & Ib Thomas Ed'L Fd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Al & Ib Thomas Ed'L Fd. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Linfield University: 4% of income from government
  • Corban University: 3% of income from government
  • Pacific University: 2% of income from government
  • George Fox University: 2% of income from government
  • Lewis & Clark College: 2% of income from government
  • Willamette University: 1% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 1% of income from government
  • Reed Institute: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home