New Jersey · Private foundation
He Thompson 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.
- $93k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $245k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations He Thompson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 9 | $93k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $100k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $75k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $80k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $61k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $53k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $52k | 47% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $47k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystic River Watershed Association Inc | $133,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Ethel Walker School Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Human Needs Food Pantry Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Town Hall Theater Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Vermont Foodbank | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Gloucester Adventureinc | $18,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Addison County Home Health Hospice Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Addison County Humane Society Inc Dba Homeward Bound | $16,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystic River Watershed Association Inc | $133,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Ethel Walker School Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Human Needs Food Pantry Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Town Hall Theater Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Vermont Foodbank | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Gloucester Adventureinc | $18,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Addison County Home Health Hospice Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Addison County Humane Society Inc Dba Homeward Bound | $16,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Swim Winchester Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Wright-Locke Farm Conservancy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Woburn Council of Social Concern Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at Basin Harbor Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Winchester Farmers Market Community Hub Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Glen Ridge Volunteer Ambulance Squad Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Thacher & Straitsmouth Islands Association | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Middlebury Area Land Trust | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tari Shattuck Education Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($111k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget He Thompson 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: The Vermont Community Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About He Thompson Foundation
- How much does He Thompson Foundation give?
- He Thompson Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $93,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does He Thompson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (30%), Food & Nutrition (24%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are He Thompson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mystic River Watershed Association Inc ($133k), Ethel Walker School Inc ($60k), Human Needs Food Pantry Inc ($37k).
- Does He Thompson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does He Thompson 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 He Thompson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is He Thompson Foundation based?
- He Thompson Foundation is based in NJ.
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