Kansas · Private foundation
Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $22k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 20
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $355k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 46% of the organizations Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 14 | $22k | 36% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $20k | 46% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $20k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $23k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $22k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $21k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $21k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $21k | 37% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas State University | $26,873 | 10 | n/a |
| City of Smith Center | $16,878 | 5 | n/a |
| Sunporch of Smith Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Smith County Fair Board | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| U S Center Foundation Inc | $2,475 | 3 | 3% |
| Hastings College | $2,308 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends University | $1,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Drake University | $1,408 | 3 | 0% |
| Sterling College | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Evangel University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas State University | $26,873 | 10 | n/a |
| City of Smith Center | $16,878 | 5 | n/a |
| Sunporch of Smith Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Smith County Fair Board | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| U S Center Foundation Inc | $2,475 | 3 | 3% |
| Hastings College | $2,308 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends University | $1,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Drake University | $1,408 | 3 | 0% |
| Sterling College | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Evangel University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Johnson County Community College | $983 | 2 | n/a |
| Southern College of Optometry | $950 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethany College | $935 | 1 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $650 | 1 | 0% |
| Smith County Free Fair | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Canyon University | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Baker University | $483 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas Wesleyan University | $425 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($146k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Margaret Nelson Castle College Scholarship Trust · Carrol & Darlene Booz Charitable Trust · Greater Salina Community Foundation · Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · Orville L and Beverly Borgmann Charitable Trust · Donald R Pitts & Zelma C Pitts Scholarship Fund · Rathert Foundation % the Peoples Bank · Kansas Independent College Association · The Pete Henry Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Greater Horizons
How this is measured
Compare Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust with peer funders
About Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust
- How much does Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust give?
- Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust reported 14 grants totaling $21,787 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (58%), Public Benefit (13%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Kansas State University ($27k), City of Smith Center ($17k), Sunporch of Smith Center Inc ($3k).
- Does Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Margaret Nelson Castle College Scholarship Trust, Carrol & Darlene Booz Charitable Trust, Greater Salina Community Foundation.
- Where is Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust based?
- Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust is based in KS.
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