Texas · Private foundation
Robert and Bredow Thompson 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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $223k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 8 | $12k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $14k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $18k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $18k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $2k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $4k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $6k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Francis Episcopal Church | $30,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $9,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $4,001 | 6 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Church Initiative Inc | $3,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| A Christian Ministry in the National Parks | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $2,327 | 1 | n/a |
| Priestly Fraternity of St Peter Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Francis Episcopal Church | $30,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $9,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $4,001 | 6 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Church Initiative Inc | $3,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| A Christian Ministry in the National Parks | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $2,327 | 1 | n/a |
| Priestly Fraternity of St Peter Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| International Justice Mission | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Magdalen College | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Mother of Divine Grace Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan Ministries International | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Virtueonline | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| Henri Nouwen Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($22k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert and Bredow Thompson 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
Compare Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation with peer funders
About Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation
- How much does Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation give?
- Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $12,745 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (63%), Education (18%), International (14%).
- Who are Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Francis Episcopal Church ($31k), Red Cloud Indian School ($10k), Compassion International Incorporated ($4k).
- Does Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert and Bredow Thompson 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 Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation based?
- Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation is based in TX.
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