California · Private foundation
Thagard Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $312k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2026
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $38,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 9% of the organizations Thagard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 33 | $312k | 12% |
| FY2025 | 32 | $258k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $222k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $211k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $195k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $195k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $159k | 37% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $133k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Midland Texas | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Orange County | $71,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Junipero Serra Catholic High School | $63,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center | $60,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Center for Excellence in Education | $55,333 | 3 | 1% |
| Casa Teresa Inc | $47,750 | 6 | 1% |
| Trinity School of Midland Texas | $45,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Scottsdale Christian Academy Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chapman University | $32,250 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($787k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Thagard Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · The Cashion Foundation · Nobbs Family Foundation · Wayne & Jo Ann Moore Charitable Foundation · Henry L Guenther Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · Abell-Hanger Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · Pevehouse Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Thagard Foundation
- How much does Thagard Foundation give?
- Thagard Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $312,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2025.
- What does Thagard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (29%), Health (29%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are Thagard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2026: Young Men's Christian Association of Midland Texas ($80k), Children's Hospital of Orange County ($71k), Culver Educational Foundation ($70k).
- Does Thagard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thagard 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 Thagard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Edwards Lifesciences Foundation, The Cashion Foundation.
- Where is Thagard Foundation based?
- Thagard Foundation is based in CA.
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