· Private foundation
Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSIT | $5,000 |
| KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,787 |
| SMITH CO LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING | $2,000 |
| HAYS ACADEMY OF HAIR DESIGN | $1,000 |
| EVANGEL UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| STERLING COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - KEARNEY | $1,000 |
| CLOUD COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER | $1,000 |
| FORT HAYS TECH NORTH CENTRAL | $1,000 |
| US CENTER FOUNDATION INC | $500 |
| NEBRASKA COLLEGE OF TECH AGRICULTUR | $500 |
| GAYLORD CEMETERY DIST 1 | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2026, 21 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 75% 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
Backed again, and grew
- HCHASTINGS COLLEGE4× · 2019–2022 · $2k · revenue +35%
- FUFriends University3× · 2017–2024 · $1k · revenue +43%
DRAKE UNIVERSITY3× · 2018–2020 · $1k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- SOSUNPORCH OF SMITH CENTER INCgraduatedone grant, 2025 · $3k · revenue ×13
- SCSMITH COUNTY FAIR BOARDone grant, 2018 · $3k
- HSHOSPICE SERVICES INCone grant, 2021 · $2k
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.
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.
Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…
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…
Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
Excelsior University provides educational opportunity to adult learners with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in higher education. The University meets students where they are - academically and geographically, offering…
We are a Catholic, co-educational, liberal arts university founded in 1843 by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dubuque, Iowa. Clarke educates students at the post-secondary level in the liberal arts and sciences, the…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 67 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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