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Dorothy J Thomson Charitable Fund at a glance

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Dorothy J Thomson Charitable Fund

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.

$113k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$178kHousing & Shelter$88kHuman Services$54kArts & Culture$53kPhilanthropy$20kInternational$17kCommunity Improvement$15kReligion$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $83k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$60k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY PROMISE OF WAUKEHSA COUNTY$27,500
ADOPT-A-FAMILY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC$15,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ARMORY ART CENTER$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
MAIN STREET LEAGUE$5,000
CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION$5,000
SPECIAL SPACES$5,000
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH$2,500
THE MANNA FOOD PROJECT$2,500
LAKEPOINT CHURCH INC$2,500
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,320
NATIONAL MILL DOG RESCUE$1,200
LAKE COUNTRY CARING$1,000
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 (FY21–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SYDNEY PAIGE FOUNDATION: $200 → 9%CAMP KESEM: $150 → 14%HOMETOWN HEROES INC: $250 → 6%CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%JOURNEY HOUSE: $500 → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE: $500 → 17%LAKE COUNTRY CARING: $1k → 5%LAKE COUNTRY CARING: $500 → 5%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

WI
MI
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
TX
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$525k · 23 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
41

Total granted

$525k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+35%

Still filing today

74%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterInternationalRecreation & 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

  • JM
    Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $127k · revenue +13%
  • FAMILY PROMISE OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $88k · revenue +69%
  • TA
    THE ARMORY ART CENTER INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $52k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • American Diabetes Association
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +4%
  • NF
    NF FUND DETROIT
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • MA
    MATTHIAS ACADEMY CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue +47%
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
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
2
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
3
The Children's Cancer Cause Inc

The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.

Health
4
Nmdp Foundation

Raises funds to support the national marrow donor program (nmdp) mission: we save lives through cellular therapy.

Philanthropy
5
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
6
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Inc

Mission: johns hopkins all children's hospital (all children's), a member of johns hopkins medicine, strives to provide the highest quality care to improve the health of our entire community through innovation, collaboration, service…

Health
7
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Washongton Dc Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater washington, dc (rmhcdc) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
8
Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment
9
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium

The national nurse-led care consortium (nncc) strives to advance nurse-led healthcare through policy, consultation, and programs to reduce health disparities and meet people's primary care and wellness needs.

Health
10
Community Care Health Plan Inc

Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.

Health
11
K9 Hurricane's Heroes Inc

K9 hurricane's heroes, a federally recognized, non-profit organization, provides "retired law enforcement and military dogs" with subsidized veterinary care so they can live a long and healthy life. often these incredible dogs are the…

Animals
12
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Penfield Children's Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Mill Dog Rescue. 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

39 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. 39 of the 73 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
27/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: $42,500 · OtherAdopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches IncIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNF FUND DETROIT: $10,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $11,500 · Other+41 more: $50,281 · Other+41 moreJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $127,100 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical Center Fou…JONATHANS LANDING CARES INC: $6,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $2,929 · PhilanthropyFAMILY PROMISE OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $87,500 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE O…+1 more: $750 · Housing & ShelterTHE ARMORY ART CENTER INC: $52,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ARMOR…NAMI PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $20,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $10,200 · HealthSPECIAL SPACES INC: $5,000 · HealthA Doll Like Me INC: $2,500 · Health+5 more: $3,620 · HealthCHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesMATTHIAS ACADEMY CORPORATION: $6,000 · Human ServicesLAKE COUNTRY CARING INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesJOURNEY HOUSE INC: $1,000 · Human Services+3 more: $600 · Human ServicesMAIN STREET LEAGUE: $15,000 · Environment
Other$244,281Philanthropy$136,529Housing & Shelter$88,250Arts & Culture$52,000Health$41,320Human Services$16,600Environment$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $127,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $87,500 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetTHE ARMORY ART CENTER INC: $52,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAdopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: $42,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMAIN STREET LEAGUE: $15,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $10,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJONATHANS LANDING CARES INC: $6,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMATTHIAS ACADEMY CORPORATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Mill Dog Rescue: $4,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,960 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $3,580 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Doll Like Me INC: $2,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE COUNTRY CARING INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,429 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOURNEY HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQUANTUM HOUSE INC: $970 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENEDICT CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrevard Heat Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOMETOWN HEROES INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER K9 ASSISTANCE DOGS: $216 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSydney Paige Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR PAWS: $120 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.

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.

United Way of Greater…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Waukesha County Commu…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Baird Foundation IncAlbert J & Flora H El…Oconomowoc Area Found…Anon Charitable TrustEvan & Marion Helfaer…Joseph and Vera Zilbe…
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County IncWI23.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Albert J & Flora H Ellinger Foundation · Oconomowoc Area Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc

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 Dorothy J Thomson Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dorothy J Thomson Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Armory Art Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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 · 0–75%
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 73 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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