Colorado · Private foundation
The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $44k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $720k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $44k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $36k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $41k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $46k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $40k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $43k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $44k | 62% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kid's Plus Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Sidney Public Library Foundation Inc | $14,261 | 4 | 55% |
| Chadron State Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sidney Gold Rush Days | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($239k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Nebraska Community Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation with peer funders
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About The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation
- How much does The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation give?
- The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $44,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Human Services (11%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Nebraska Foundation ($50k), Kid's Plus Inc ($20k), Sidney Public Library Foundation Inc ($14k).
- Does The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nebraska Community Foundation.
- Where is The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation based?
- The George H and Elta Spencer Thompson Foundation is based in CO.
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