Texas · Private foundation
The Cathy and Dwight 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.
- $223k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations The Cathy and Dwight Thompson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 13 | $223k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $228k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $131k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $192k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $174k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $68k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $67k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Texas Food Bank Inc | $230,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Foundation Communities Inc | $94,000 | 8 | 0% |
| People's Community Clinic Inc | $65,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Safe Alliance | $60,000 | 7 | 0% |
| El Buen Samaritano Inc | $49,500 | 8 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimers Texas Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Lubbock | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Casa of Tarrant County Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Freedom Center Texas | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Texas Food Bank Inc | $230,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Foundation Communities Inc | $94,000 | 8 | 0% |
| People's Community Clinic Inc | $65,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Safe Alliance | $60,000 | 7 | 0% |
| El Buen Samaritano Inc | $49,500 | 8 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimers Texas Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Lubbock | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Casa of Tarrant County Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Freedom Center Texas | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($615k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cathy and Dwight Thompson 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 The Cathy and Dwight Thompson Foundation
- How much does The Cathy and Dwight Thompson Foundation give?
- The Cathy and Dwight Thompson Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $222,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Cathy and Dwight Thompson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Youth Development (16%).
- Who are The Cathy and Dwight Thompson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Central Texas Food Bank Inc ($230k), Foundation Communities Inc ($94k), People's Community Clinic Inc ($65k).
- Does The Cathy and Dwight Thompson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cathy and Dwight Thompson 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 The Cathy and Dwight Thompson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Cathy and Dwight Thompson Foundation based?
- The Cathy and Dwight Thompson Foundation is based in TX.
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