Texas · Public charity
The Michael E Thornton Foundation
Providing immediate financial assistance for both active and non-active duty military and families in need
- $160k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $76k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $21,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $214k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Michael E Thornton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 4 | $76k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $83k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $97k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $10k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation Inc | $112,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Patriot Project | $55,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Base Camp 40 Warriors in the Wild | $40,000 | 4 | 15% |
| Seal-Nsw Family Foundation | $38,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Swimming With a Mission Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Udt - Seal Museum Association Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Michael E Thornton Foundation
- How much does The Michael E Thornton Foundation give?
- The Michael E Thornton Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $76,000, out of $159,827 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Michael E Thornton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (21%), Health (16%).
- Who are The Michael E Thornton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation Inc ($112k), Patriot Project ($55k), Navy Seal Foundation Inc ($50k).
- Does The Michael E Thornton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Michael E Thornton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Michael E Thornton Foundation based?
- The Michael E Thornton Foundation is based in TX.
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