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John G Thomas Family Foundation at a glance

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John G Thomas Family 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.

$43k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$61kReligion$31kPhilanthropy$24kHealth$19kYouth Development$16kHuman Services$12kAnimals$4kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$915k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALVARY CHURCH$10,638
Individual grant recipient$10,638
BOOST OTHERS$4,000
JILL'S HOUSE$3,776
FOXCROFT SCHOOL$3,000
THE HILL SCHOOL$3,000
TROOP 1882$3,000
BOY SCOUT PACK 1166$1,000
THE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE$1,000
PEACEFUL VALLEY DONKEY RESCUE$1,000
MIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER$1,000
MOC BEAGLES$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%BOOST OTHERS: $4k → 6%BOOST OTHERS: $4k → 6%BOOST OTHERS: $1k → 6%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.
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.

23%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$41k · 7 repeat orgs$141k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$41k
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+141%

Still filing today

57%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationAnimalsHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterHealthOther
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

  • BO
    BOOST OTHERS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $9k · revenue +46%
  • MC
    MIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3k · revenue +45%
  • TP
    THE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • TC
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $42k · revenue +31%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $24k
  • SH
    SAMSON HOUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $19k · revenue +561%
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
Mesilla Valley Christian School

Mesilla valley christian school support the home, church and community by equipping the next generation of godly servant leaders with an exceptional christ-centered, college-preparatory education.

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2
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
3
Kentucky Mountain Bible College Inc

To educate and prepare students for biblical gospel ministry as educators, pastors, and foreign missionaries.

Education
4
Midland School Corporation

Midland school provides a distinctive co-educational boarding school experience to a diverse student body in grades 9-12. through study and work, midland teaches the value of a lifetime of learning, self-reliance, simplicity,…

Education
5
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
6
Mountain Village Charter School

Mountain Village is a public Nature-based, Montessori school, engaging students in experiences that integrate natural environments with the Montessori curriculum, igniting achievement in academic, social-emotional and physical development.

Education
7
The Woodlands Christian Academy

TWCA is an independent, Christ-centered college preparatory school that integrates learning with biblical faith and challenges our students to reach their highest potential - intellectually, creatively, physically, and socially - for the…

—
8
The Meadows School

The Meadows School devlops in its students a love of, and respect for, learning. Inspiring them to seek knowledge independently and preparing them for higher academic pursuits. The school maintains high standards and seeks to instill in…

Education
9
The Millwood School

The school is a college preparatory school for students in junior kindergarten through 12th grade.

—
10
Dominion Ridge Academy

The mission of Dominion Ridge Academy is to provide a Christian understanding of God, man, and the universe based on biblical and natural revelation through an integrated curriculum.

Education
11
Turlock Christian Schools Inc

Tcs is an independent christian school that prepares young men and women for college and life by providing challenging opportunities to excel in the vital areas of faith, virtue and knowledge.

—
12
Mountain Valley Christian Academy

Mountain Valley Christian Academy (MVCA) is dedicated to assisting parents raise their children with a Christian worldview. MVCA strives to help parents by working with their children to provide academic and moral excellence while…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boost Others Inc; the most unlike its peers is Texas Christian University. 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

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: $24,463 · OtherNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONTHE HILL SCHOOL: $13,000 · OtherTHE HILL SCHOOLCALVARY CHURCH: $10,638 · OtherCALVARY CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $10,638 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBOY SCOUT PACK 1166: $7,500 · OtherBOY SCOUT PACK 1166FAUQUIER COUNTY YOUNG LIFE: $5,500 · OtherFAUQUIER COUNTY YOUNG LIFECITY LIGHT CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherCITY LIGHT CHURCHJILLS HOUSE INC: $3,776 · Other+5 more: $10,500 · Other+5 moreTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $42,164 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYTHE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG: $3,000 · EducationTHE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION O…Foxcroft School: $3,000 · EducationFoxcroft SchoolSAMSON HOUSE: $19,000 · HealthSAMSON HOUS…FATHER & SON CONNECTION INC: $11,650 · ReligionBOOST OTHERS INC: $9,463 · Human ServicesMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · AnimalsPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE: $1,500 · Community Improvement
Other$91,015Education$48,164Health$19,000Religion$11,650Human Services$9,463Animals$2,000Community Improvement$1,500

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 budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $42,164 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFATHER & SON CONNECTION INC: $11,650 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBOOST OTHERS INC: $9,463 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoxcroft School: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMOC BEAGLES INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PLAINS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Wise FoundationDun FoundationThe Hall Family Found…William M Backer Foun…Alexander Brady Found…McGraw FoundationAwa Family FoundationThe Luminescence Foun…The Van Metre Family …Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…
Wise FoundationVA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wise Foundation · Dun Foundation · The Hall Family Foundation Inc · William M Backer Foundation Inc · Alexander Brady Foundation · McGraw Foundation · Awa Family Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · The Van Metre Family Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 John G Thomas Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John G Thomas Family 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 22 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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