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Thayer Family 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.

$57k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$242kPhilanthropy$74kInternational$63kYouth Development$54kHuman Services$42kPublic Benefit$11kHealth$8kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
$1,300
Median grant
14
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUTH FOR CHRIST$13,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSION$6,000
MACKIE MINISTRIES$2,800
PROJECT LOVE$2,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$1,976
MATTHEW 25 35$1,600
INTL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS &JEWS$1,300
LION & LAMB MINISTRIES$1,300
THE SALVATION ARMY$1,300
SAT 7$1,300
WORLD VISION$1,300
SAMARITANS PURSE$1,300
LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES$1,300
YOUNG LIFE FL 27$1,300
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 (FY23–23, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WORRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%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

WA
ID
MN
IL
OR
IA
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 65% of Thayer Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 48% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 10%.

Thayer Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$433k · 23 repeat orgs$144k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
29

Total granted

$433k
$129k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
-4%

Still filing today

48%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
ReligionInternationalEnvironmentPhilanthropyPublic BenefitHealthOther
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

  • IF
    INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $29k · revenue +40%
  • AL
    AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $21k · revenue +35%
  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $11k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • AC
    ANGELS CARE
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • C
    CFC
    one grant, 2022 · $21k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $18k
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.

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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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2
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
3
Living Water International

Living Water International ("Living Water") exists to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities in 17 developing countries acquire desperately needed clean water and to experience "living water" - the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Human Services
4
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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5
World Hope International Inc

The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…

International
6
Bible Thinker Inc

Bible Thinker, Inc is a ministry dedicated to equipping people to think and live biblically. There are three main areas of teaching that we focus on:1. Teaching accurate theology based on exegeting the text of the Bible and confronting…

Religion
7
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
8
Lifewater Inc

Lifewater international is a non-profit christian water development organization dedicated to effectively serving vulnerable children and families by partnering with underserved communities to overcome water poverty.

Environment
9
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
10
World Renew

Compelled by a deep passion for justice and mercy, World Renew joins communities around the world to renew hope, reconcile lives, and restore creation with programs focused on disaster response, community health, economic opportunity, food…

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11
International Partnerships Inc

To provide support for the efforts of christians of the former soviet union in reaching the influencers of their countries for christ.

Religion
12
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Love Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 57 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $131,000 · OtherGRACE COMMUNITY CHURCHYOUTH FOR CHRIST: $53,600 · OtherYOUTH FOR CHRISTLIFE OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES INC: $44,100 · OtherLIFE OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES INCIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $28,900 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INCANGELS CARE: $25,000 · OtherANGELS CARECFC: $21,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $18,000 · Other+33 more: $101,320 · Other+33 morePROJECT LOVE INC: $52,000 · PhilanthropyPROJECT LO…AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $20,500 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $6,272 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $4,900 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $3,800 · InternationalWORLD'S CHILDREN: $3,400 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalTURNING POINT COUNSELING INC: $5,600 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $4,100 · ReligionLIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $3,900 · ReligionSAT-7 NORTH AMERICA: $3,800 · ReligionIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $3,600 · ReligionHope of Glory Ministries Inc: $1,200 · ReligionJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $10,500 · Public BenefitEcoForesters: $2,500 · EnvironmentSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,900 · Education
Other$452,920Philanthropy$52,000International$38,972Religion$22,200Public Benefit$10,500Environment$2,500Education$1,900

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPROJECT LOVE INC: $52,000 over 3y, 86% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $28,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $20,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT COUNSELING INC: $5,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLamb & Lion Ministries Inc: $5,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $4,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $4,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $3,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $3,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAT-7 NORTH AMERICA: $3,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $3,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD'S CHILDREN: $3,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEcoForesters: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope of Glory Ministries Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCaringBridge: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE A CHILD INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds PROJECT LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT COUNSELING INC ↗
  • Who funds Lamb & Lion Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAT-7 NORTH AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD'S CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds EcoForesters ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗

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 Charitable Fdn IncGA10.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Thayer Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thayer Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Love a Child Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–50%
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 Thayer Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Thayer Family 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 57 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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