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Hale Thornhill Foundation

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.

$359k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
42%
First-time grantees FY2024
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91% of Hale Thornhill Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

15
’17
31
’18
31
’19
13
’20
14
’21
19
’22
17
’23
13
’24
10
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2025
$250
Largest grant, FY2025
$327,626
Organizations funded a year
19 to 41
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$6.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Hale Thornhill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving13$31k8%
FY202419$36k42%
FY202320$140k25%
FY202224$113k58%
FY202121$35k48%
FY202020$88k55%
FY201941$77k54%
FY201839$137k77%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$2.2MHuman Services$172kArts & Culture$162kHealth$130kAnimals$70kEducation$69kInternational$62kPublic Benefit$31kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
KS
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 81 grantees
All grantees of Hale Thornhill Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Colleagues Inc$132,47775%
The J Paul Getty Trust$110,13640%
Saving Wildlife International$60,000428%
International Medical Corps$32,00030%
Children's Institute Inc$26,00030%
Conservative Partnership Institute$25,00010%
Pacific Council on International Policy$25,00030%
Hope for Depression Research Foundation$20,00020%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$11,50060%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$10,00020%
Los Angeles Ballet Inc$10,00010%
Saint Marys School$9,50020%
Exceptional Children's Foundation$9,50050%
Blood Cancer United Inc$6,00020%
Strive Foundation$5,00011%
Duke University$5,00010%
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc$5,00010%
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc$5,00010%
Islamic Center of Claremont$5,0001n/a
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth$3,6006n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$3,00060%
Los Angeles Maryvale Guild$2,75021%
The Wende Museum of the Cold War Inc$2,50010%
Skylight Theatre Company$2,50010%
Beverly Hills Theatre Guild$2,5001n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,50010%
West Coast Elite$2,50011%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,50020%
White House Historical Association$2,25050%
St Anne's Family Services$2,25020%
A Place Called Home$2,00010%
Angels at Risk$2,00021%
St Raphael School$2,0003n/a
Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness$1,75030%
Center for the Study of Young People in Groups$1,75030%
The Garden Conservancy Inc$1,50010%
Junior League of Los Angeles Inc$1,30020%
Word of Honor Fund$1,30030%
Central American Resource Center$1,20010%
The Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness$1,00010%
Dallas Museum of Art$1,00010%
Harmony Project$1,00010%
Tagum Association of USA$1,0001n/a
Race to Erase Ms$1,00010%
John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary$1,00020%
Los Angeles Conservancy$1,00010%
L a Theatre Works$1,00010%
Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc$1,00010%
Triangle Golf Foundation Inc Dba the First Tee of the Triangle$1,00010%
Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative$1,00020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$99670%
Paws for Purple Hearts$90060%
St Paul the Apostle Church$9002n/a
Dream Street Foundation$65030%
Project Zawadi Inc$60020%
The House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association$50010%
Hospice of Wake County Inc$50010%
Soldier Strong Inc$50010%
Social Compassion in Legislation$50010%
Unique Projects Inc$50010%
Simpson University$50010%
Semper K9 Assistance Dogs$5001n/a
Merrie-Woode Foundation Inc$50010%
Para Los Ninos$50010%
Charity Global Inc$50010%
Dream Stream Foundation$4502n/a
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$40040%
Saint John's Cancer Institute$30010%
The Seeing Eye Inc$25020%
About Productions$20010%
The North Carolina Aquarium Society$20010%
Neighborhood Pets$20010%
Pacific Clinics$20010%
Clarematrix$1501n/a
American Bible Society$11520%
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Wake County Inc$10020%
Humane Society of Ventura County$10010%
Mutts With a Mission$10010%
National Geographic Society$10010%
Concern Worldwide (Us) Inc$10010%
Yosemite Foundation$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($181k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Hale Thornhill Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Colleagues Inc: $132,477 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetThe J Paul Getty Trust: $110,136 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSaving Wildlife International: $60,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $32,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Institute Inc: $26,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Council on International Policy: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHope for Depression Research Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Library Foundation of Los Angeles: $11,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Ballet Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSaint Marys School: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetExceptional Children's Foundation: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStrive Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDuke University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Maryvale Guild: $2,750 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Wende Museum of the Cold War Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSkylight Theatre Company: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Coast Elite: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWhite House Historical Association: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Anne's Family Services: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA Place Called Home: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAngels at Risk: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFoundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness: $1,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for the Study of Young People in Groups: $1,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Garden Conservancy Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Los Angeles Inc: $1,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWord of Honor Fund: $1,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCentral American Resource Center: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarmony Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRace to Erase Ms: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJohn Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLos Angeles Conservancy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetL a Theatre Works: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTriangle Golf Foundation Inc Dba the First Tee of the Triangle: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJesuit Restorative Justice Initiative: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $996 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPaws for Purple Hearts: $900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDream Street Foundation: $650 over 3y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 72.

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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.

California Community FoundationCA33.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Klm Foundation · Wm Keck Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Lear Family Foundation · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Weingart Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · The Annenberg Foundation

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.

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How do I get to Hale Thornhill Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hale Thornhill Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Hale Thornhill Foundation

How much does Hale Thornhill Foundation give?
Hale Thornhill Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $358,960 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Hale Thornhill Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (74%), Human Services (6%), Arts & Culture (5%).
Who are Hale Thornhill Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Colleagues Inc ($132k), The J Paul Getty Trust ($110k), Saving Wildlife International ($60k).
Does Hale Thornhill Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hale Thornhill 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 Hale Thornhill Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, Klm Foundation.
Where is Hale Thornhill Foundation based?
Hale Thornhill Foundation is based in CA.

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 126 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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