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Jim 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.

$276k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
34%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,250
Largest grant, FY2024
$95,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 39
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$82k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Jim Thompson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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
FY2024still arriving28$276k25%
FY202335$193k34%
FY202239$166k59%
FY202129$116k69%
FY202018$211k39%
FY201926$223k42%
FY201823$363k87%
FY20178$323kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Civil Rights$426kEducation$309kYouth Development$236kHealth$219kPhilanthropy$155kFood & Nutrition$146kCommunity Improvement$126kRecreation & Sports$116kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 82 grantees
All grantees of Jim Thompson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dallas Casa$425,92583%
North Texas Food Bank$145,00040%
Brooks Gives Back Inc$120,000435%
Field Institute of Taos$96,00069%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc$82,00040%
Dallas Urban Debate Alliance$80,00033%
Blue Sky Educational Foundation$75,000118%
Renaissance Youth Center$75,00031%
Performing Arts Fort Worth Inc$65,00020%
Dallas Education Foundation$60,00021%
The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation$50,00021%
The Walden Woods Project$50,00021%
Baylor Health Care System Foundation$50,00010%
True Kids 1$45,000310%
Radford University Foundation Inc$43,40020%
National Geographic Society$42,50030%
Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center Inc$39,25030%
Foundation for Urban Health Well Being Inc$30,00029%
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$17,50020%
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps$14,50030%
El Centro Regional Medical Center Foundation$12,650214%
Friends of the Katy Trail Inc$12,50020%
Coast Guard Foundation Inc$10,25040%
Lakehill Preparatory School$10,00070%
The Howard University$8,75020%
Preston Cooper James Memorial Foundation$8,2503n/a
Community Against Violence Inc$5,00010%
Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation$5,00010%
Brooks Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Operation Kindness$3,35750%
Austin Street Center$3,12510%
Project Veritas$3,00020%
Watermark Health a Nonprofit Corporation$2,60020%
Reading Partners$2,50010%
Seal Legacy Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Resilience 1220 Inc$2,50011%
Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation$2,50010%
Foundation for Allen Schools$2,50010%
Case Western Reserve University$2,50010%
Greenhill School$2,00140%
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association$2,00010%
Poiema Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Dallas Life Inc$1,50010%
Brother Bills Helping Hand$1,25010%
San Antonio Food Bank$1,25010%
(Acpmp)Appendix Cancerpseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation$1,00010%
Taos Art Museum$1,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,00010%
Men of Nehemiah Inc$1,00010%
Highland Park Lady Scots Soccer Club$75011%
Southwestern Diabetic Foundation Inc$75020%
Foundation for Lovejoy Schools$70120%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$55040%
New Mexico Wildlife Federation$50010%
PTA Texas Congress 6310 Forest Meadow Middle School PTA$50011%
Autism Speaks Inc$3002n/a
Living in Transition Effectively Inc$30010%
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue$30010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$27530%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$26520%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$26320%
Carrell Clinic Foundation$25010%
The Magdalen House$25010%
Poetic$25010%
Helping a HeroOrg$25010%
Compassion International Incorporated$2481n/a
Salesmanship Club of Dallas$21910%
First Baptist Academy$1441n/a
American Heart Association Inc$13110%
West Dallas Community School$12510%
Metroport Meals on Wheels Inc$12520%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$12530%
Vogel Alcove$10310%
Don'T Ever Give Up Inc$7520%
Meals on Wheels Diablo Region$5010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$5010%
Ncga Foundation$5010%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$5010%
The Episcopal School of Dallas Inc$5010%
Meals on Wheels Inc$5010%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$5010%
Hockaday School$3810%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($139k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Jim Thompson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 77 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDallas Casa: $425,925 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $145,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBrooks Gives Back Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetField Institute of Taos: $96,000 over 6y, 9.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc: $82,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDallas Urban Debate Alliance: $80,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetBlue Sky Educational Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetRenaissance Youth Center: $75,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPerforming Arts Fort Worth Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Education Foundation: $60,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Walden Woods Project: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrue Kids 1: $45,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetRadford University Foundation Inc: $43,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $42,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Slope Lutheran Care Center Inc: $39,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Urban Health Well Being Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetAmerican Israel Education Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Youth Corps: $14,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEl Centro Regional Medical Center Foundation: $12,650 over 2y, 14% of budgetFriends of the Katy Trail Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCoast Guard Foundation Inc: $10,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLakehill Preparatory School: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Howard University: $8,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Against Violence Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWoodall Rodgers Park Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Kindness: $3,357 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAustin Street Center: $3,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Veritas: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWatermark Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $2,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetReading Partners: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeal Legacy Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetResilience 1220 Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDallas Fallen Officer Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFoundation for Allen Schools: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenhill School: $2,001 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAircraft Owners & Pilots Association: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPoiema Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDallas Life Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBrother Bills Helping Hand: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Food Bank: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget(Acpmp)Appendix Cancerpseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTaos Art Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMen of Nehemiah Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighland Park Lady Scots Soccer Club: $750 over 1y, 0.6% 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 77.

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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.

Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX30.7× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The Constantin Foundation Inc · Episcopal Health Foundation Of Dallas · Stephen M Seay Foundation Inc · The Rosewood Foundation · Gil and Dody Weaver Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353

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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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 Jim Thompson Foundation

How much does Jim Thompson Foundation give?
Jim Thompson Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $276,375 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Jim Thompson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (21%), Education (15%), Youth Development (12%).
Who are Jim Thompson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Dallas Casa ($426k), North Texas Food Bank ($145k), Brooks Gives Back Inc ($120k).
Does Jim Thompson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jim 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 Jim Thompson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, The Dallas Foundation.
Where is Jim Thompson Foundation based?
Jim Thompson Foundation is based in TX.

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 111 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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