Colorado · Private foundation
George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $60k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $907k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 23 | $60k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $50k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $60k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $45k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $51k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $49k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $55k | 35% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStage Theatre and Co Inc | $39,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Great Falls Foundation Inc | $32,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Siop Foundation Inc | $32,500 | 8 | 8% |
| Front Range Community Church | $26,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Bynum School | $20,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Front Range Christian Church | $17,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| DePauw University | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Team River Runner Incorporated | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation 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: Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · Colorado Gives Foundation · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · El Pomar Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Core Electric Cooperative · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · United Way of Larimer County · Libertygives Foundation · Western Union Foundation
How this is measured
Compare George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation with peer funders
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About George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation
- How much does George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation give?
- George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (29%), Religion (14%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: OpenStage Theatre and Co Inc ($39k), Great Falls Foundation Inc ($33k), Siop Foundation Inc ($33k).
- Does George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George and Louise Thornton Charitable 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern Colorado, Colorado Gives Foundation, Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION.
- Where is George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation based?
- George and Louise Thornton Charitable Foundation is based in CO.
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