Wisconsin · Private foundation
Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable Foundation
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.
- $42k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $423k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $42k | 45% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $19k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $21k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $62k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $71k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $54k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $70k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $89k | 26% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc | $53,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $43,952 | 8 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $41,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc | $27,650 | 7 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $26,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $20,850 | 7 | n/a |
| McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| River Revitalization Foundation Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $7,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Academy of Basic Education Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 53 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc | $53,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $43,952 | 8 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $41,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc | $27,650 | 7 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $26,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $20,850 | 7 | n/a |
| McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| River Revitalization Foundation Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $7,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Academy of Basic Education Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Charles E Kubly Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Our Lady of Good Hope Congregation | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Forward Collective Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Milwaukee County War Memorial Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Christ Child Society | $2,000 | 5 | 0% |
| River Hills Police Association | $1,850 | 7 | n/a |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $1,550 | 9 | 0% |
| Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Junior League of Milwaukee | $1,330 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the North Shore Library | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marquette University High School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rock the Green Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florentine Opera Company Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Collectors Corner Inc | $600 | 4 | 0% |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Society | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Miami Rowing Center | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Antiquarian Society of Wisconsin | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Emanu-El Bne Jeshurun | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| McC Scholars Foundation Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| American Antiquarian Society | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Summit Educational Association Inc | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| St Peter & St Paul Orthodox Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| El-Shaddai Church of God in Christ | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| The Michael John Jacobus Foundation Inc | $150 | 1 | 1% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Lakes Recovery Center Foundation | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| St Patrick's Residence | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Northbrook United Methodist Church | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| North Shore Congregational Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| First Congregational Church Endowment Trust | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Fox Point Lutheran Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| St John Vianney Catholic Church | $100 | 2 | n/a |
| St Pauls Church | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic Church | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic Church | $25 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 66 recipients with no EIN on record ($192k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable 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.
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How this is measured
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About Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable Foundation
- How much does Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable Foundation give?
- Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $41,860 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Arts & Culture (31%), Religion (14%).
- Who are Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc ($54k), Marquette University ($44k), Milwaukee Art Museum Inc ($42k).
- Does Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable 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 Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Baird Foundation Inc, Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable Foundation based?
- Kathleen & Frank Thometz Charitable Foundation is based in WI.
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