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Pharaoh C Thompson Foundation at a glance

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Pharaoh C 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.

$659k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$478k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$617kArts & Culture$40kReligion$17kHuman Services$16kEnvironment$16kInternational$11kFood & Nutrition$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
  • $250k+1 grant · $478k
$3,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION$478,102
SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION$120,403
RIDGWAY COMMUNITY CHRUCH$10,000
SAFE TODDLES INC$5,000
OURAY COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS$5,000
SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND$3,500
BOUNTY SOUL$3,000
TELLURIDE CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATION$3,000
CURE INTERNATIONAL$3,000
MARINE CONSERVATION INSTITUTE$3,000
SEEDS WILDERNESS THERAPY$3,000
NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$3,000
TIDES FOUNDATION$3,000
EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION$2,500
WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SAFE TODDLES INC: $5k → 9%SEEDS WILDERNESS THERAPY: $3k → 12%SAFE TODDLES INC: $5k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
ID
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
AR
TN
NC
DC
TX
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.

8%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$59k · 6 repeat orgs$656k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
15

Total granted

$59k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+87%

Still filing today

83%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $634k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • RC
    RIDGWAY CHAUTAUQUA DBA THE NEW SHERBINO THEATER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $22k · revenue +7%
  • ST
    SAFE TODDLES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +50%
  • TC
    TELLURIDE CHAMBER MUSIC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $9k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • MP
    MAYFLY'S PROJECT FUND AT PURE CHARI
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • AM
    ALTERNATIVE MISSIONS
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -100%
  • TALITHA KOUM INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +87%
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
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
2
Western Conservation Foundation

Building leaders to protect the west's land, air, and water.

Environment
3
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
Sierra Watch

Sierra watch secures conservation outcomes to protect the natural resources, mountain communities, and timeless values of the tahoe sierra.

Environment
6
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
7
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
8
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
9
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
10
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
11
The Commons Inc

To partner with individuals and organizations to access, organize, and share data that inspires action that restores our environment.

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12
Western Conservation Action

Increase the strength, effectiveness and political power of the western conservation movement.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is East Tennessee Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Seeds Wilderness Therapy. 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

27 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. 27 of the 38 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $598,505 · OtherSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION+22 more: $50,300 · Other+22 moreRIDGWAY CHAUTAUQUA DBA THE NEW SHERBINO THEATER: $22,000 · Arts & CultureTELLURIDE CHAMBER MUSIC: $9,000 · EducationMARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE: $7,750 · Education+1 more: $200 · EducationFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $10,000 · Community ImprovementTALITHA KOUM INSTITUTE: $3,000 · Community ImprovementWESTERN COLORADO ALLIANCE: $750 · Community ImprovementSAFE TODDLES: $10,000 · Human ServicesSeeds Wilderness Therapy: $3,000 · Human ServicesSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $6,500 · InternationalCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,000 · InternationalHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $1,000 · InternationalNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Other$648,805Arts & Culture$22,000Education$16,950Community Improvement$13,750Human Services$13,000International$10,500Philanthropy$8,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRIDGWAY CHAUTAUQUA DBA THE NEW SHERBINO THEATER: $22,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE TODDLES: $10,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTELLURIDE CHAMBER MUSIC: $9,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetMARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE: $7,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALTERNATIVE MISSIONS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBounty & Soul: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTALITHA KOUM INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN STUDIES INSTITUE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DISASTER RESOURCE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTelluride Mountain Club: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECTS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE: $1,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFRESH FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF CEDAR MESA: $1,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNCOMPAHGRE WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP A COLORADO NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECOACTION PARTNERS: $200 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.

PatagoniaorgTelluride FoundationWestern Colorado Comm…Resources Legacy FundColorado Gives Founda…Seattle FoundationImpactassetsincNetwork for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …
PatagoniaorgCA18.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Telluride Foundation · Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Resources Legacy Fund · Colorado Gives Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Pharaoh C Thompson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pharaoh C Thompson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 63%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 38 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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