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The G Richard and Jane S Thomas Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The G Richard and Jane S Thomas Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$297k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$1.0MAnimals$180kEducation$150kReligion$105kHuman Services$45kHousing & Shelter$43kFood & Nutrition$12kInternational$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $230k
$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$90,000
MIAMI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$80,000
CINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING$60,000
CINCINNATI ZOO$30,000
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF$20,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF$7,000
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 (FY17–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE BREWHAUS BAKERY CO: $1k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $10k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $10k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $10k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $5k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $5k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $4k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $3k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $2k → 16%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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 13 repeat orgs$126k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
12

Total granted

$1.4M
$116k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+36%

Still filing today

46%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesReligionEducationPhilanthropyHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CT
    CINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIP
    9× · 2017–2025 · $384k · revenue +44%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $254k · revenue +26%
  • MU
    Miami University Foundation
    5× · 2019–2025 · $145k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • LA
    LIFE ACTION MINISTRIESgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +36%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENTAL
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • FC
    FAITHWALK COMMUNITIES OF THE
    one grant, 2022 · $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.

1
Elizabeth Seton Housing Corporation

Elizabeth Seton Housing Corporation provides housing for adults with developmental disabilities who have complex support needs in small residential home environments. The Corporation is operated in connection with the mission of St. Joseph…

Human Services
2
Luther Home of Mercy

Luther home of mercy (lhm) is a ministry enriching lives and individual abilities, serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Human Services
3
Lighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc

For god's love to be expressed for and by individuals with developmental disabilities through faith based programs and services.

Human Services
4
Shepherd's Haven Ministries Inc

To provide housing and a day program for men and women with special needs. these facilities offer activities in a christian setting.

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5
Chosen Vision Inc

To enable developmentally disabled adults to live in a safe, secure christian environment

Religion
6
Mercy Outreach Ministries Inc

To provide elderly or handicapped families and persons on a nonprofit basis, rental housing and related facilities and services.

Health
7
His Will Homes Inc

His will homes provides direct services for mentally impaired individuals.

Human Services
8
Mercy Outreach Ministries Iii Inc

To provide elderly or handicapped families and persons on a nonprofit basis, rental housing and related facilities and services.

Human Services
9
Residential Home for the Developmentally Disabled Inc

Built on a foundation of compassion and integrity, rhdd is dedicated to supporting individuals with a disability, to live and work in their communities.safe in a family environment, individuals are empowered to achieve personal and…

—
10
Mercy Outreach Ministries Ii Inc

To provide elderly or handicapped families and persons on a nonprofit basis, rental housing and related facilities and services.

Human Services
11
Mercy Outreach Ministries Iv Inc

To provide elderly or handicapped families and persons on a nonprofit basis, rental housing and related facilities and services.

Human Services
12
Mercy Outreach Ministries V Inc

To provide elderly or handicapped families and persons on a nonprofit basis, rental housing and related facilities and services.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Joseph Home Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

13 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. 13 of the 26 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)
12/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIP: $383,574 · OtherCINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIPCINCINNATI ZOO: $180,000 · OtherCINCINNATI ZOODOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF: $121,000 · OtherDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OFCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $85,000 · OtherCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITALCOVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $62,345 · OtherCOVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHLADD INC LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR: $55,000 · OtherLADD INC LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FORHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF FULTON COUNTY OHIO: $43,000 · Other+10 more: $79,831 · Other+10 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $254,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF …Miami University Foundation: $145,000 · EducationMiami Unive…Downsyndrome Achieves: $10,000 · EducationDownsyndrom…KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $48,500 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesMercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc: $45,000 · HealthLIFE ACTION MINISTRIES: $25,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $8,862 · ReligionEternal Bread Ministry: $12,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,009,750Philanthropy$254,000Education$155,000Human Services$49,500Health$45,000Religion$33,862Food & Nutrition$12,000

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 budgetCINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIP: $383,574 over 9y, 15% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $254,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMiami University Foundation: $145,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetKEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $48,500 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetMercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF FULTON COUNTY OHIO: $43,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetEternal Bread Ministry: $12,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetDownsyndrome Achieves: $10,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $8,862 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOSEPH HOME INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMELODIC CONNECTIONS: $4,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BREWHAUS BAKERY CO: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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 CINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIP ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Miami University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF FULTON COUNTY OHIO ↗
  • Who funds LIFE ACTION MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Eternal Bread Ministry ↗
  • Who funds Downsyndrome Achieves ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds MELODIC CONNECTIONS ↗
  • Who funds THE BREWHAUS BAKERY CO ↗

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.

Spaulding FoundationHatton FoundationPfau Charitable Found…John a Schroth Family…The Greater Cincinnat…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Spaulding FoundationOH13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Spaulding Foundation · Hatton Foundation · Pfau Charitable Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 The G Richard and Jane S Thomas Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The G Richard and Jane S Thomas Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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 The G Richard and Jane S Thomas Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The G Richard and Jane S Thomas Foundation 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 26 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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