Wyoming · Private foundation
Harry T Thorson Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $683k
- Granted FY2021
- 23
- Grants FY2021
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $621,039
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 44
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 26% of the organizations Harry T Thorson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 23 | $683k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $121k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $60k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $44k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 44 | $495k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
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 FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wyoming Foundation | $703,424 | 5 | 1% |
| I-Reach 2 Inc | $412,500 | 2 | 19% |
| Loveland Rotary Club Foundation | $17,680 | 5 | 1% |
| Pathways Hospice | $15,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Mountain States Legal Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McKee Medical Center Foundation | $7,615 | 4 | 0% |
| Natrona County Meals on Wheels Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Natrona County | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Margarets Episcopal Church Palm Desert | $4,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Weston County Library Foundation | $4,050 | 5 | 3% |
Show all 49 grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($175k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harry T Thorson 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 · Wyoming Community Foundation · The McMurry Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Double 4 Foundation · Natrona Collective Health Trust · Daniels Fund · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Zimmerman Family Foundation · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · United Way of Natrona County · Wold Foundation
How this is measured
About Harry T Thorson Foundation
- How much does Harry T Thorson Foundation give?
- Harry T Thorson Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $683,353 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Harry T Thorson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (51%), Health (33%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Harry T Thorson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: University of Wyoming Foundation ($703k), I-Reach 2 Inc ($413k), Loveland Rotary Club Foundation ($18k).
- Does Harry T Thorson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harry T Thorson 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 Harry T Thorson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern Colorado, Wyoming Community Foundation, The McMurry Foundation.
- Where is Harry T Thorson Foundation based?
- Harry T Thorson Foundation is based in WY.
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