· Private foundation
John J & Josephine Thomas Charitable
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of John J & Josephine Thomas Charitable’s FY2023 grant dollars went to The Fund For Charitable Giving, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year John J & Josephine Thomas Charitable named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $64k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k17 grants · $39k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL KITCHEN | $15,000 |
| ST ANTHONYST GEORGE MARONITE | $10,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH | $6,000 |
| PATHWAYS COUNSELING & GROWTH CENTER | $4,500 |
| WYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION | $4,500 |
| COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF | $4,000 |
| DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE CENTER INC | $3,000 |
| ANTHONY THOMAS MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES | $3,000 |
| FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF WYOMING | $2,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY | $2,000 |
| VICTIMS RESOURCE CENTER | $1,634 |
| CROHN'S AND COLITIS FOUNDATION OF | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| HOYT LIBRARY | $1,000 |
| WILKES UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2022, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- COCOMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF LUZERNE COUNTY3× · 2020–2022 · $12k · revenue +37%
- PCPATHWAYS COUNSELING AND GROWTH CENTER3× · 2020–2022 · $11k · revenue +62%
- WVWYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION3× · 2020–2022 · $10k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- ATANTHONY THOMAS MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIESone grant, 2022 · $3k
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.
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.
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Public lending library
To prevent victimization, advocate for, and lessen suffering of victims of crime by providing services in a supportive, inclusive, and safe environment in fayette county.
Vsc's mission is to provide advocacy and counseling for all who have been affected by sexual violence and other crimes against the person, and to promote sensitivity and awareness in the community through education.
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How this is measured
13 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. 13 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE FUND FOR CHARITABLE GIVING ↗
- Who funds COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF LUZERNE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds PATHWAYS COUNSELING AND GROWTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds WYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY ↗
- Who funds VICTIMS RESOURCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds HOYT LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds OSTERHOUT FREE LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds KING'S COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds VALLEY SANTA INC ↗
- Who funds WILKES UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds GREATER WYOMING VALLEY AREA YMCA ↗
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: William G McGowan Charitable Fund · The Tambur Family Foundation · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · The Luzerne Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation · Sordoni Foundation Inc · United Way of Wyoming Valley · Allone Foundation · Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Foundation · Allone Charities · Sordoni Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John J & Josephine Thomas Charitable funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John J & Josephine Thomas Charitable. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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