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Thatcher Foundation Inc

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.

$400k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$174k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

International$1.1MArts & Culture$605kHuman Services$248kPublic Safety & Disaster$126kPhilanthropy$123kRecreation & Sports$107kCivil Rights$66kYouth Development$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $357k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$402k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$173,959
GIVSUM FOUNDATION$103,333
CAMP FREEDOM$80,000
MASON HOLDINGS THEATER INC$20,000
SINISE FOUNDATION$10,000
YOUTH RENEWAL FUND$10,000
UNIVERSITY MOUNT SAINT VINCENT$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $254k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT INC: $15k → 8%MANELE KOELE CHARITABLE FUND: $5k → 9%BIRDS EYE VIEW PROJECT: $50k → 14%SPECIAL OPERATION CARE FUND: $110k → 13%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT INC: $3k → 8%MANELE KOELE CHARITABLE FUND: $5k → 9%SPECIAL OPERATION CARE FUND: $35k → 13%TORN WARRIORS: $22k → 9%MANELE KOELE CHARITABLE FUND: $5k → 9%MANELE KOELE CHARITABLE FUND: $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

NY
NV
PA
CA
VA
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
GA
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 10 repeat orgs$430k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
12

Total granted

$1.9M
$234k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
-2%

Still filing today

90%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $196k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsSocial ScienceReligionOther
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

  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $530k · revenue +26%
  • 68
    6 8 FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $121k · revenue +5%
  • YR
    YOUTH RENEWAL FUND
    5× · 2019–2024 · $50k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • BB
    BEVP Birds Eye View Project
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • DI
    DURIHANA INC
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -50% · 26% of their budget
  • NM
    NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -1103%
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
Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc

The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.

Public Benefit
2
Special Operations Fund

The Special Operations Fund (the "Fund") is a nonprofit organization that provides educational grants and support to the families of special mission unit warriors killed in action, killed in training, died in the line of duty, suicide, and…

Education
3
Coast X Coast Foundation

Our mission is to honor the legacy of fallen us special operations forces by enhancing the quality of life for special ops veterans and their families. (continued on schedule o).

Public Benefit
4
Task Force Sunflower

The nbsp;freedom nbsp;of nbsp;the nbsp;ukrainian nbsp;people nbsp;is nbsp;under nbsp;attack nbsp;we nbsp;must nbsp;protect nbsp;their nbsp;human nbsp;rights nbsp;our nbsp;team nbsp;of nbsp;former nbsp;military nbsp;special nbsp;operations…

International
5
Special Forces Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the special forces scholarship fund (sfsf) is to award merit based post secondary educational scholarships to the daughters and sons of current and veteran special forces soldiers.

Education
6
The Honor Foundation Inc

Assists u.s. special operation forces transition from active duty military to private sector careers.

Employment
7
Quick Reaction Foundation

Quick reaction foundation (qrf) is a non-profit organization founded by veterans to provide rapid response to the developing needs of elite operators and their families from within select u.s. special operations command ("ussocom") teams.…

Public Benefit
8
The Mandatum Foundation

Supporting special operations members and their families as they move into civilian life from their career of service.

Public Benefit
9
Special Operations Association Foundation

The Special Operations Association Foundation supports Special Operations veterans and active-duty members, along with their families and survivors. The goals are to support the educational awards program, provide emotional support to…

Public Benefit
10
Infinite Hero Foundation

The foundation funds programs that increase the availability of critical mental and physical health services and invests in innovative programs and therapies to accelerate rehabilitation and recovery.

Philanthropy
11
Peaceful Warrior Foundation

The peaceful warrior foundation is a non-profit organization with the aim of connecting our nation's warriors with the support and care they need.at peaceful warrior we strive to help our active-duty operators & veterans be at their very…

Human Services
12
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Nc

To foster camaraderie among united states veterans of overseas conflicts. to serve our veterans, the military and our communities. to advocate on behalf of all veterans.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Navy Seal Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bevp Birds Eye View Project. 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

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
9/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE GEN NEXT FOUNDATION INC: $887,300 · Social ScienceTHE GEN NEXT FOUNDATION INCNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $530,163 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INCMASON HOLDINGS THEATRE INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $173,959 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AI…GIVSUM FOUNDATION: $103,333 · PhilanthropyGIVSUM FOUND…SPECIAL OPERATIONS CARE FUND INC: $145,000 · Human ServicesSPECIAL OPE…BEVP Birds Eye View Project: $50,000 · Human ServicesBEVP Birds …TORN WARRIORS: $21,500 · Human ServicesTORN WARRIO…MANELE KOELE CHARITABLE FUND: $20,000 · Human ServicesMANELE KOEL…Human Needs Project Inc: $17,500 · Human ServicesHuman Needs…6 8 FOUNDATION: $121,000 · Other6 8 FOUNDATI…QUILLIAM FOUNDATION: $43,092 · OtherQUILLIAM FOU…TORN WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherTORN WARRIOR…THE GREATEST GENERATIONS FOUNDATION: $22,845 · OtherTHE GREATEST…KASH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherSINISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherHAWAIIAN HOMESTEADERS: $10,000 · OtherDURIHANA INC: $25,000 · OtherDURIHANA INCJOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $5,000 · OtherCAMP FREEDOM INC: $80,000 · Recreation & SportsSERVICE ACADEMIES GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsYOUTH RENEWAL FUND: $50,000 · EducationKYIV SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · Education
Social Science$887,300Arts & Culture$605,163Philanthropy$277,292Human Services$254,000Other$281,937Recreation & Sports$85,000Education$77,500

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 budgetTHE GEN NEXT FOUNDATION INC: $887,300 over 6y, 21% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $530,163 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $173,959 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS CARE FUND INC: $145,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budget6 8 FOUNDATION: $121,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetGIVSUM FOUNDATION: $103,333 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetCAMP FREEDOM INC: $80,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBEVP Birds Eye View Project: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetYOUTH RENEWAL FUND: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetQUILLIAM FOUNDATION: $43,092 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetMASON HOLDINGS THEATRE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetDURIHANA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetKYIV SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTORN WARRIORS: $21,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANELE KOELE CHARITABLE FUND: $20,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetHuman Needs Project Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERVICE ACADEMIES GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Thatcher Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thatcher Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Thatcher Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Thatcher Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 27 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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