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Robert and Bredow Thompson Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$55kEducation$16kInternational$12kHealth$4kFood & Nutrition$500
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$223k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Black Hills State University Newman Center$5,000
Allegro Organizational Solutions$1,500
World Vision$1,180
International Justice Mission$1,175
The Church Initiative Inc$1,000
Mother of Devine Grace School$1,000
Compassion International$790
St Francis Episcopal Church$600
Monument Health Foundation$500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%El Cristo Rey: $500 → 16%VIRTUEONLINE: $200 → 9%TRINITY SCHOOL FOR MINSTRY: $3k → 10%PRIESTLY FRATERNITY OF SAINT PETER: $1k → 13%Mother of Devine Grace School: $1k → 10%UNION GOSPEL MISSION: $500 → 11%St Francis Episcopal Church: $14k → 16%THE ANGLICAN DIGEST SPEAK: $200 → 16%WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS: $3k → 13%NASHOTA HOUSE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $1k → 5%The Church Initiative Inc: $2k → 8%CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $1k → 6%A Christian Ministry in the National Parks: $1k → 8%A CHRISTIAN MINISTRY IN THE NATIONA: $1k → 12%WORLD VISION: $2k → 9%International Justice Mission: $825 → 7%ST MATTHEW CATHOLIC CHURCH: $500 → 9%CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH: $1k → 12%Black Hills State University Newman Center: $5k → 11%IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH OF RAP: $5k → 14%RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $4k → 42%MAGDALEN COLLEGE: $600 → 7%VIRTUEONLINE: $200 → 9%Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter: $1k → 13%Mother of Devine Grace School: $1k → 10%UNION GOSPEL MISSION: $500 → 11%ST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10k → 16%THE ANGLICAN DIGEST SPEAK: $200 → 16%CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: $500 → 13%CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $1k → 6%A CHRISTIAN MINISTRY IN THE NATIONA: $1k → 12%World Vision: $1k → 9%RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $3k → 42%Magdalen College: $600 → 7%MOTHER OF DIVINE GRACE INC: $500 → 10%St Francis Episcopal Church: $6k → 16%Wycliffe Bible Translators: $500 → 13%CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $1k → 6%WORLD VISION: $1k → 9%RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $3k → 42%MOTHER OF DIVINE GRACE INC: $500 → 10%St Francis Episcopal Church: $600 → 16%World Vision: $968 → 9%Allegro Organizational Solutions: $2k → 16%WORLD VISION: $937 → 9%Allegro Organizational Solutions: $2k → 16%WORLD VISION: $912 → 9%World Vision: $912 → 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

NH
WA
IL
WI
WY
SD
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
AZ
AR
NC
TX
FL
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$70k · 17 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
13

Total granted

$70k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+87%

Still filing today

47%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalReligionEducationHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • Compassion International Incorporated
    6× · 2020–2025 · $4k · revenue +16%
  • AC
    A Christian Ministry in the National Parks
    3× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +34%
  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK
    3× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • IC
    IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH OF RAP
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • TS
    TRINITY SCHOOL FOR MINSTRY
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • CC
    CROSS CATHOLIC OUTREACH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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3
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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4
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of jesus christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
5
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
6
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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7
Ason International Inc

Assisting national Christian leaders around the world.

Human Services
8
Financial Planning Ministry

Financial planning ministry, inc. (fpm) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting in the performance of the functions of christian churches by serving their financial needs.

Health
9
The Inspirational Network Inc

Impacting people for Christ worldwide through media.

Religion
10
Cadence International

Cadence international is an evangelical mission agency dedicated to reaching the military of the united states and of the world with the good news of jesus christ. we share the gospel and our lives with the military community.

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11
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
12
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Church Initiative Inc; the most unlike its peers is Magdalen College. 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

14 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. 14 of the 33 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $30,800 · OtherST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL CHURCHRED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $9,500 · OtherRED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOLIMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH OF RAP: $5,000 · OtherIMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH OF RAPBlack Hills State University Newman Center: $5,000 · OtherBlack Hills State University Newman CenterWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC: $3,500 · OtherTRINITY SCHOOL FOR MINSTRY: $3,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $3,000 · Other+13 more: $12,927 · Other+13 moreWORLD VISION INC: $8,017 · InternationalWORLD VISION INCCompassion International Incorporated: $4,001 · InternationalCompassion Internat…ALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $3,000 · InternationalALLEGRO ORGANIZATIO…INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $2,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTI…+1 more: $500 · InternationalThe Church Initiative Inc: $3,100 · ReligionA Christian Ministry in the National Parks: $3,000 · ReligionVIRTUEONLINE: $400 · ReligionMAGDALEN COLLEGE: $1,250 · EducationMOTHER OF DIVINE GRACE INC: $1,000 · EducationMonument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc: $500 · HealthSAMARITAN MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $500 · HealthHENRI NOUWEN SOCIETY: $100 · Arts & Culture
Other$72,727International$17,518Religion$6,500Education$2,250Health$1,000Arts & Culture$100

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 budgetWORLD VISION INC: $8,017 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Church Initiative Inc: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA Christian Ministry in the National Parks: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAGDALEN COLLEGE: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHER OF DIVINE GRACE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMonument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRTUEONLINE: $400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHENRI NOUWEN SOCIETY: $100 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.

  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds The Church Initiative Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds A Christian Ministry in the National Parks ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds MAGDALEN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MOTHER OF DIVINE GRACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds VIRTUEONLINE ↗
  • Who funds HENRI NOUWEN SOCIETY ↗

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.

Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA10.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 33 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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By state
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