Kansas · Private foundation
Ronald O Thomas Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $228k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Ronald O Thomas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 12 | $228k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $100k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $137k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $90k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $115k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $82k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $87k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $118k | 83% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sek Humane Society of Crawford County Kansas | $148,555 | 8 | 20% |
| Point Forward Inc | $106,500 | 3 | 6% |
| City of Pittsburg | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Frankie's Friends Inc | $23,866 | 1 | 3% |
| Pittsburg State University Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Proud Animal Lovers Shelter Inc | $11,299 | 3 | 5% |
| At the Table Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Baxter Springs Chamber of Commerce Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Guardians of the Children | $6,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sek Humane Society of Crawford County Kansas | $148,555 | 8 | 20% |
| Point Forward Inc | $106,500 | 3 | 6% |
| City of Pittsburg | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Frankie's Friends Inc | $23,866 | 1 | 3% |
| Pittsburg State University Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Proud Animal Lovers Shelter Inc | $11,299 | 3 | 5% |
| At the Table Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Baxter Springs Chamber of Commerce Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Guardians of the Children | $6,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Joplin Humane Society Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Christmas With a Cop Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $4,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Safehouse Crisis Center Inc | $2,955 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Chance Animal Sanctuary Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Kansas Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Angels Among US Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($670k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ronald O Thomas 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 Ronald O Thomas Foundation
- How much does Ronald O Thomas Foundation give?
- Ronald O Thomas Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $227,856 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ronald O Thomas Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (37%), Education (24%), Community Improvement (10%).
- Who are Ronald O Thomas Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sek Humane Society of Crawford County Kansas ($149k), Point Forward Inc ($107k), City of Pittsburg ($50k).
- Does Ronald O Thomas Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ronald O Thomas Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ronald O Thomas Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas, Coleman Family Foundation Inc, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.
- Where is Ronald O Thomas Foundation based?
- Ronald O Thomas Foundation is based in KS.
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