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The Thomas E Hall 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.

$36k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$151kHuman Services$48kReligion$9kEnvironment$6kPhilanthropy$3kEducation$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kAnimals$750Other$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$3,590
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES$12,400
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LA AUDIOLOGY$7,525
SAINT JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$3,990
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS$3,590
USO$3,590
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$2,890
THE UNION MISSION$1,130
AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC$900
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
NV
CT
CA
KY
TN
DC
TX
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$232k · 13 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
5

Total granted

$232k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+272%

Still filing today

31%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsPublic Safety & DisasterInternationalRecreation & SportsHealthHuman 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    4× · 2021–2024 · $46k · revenue +34%
  • DA
    Disabled American Veterans
    5× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +15%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY COUNCIL
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -1%
  • UN
    UNKNOWN NATIONSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +121%
  • NS
    NEVADA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $750 · revenue +272%
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
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

To define and advance quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives.

Health
2
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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3
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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4
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
7
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
8
Cna Corporation

Cna is a non-profit research organization that operates the center for naval analyses, a federally funded research center that has supported the navy and marine corps for nearly seventy years, and the institute for public research that…

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9
Cancer Research and Biostatistics

To help conquer cancer and other diseases through the application of biostatistical principles and innovative data management methods.

Health
10
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
11
Unmc Physicians

Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Health
12
National Foundation for Cancer Research

To support cancer research and public education relating to prevention, earlier diagnosis, better treatments and ultimately, a cure for cancer.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tap Cancer Out Inc. 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

8 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. 8 of the 18 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGE: $49,185 · OtherCHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGECHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LA AUDIOLOGY: $28,017 · OtherCHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LA AUDIOLOGYSAINT JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $27,027 · OtherSAINT JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITALDisabled American Veterans: $16,303 · OtherDisabled American VeteransUSO: $13,363 · OtherUSOUSO OPERATION ENDURING CARE: $11,040 · OtherUSO OPERATION ENDURING CAREUS DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS: $8,100 · OtherTHE UNION MISSION: $7,702 · Other+3 more: $6,180 · OtherChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $46,163 · HealthChildren's Hospital Lo…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $12,772 · Human ServicesAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $6,131 · AnimalsNEVADA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $750 · AnimalsNATIONAL CHILD SAFETY COUNCIL: $1,500 · Public Safety & DisasterUNKNOWN NATIONS: $1,000 · InternationalTap Cancer Out Inc: $522 · Recreation & Sports
Other$166,917Health$46,163Human Services$12,772Animals$6,881Public Safety & Disaster$1,500International$1,000Recreation & Sports$522

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $46,163 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $16,303 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $12,772 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $6,131 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CHILD SAFETY COUNCIL: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNKNOWN NATIONS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEVADA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTap Cancer Out Inc: $522 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds Disabled American Veterans ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds UNKNOWN NATIONS ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds Tap Cancer Out Inc ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Thomas E Hall Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Thomas E Hall Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report 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.

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 18 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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