California · Private foundation
The Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $72k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 52
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $97k 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 | 6 | $57k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $263k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $364k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $473k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 52 | $400k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $315k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire College Trustees | $166,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of San Diego | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated | $119,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet | $103,500 | 4 | 1% |
| The Climate Center | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Pci-Media Impact Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 1% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The School for Ethics and Global Leadership | $76,000 | 2 | 1% |
| As You Sow | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alzar School Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 72 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($245k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Laney and Pasha Thornton 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.
Open a dossier: Flora L Thornton Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Mary a Crocker Trust · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · Clif Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation with peer funders
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About The Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation
- How much does The Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation give?
- The Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $72,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 52 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (22%), Philanthropy (21%), Environment (21%).
- Who are The Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Hampshire College Trustees ($166k), University of San Diego ($150k), The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated ($120k).
- Does The Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Laney and Pasha Thornton 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 Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Flora L Thornton Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
- Where is The Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation based?
- The Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation is based in CA.
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