Iowa · Private foundation
John Thompson Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $100k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $812k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations John Thompson Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $90k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siouxland Regional Cancer Center | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Siouxland Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Miracle League of Sioux City | $100,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Mary J Treglia Community House | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Warming Shelter Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($180k), not named here.
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: Missouri River Historical Development Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · The Chesterman Family Foundation · Siouxland Community Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About John Thompson Charitable Trust
- How much does John Thompson Charitable Trust give?
- John Thompson Charitable Trust reported 2 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does John Thompson Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (28%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are John Thompson Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Siouxland Regional Cancer Center ($250k), Food Bank of Siouxland Inc ($150k), The Miracle League of Sioux City ($100k).
- Does John Thompson Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John Thompson Charitable Trust 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 John Thompson Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Missouri River Historical Development Inc, Baird Foundation Inc, The Chesterman Family Foundation.
- Where is John Thompson Charitable Trust based?
- John Thompson Charitable Trust is based in IA.
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