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The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$226k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
63
Grants FY2024
60
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$400
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
49 to 60
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$3.5M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalEducationHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving63$226k17%
FY202360$232k50%
FY202249$191k22%
FY202150$234k16%
FY202054$200kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$406kHealth$330kEducation$205kYouth Development$43kReligion$25kCrime & Legal$21kFood & Nutrition$16kPhilanthropy$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NE
VA
MD
SC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University Circle Incorporated$202,10051%
Denison University$141,80050%
Cleveland Institute of Music$125,80050%
Case Western Reserve University$30,00030%
Childrens Guild$27,950245%
Church of the Western Reserve$20,0002n/a
Overland Summers Foundation Inc$15,500511%
United Way of Greater Cleveland$11,00010%
The Hiram House$7,20020%
Hathaway Brown School$5,55030%
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All grantees of The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University Circle Incorporated$202,10051%
Denison University$141,80050%
Cleveland Institute of Music$125,80050%
Case Western Reserve University$30,00030%
Childrens Guild$27,950245%
Church of the Western Reserve$20,0002n/a
Overland Summers Foundation Inc$15,500511%
United Way of Greater Cleveland$11,00010%
The Hiram House$7,20020%
Hathaway Brown School$5,55030%
Mid-Ohio Foodbank$5,00010%
Cleveland Museum of Art$5,00050%
The Musical Arts Association$4,55040%
The Fund for American Studies$3,00010%
Children's Hospital Foundation$3,00010%
The Sanctuary Golf Club Foundation Inc$2,85021%
Piano International Assoc of Northern Oh$1,75050%
Two Foundation Inc Two Cafe & Boutique$1,70040%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$1,55030%
Journey Center for Safety and Healing$1,25030%
Cleveland Zoological Society$1,25050%
City Mission$1,1035n/a
Ideastream$1,10030%
Helphopelive Inc$1,00010%
The Seven Hills School$1,00050%
Simmons University$80040%
The Salvation Army$6003n/a
Ding Darling Wildlife Society Inc$50030%
Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio Inc$42530%
National Parks Conservation Association$30030%
The City Club$30030%
Western Reserve Historical Society$30030%
Smithsonian Institution$30030%
Land Studio Inc$25010%
Elevate Orphan$20010%
Cleveland Pops Orchestra$20020%
The Lantern$10010%
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation$10010%
Cleveland Council on World Affairs$10010%
Stepstone Academy$10010%
Catholic Charities Corporation$5010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($456k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity Circle Incorporated: $202,100 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDenison University: $141,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Institute of Music: $125,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Guild: $27,950 over 2y, 45% of budgetOverland Summers Foundation Inc: $15,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cleveland: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hiram House: $7,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHathaway Brown School: $5,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Museum of Art: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $4,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fund for American Studies: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sanctuary Golf Club Foundation Inc: $2,850 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPiano International Assoc of Northern Oh: $1,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTwo Foundation Inc Two Cafe & Boutique: $1,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Cleveland Food Bank Inc: $1,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJourney Center for Safety and Healing: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Zoological Society: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIdeastream: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHelphopelive Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seven Hills School: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSimmons University: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDing Darling Wildlife Society Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNortheastern Educational Television of Ohio Inc: $425 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe City Club: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWestern Reserve Historical Society: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLand Studio Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElevate Orphan: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Pops Orchestra: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lantern: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Council on World Affairs: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStepstone Academy: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities Corporation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

The Cleveland FoundationOH24.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover 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.

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About The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc

How much does The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc give?
The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc reported 63 grants totaling $225,505 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 60 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Health (30%), Education (19%).
Who are The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University Circle Incorporated ($202k), Denison University ($142k), Cleveland Institute of Music ($126k).
Does The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, John P Murphy Foundation.
Where is The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc based?
The Joseph H & Ellen B Thomas Foundation Inc is based in OH.

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 114 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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