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The Daniel K Thorne Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$318k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$1.4MArts & Culture$779kEnvironment$743kHuman Services$11kEducation$8kInternational$7kScience & Tech$7kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$35,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$6.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE TRUST$150,000
DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INT'L$50,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY-MAINE CHAPTER$40,000
YELLOWSTONE FOREVER$35,000
GALVESTON HISTORICAL FDN$25,000
WORLD OCEAN OBSERVATORY$10,000
NOOKSACK SALMON ENHANCEMENT ASSOCIATION$7,500
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 (FY17–21, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 10%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

ME
VT
NH
WA
MT
NY
MA
WY
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 21 repeat orgs$181k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
21

Total granted

$2.4M
$181k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+63%

Still filing today

76%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentSocial ScienceHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • IW
    INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE TRUST
    6× · 2017–2024 · $866k · revenue +10% · 59% of their budget
  • DF
    Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $350k · revenue +98%
  • YF
    YELLOWSTONE FOREVER
    5× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +688%

Funded once

  • WC
    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $53k · revenue +302%
  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Societygraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $40k · revenue +52%
  • JG
    JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +50%
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Global Foundation for Oceanographic & Atmospheric Research Inc
Philanthropy
3
Great Whale Conservancy

Protecting whales and their habitats

Animals
4
Galapagos Whale Shark Project
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5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
Galapagos Conservancy Inc

Our organization's mission is "conserving galpagos for nature and community," which we realize by saving imperiled species, restoring ecosystems, and building a more sustainable society in the galapagos archipelago.

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7
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
8
Int'l Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources - Us

Iucn-us fund builds bridges between us donors and iucn by catalyzing, accelerating, funding and promoting iucn's work - conserving nature and natural resources in the united states and throughout the world.

Environment
9
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
10
Marine Megafauna Foundation

Save threatened marine life using pioneering research, education, and sustainable conservation solutions

International
11
Greater Farallones Association

Gfa works in partnership with and on behalf of the greater farallones and cordell bank national marine sanctuaries to preserve, monitor, research, educate about and enhance these invaluable marine resources.

Animals
12
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation; the most unlike its peers is Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund Inc. 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

32 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. 32 of the 43 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
25/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE TRUST: $866,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE TRUSTWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $53,000 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $40,000 · Animals+4 more: $45,000 · AnimalsTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $355,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $350,000 · OtherDian Fossey Gorilla Fund Internationa…INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE FUND: $200,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE FUND+17 more: $62,172 · Other+17 moreGLOBAL HERITAGE FUND: $460,000 · Social ScienceGLOBAL HERITAGE F…GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $140,000 · Arts & CultureGALVESTON H…AZOREAN MARITIME HERITAGE SOCIETY: $57,500 · Arts & CultureAZOREAN MAR…PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC: $47,500 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATIO…GALVESTON ARTS CENTER: $27,000 · Arts & CultureGALVESTON A…INTERNEWS NETWORK: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $22,200 · Arts & Culture+3 moreYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $100,000 · EnvironmentWORLD OCEAN OBSERVATORY: $57,500 · EnvironmentCOLORADO WATER TRUST: $17,500 · Environment+2 more: $7,000 · EnvironmentHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesAfrican Childrens Haven Inc: $7,000 · International
Animals$1,004,000Other$967,172Social Science$460,000Arts & Culture$309,200Environment$182,000Human Services$9,000International$7,000

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 budgetINTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE TRUST: $866,000 over 6y, 59% of budgetGLOBAL HERITAGE FUND: $460,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $355,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $350,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetGALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $140,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD OCEAN OBSERVATORY: $57,500 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetAZOREAN MARITIME HERITAGE SOCIETY: $57,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $53,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC: $47,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGALVESTON ARTS CENTER: $27,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNOOKSACK SALMON ENHANCEMENT ASSOCIATION: $19,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCOLORADO WATER TRUST: $17,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetINTERNEWS NETWORK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN FOR THE MARY ROSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 79% of budgetHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Childrens Haven Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC: $6,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hampshire Preservation Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOCEANSWIDE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetGULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget1894 INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARRIS & ELIZA KEMPNER FUND INC: $2,172 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HURRICANE ISLAND FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHuron Mountain Wildlife Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGreat Barrier Reef Foundation USA Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSEEDING GALVESTON: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGALVESTON ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Harris & Eliza Kempne…The Mary Moody Northe…Alice Taylor Gray Fou…Dr Leon Bromberg Char…Ippolito Charitable F…1772 Foundation IncThe Chicago Community…Shell USA Company Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Network for Good
Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund IncTX21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund Inc · The Mary Moody Northen Endowment · Alice Taylor Gray Foundation Acct #G02992 · Dr Leon Bromberg Charitable Trust · Ippolito Charitable Foundation of Galveston · 1772 Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good

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 The Daniel K Thorne Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Daniel K Thorne Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 29%
  • Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Daniel K Thorne 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 43 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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