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Barbara L Thomas Foundation at a glance

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Barbara L Thomas Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$56k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$69kReligion$46kFood & Nutrition$41kPhilanthropy$26kHousing & Shelter$19kArts & Culture$11kHealth$2kEnvironment$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $51k
$19,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$746k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DISCIPLESHIP DRIVEN MINISTRIES INC$31,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$19,000
MICHAEL DAVID GREENE MEMORIAL$5,500
SWIM ACROSS AMERICA$250
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOME PORTS INC: $100 → 12%HOME PORTS INC: $100 → 12%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

AK
ME
NH
SD
PA
KY
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
FL
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$144k · 27 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
15

Total granted

$144k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
-18%

Still filing today

48%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $40k · revenue +53%
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +17%
  • AA
    ADKINS ARBORETUM LTD
    2× · 2017–2018 · $200 · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • AF
    ACTS FOUNDATION HERON POINT BE
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • CR
    Chester River Health Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue -18%
  • AL
    ACTS LEGACY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue -23%
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
Chester River Hospital Center Inc

Chester river hospital center (crhc) is an acute care hospital that serves the residents of kent and queen anne's counties and portions of caroline and cecil counties

Health
2
Chester River Manor Inc

To provide health care services necessary to meet the individual needs of residents and their families, as well as the community by assisting residents to achieve and maintain their highest practical level of well being while at the same…

Health
3
Chesapeake Charities Inc

The mission of chesapeake charities, inc. is to provide innovative leadership and quality services that encourage charitable giving, build community resources, and enable donors continued on schedule o

Philanthropy
4
Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation Inc

To support hospice of the chesapeake, inc., hospice of charles county, calvert hospice in their mission to improve the quality of life for those in our communities experiencing advanced illness or bereavement through hospice, palliative…

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5
CalvertHealth Medical Center Inc

Calverthealth medical center provides quality inpatient and ambulatory health care to the people of southern maryland that is accessible, cost-effective and compassionate. chmc works in partnership with the community to improve the health…

Health
6
Hospice of the Chesapeake Inc

To improve the quality of life for those in our communities experiencing advanced illness or bereavement through hospice and other pallative care, compassionate support and education.

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7
Westminster Canterbury On Chesapeake Bay Foundation

To support the mission of westminster-canterbury on chesapeake bay

Health
8
Chesapeake Audubon Society

The chesapeake audubon society works in the maryland region to promote the stewardship of natural ecosystems through conservation, restoration, education, and advocacy.

Environment
9
Chesapeake Bay Trust

Chesapeake bay trust is a public, nonprofit grant-making organization created to promote public awareness of and participation in the restoration and protection of the chesapeake bay and its tributaries. (see schedule o for continuation)…

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10
University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health System Inc

To assist in the management of and to provide services to related healthcare affiliates.

Health
11
Upper Chesapeake Residential Hospice House Inc

Ucrhh, also known as senator bob hooper house, is an assisted living facility specializing in hospice care, offering a homelike setting for those who are unable to have their needs met at home. our mission is for all families in our…

Human Services
12
Chester County Historical Society

The chester county historical society (the "society") is a nonprofit organization established to inspire, inform and build community identity by preserving and sharing the remarkable story of chester county and its people. the society…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Historical Society of Kent Co Md. 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

21 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. 21 of the 46 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DISCIPLESHIP DRIVEN MINISTRIES INC: $31,500 · OtherDISCIPLESHIP DRIVEN MINISTRIES INCHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $19,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOLSACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherSACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCHMICHAEL DAVID GREENE MEMORIAL: $9,500 · OtherMICHAEL DAVID GREENE MEMORIALIndividual grant recipient: $6,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientACTS FOUNDATION HERON POINT BE: $5,000 · OtherANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL: $4,000 · Other+24 more: $7,400 · Other+24 moreRADCLIFFE CREEK SCHOOL INC: $56,000 · EducationRADCLIFFE CREEK SCHOOL INCHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BA…EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyEAST TENNE…+3 more: $850 · PhilanthropyColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $1,500 · Arts & CultureHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF KENT CO MD: $200 · Arts & CultureSULTANA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $100 · Arts & CultureCHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC: $100 · Arts & CultureADKINS ARBORETUM LTD: $200 · EnvironmentECHO HILL OUTDOOR SCHOOL INC: $200 · EnvironmentCommunity Food Pantry: $200 · Human ServicesHOMEPORTS INC: $200 · Human Services
Other$102,900Education$56,000Food & Nutrition$40,000Philanthropy$20,850Arts & Culture$1,900Environment$400Human Services$400

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRADCLIFFE CREEK SCHOOL INC: $56,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChester River Health Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTS LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADKINS ARBORETUM LTD: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASS REGIONAL HOSPICE INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF KENT CO MD: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSULTANA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WYE MILL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBlood Bank of Delmarva Inc: $100 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 RADCLIFFE CREEK SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Chester River Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ACTS LEGACY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Swim Across America Inc ↗
  • Who funds ADKINS ARBORETUM LTD ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Pantry ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS REGIONAL HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF KENT CO MD ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMEPORTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ECHO HILL OUTDOOR SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds SULTANA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WYE MILL INC ↗

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.

Mid Shore Community F…David a Bramble Found…Fordi Family Foundati…The Llandaff Family T…The Hedgelawn Foundat…Friel Foundation IncRaymond James Charita…Verizon FoundationThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …
Mid Shore Community Foundation IncMD24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · David a Bramble Foundation Inc · Fordi Family Foundation Inc · The Llandaff Family Trust · The Hedgelawn Foundation Inc · Friel Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Barbara L Thomas Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barbara L Thomas Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Sultana Education Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Echo Hill Outdoor School Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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How do I get to Barbara L Thomas Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Barbara L Thomas Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 46 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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