Minnesota · Private foundation
Bruce and Deb Thomas Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $9k
- Granted FY2022
- 2
- Grants FY2022
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $4,623
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $4,623
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Bruce and Deb Thomas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $1.3M | 75% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $50k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $50k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharing and Caring Hands Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Minnesota Zoo Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Knights of Columbus | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Healing Hearts Connection | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Lionsgate Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| North American Bear Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
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About Bruce and Deb Thomas Foundation
- How much does Bruce and Deb Thomas Foundation give?
- Bruce and Deb Thomas Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $9,246 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Bruce and Deb Thomas Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Human Services (7%), Food & Nutrition (3%), Animals (2%).
- Who are Bruce and Deb Thomas Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Sharing and Caring Hands Inc ($100k), Minnesota Zoo Foundation ($20k), Knights of Columbus ($3k).
- Does Bruce and Deb Thomas Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bruce and Deb Thomas Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Bruce and Deb Thomas Foundation based?
- Bruce and Deb Thomas Foundation is based in MN.
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