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Harry T Thorson Foundation at a glance

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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
3
States reached
$621k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Education$718kHealth$466kReligion$71kYouth Development$42kPhilanthropy$36kPublic Benefit$34kFood & Nutrition$14kCivil Rights$10kOther$0
02FY2021 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k19 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $47k
  • $250k+1 grant · $621k
$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION$621,039
ERION FOUNDCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NO$25,000
ALL SAINTS CHURCH$11,864
PATHWAYS HOSPICE$10,000
CENTRAL WYOMING HOSPICE AND TRANSIT$5,000
LOVELAND ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION$2,250
HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICES$1,200
ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE$1,000
NATRONA COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS$1,000
UNITED WAY OF NATRONA COUNTY$1,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF LARIMER COUNTY$1,000
UNITED FUND OF WESTON COUNTY$500
THOMPSON VALLEY ROTARY CLUB FOUNDAT$500
PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF LOVE-FT$500
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NO COLORADO$500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WESTON COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $1k → 12%NATRONA COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $2k → 11%WESTON COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $1k → 12%NATRONA COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $2k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICES: $1k → 11%ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE: $1k → 11%NATRONA COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $2k → 11%NATRONA COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $1k → 11%WESTON COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $1k → 12%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $10k → 11%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $5k → 11%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $50 → 11%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

ID
WY
IA
CA
CO
MO
VA
DC
GA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 35 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2021, 18 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
32

Total granted

$1.3M
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+39%

Still filing today

60%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $703k · revenue +111%
  • PH
    PATHWAYS HOSPICE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $15k · revenue +42%
  • MM
    MCKEE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $8k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • MS
    MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -70%
  • CU
    CLOSE UP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +18%
  • CF
    COMMITTEE FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE TOMORR
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Wyoming Foundation for Cancer Care Inc

To reduce the impact of cancer on wyoming residents diagnosed with cancer by providing non-medical, charitable financial assistance and by providing free education and screening opportunities to residents not diagnosed with cancer.

Human Services
2
The Wyldlife Fund

To unite people to advance wyoming wildlife habitat, research, and education.

Animals
3
Western Kansas Community Foundation

Enriching western Kansas life through philanthropy, collaboration and leadership.

Philanthropy
4
Wyoming Community Hospital Foundation

To raise funds on behalf of the wyoming county community hospital.

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5
Central Wyoming Hospice & Transitions

To companion the end of life journey with skill and compassion.

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6
Western Wyoming College Foundation

Support of western wyoming community college programs and scholarships

Education
7
Wyoming County Community Health Fou

The Wyoming County Community Health Foundation identifies, selects, and invests in programs and Organizations that will improve the health and wellness of people in Wyoming County and surrounding communities.

Health
8
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
9
Wyoming State Fair Foundation

To ensure that the Wyoming State Fair serves as a vibrant celebration of our states agriculture, youth, education, heritage, and industry, while evolving to meet the needs of future generations. WSFF is the fundraising arm of the WSF,…

Recreation & Sports
10
Wyoming Governor's Residence Foundation

To enhance the wyoming governor's residence and support the initiatives of the first spouse.

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11
Wyoming Pbs Foundation

The wyoming pbs foundation is dedicated to financially supporting wyoming pbs - wyoming's sole public television station, to visually preserve and tell the stories of our state.

Arts & Culture
12
Wyoming Donor Alliance

The wyoming donor alliance supports a network of statewide organizations focused on increasing civic participation.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wyoming Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Guetz Foundation. 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

48 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. 48 of the 76 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
36/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION: $703,424 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION+6 more: $9,025 · EducationI-Reach 2 Inc: $412,500 · Housing & ShelterI-Reach 2 Inc+3 more: $2,600 · Housing & ShelterALL SAINTS CHURCH: $66,776 · OtherALL SAINTS CHURCHCENTRAL WYOMING HOSPICE AND TRANSIT: $26,000 · OtherCENTRAL WYOMING HO…ERION FOUNDCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NO: $25,000 · OtherERION FOUNDCHILDRE…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NO COLORADO: $24,800 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATI…LOVELAND ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION: $17,680 · OtherLOVELAND ROTARY CL…BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF LARIMER COUNTY: $12,100 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF…+43 more: $53,135 · Other+43 morePATHWAYS HOSPICE: $15,050 · Human ServicesNATRONA COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesWESTON COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $3,000 · Human ServicesWyoming CARES Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $1,200 · Human ServicesAlternatives to Violence Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesWYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,100 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY: $3,000 · PhilanthropyDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,150 · PhilanthropyCHRIS LEDOUX MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $50 · PhilanthropyMCKEE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $7,615 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 · HealthMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF WYOMING: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $150 · HealthMOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Education$712,449Housing & Shelter$415,100Other$225,491Human Services$28,750Philanthropy$12,300Health$10,765Civil Rights$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION: $703,424 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetI-Reach 2 Inc: $412,500 over 2y, 19% of budgetLOVELAND ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION: $17,680 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetPATHWAYS HOSPICE: $15,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMCKEE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $7,615 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNATRONA COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NATRONA COUNTY: $6,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWESTON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $4,050 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetFOCUS: $4,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLOSE UP FOUNDATION: $2,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCASPER COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWyoming CARES Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHOMPSON VALLEY ROTARY FOUNDATION: $1,300 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetHOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlternatives to Violence Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRAIG & SUSAN THOMAS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetWyoming Rescue Mission: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIS LEDOUX MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF WYOMING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOTHER SETON HOUSING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF LOVELAND AND BERTHOUD INC: $700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOVELAND OPERA THEATRE: $650 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReach 4A Star Riding Academy Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPULLIAM COMMUNITY BUILDING FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPI BETA PHI FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of the Desert Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINTER HOLIDAY COUNCIL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGUETZ FOUNDATION: $50 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds I-Reach 2 Inc ↗
  • Who funds LOVELAND ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MCKEE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATRONA COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NATRONA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds WESTON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOCUS ↗
  • Who funds WESTON COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds WESTON COUNTY CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CLOSE UP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASPER COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Wyoming CARES Inc ↗
  • Who funds THOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THOMPSON VALLEY ROTARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds PEO Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming ↗
  • Who funds Alternatives to Violence Inc ↗
  • Who funds CRAIG & SUSAN THOMAS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Wyoming Community Fou…The McMurry FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Double 4 FoundationNatrona Collective He…Daniels FundFirst Interstate Banc…Zimmerman Family Foun…Otter Cares Foundatio…United Way of Natrona…Wold Foundation
Community Foundation of Northern ColoradoCO27.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Harry T Thorson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harry T Thorson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 76 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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