Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $190k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $190k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $265k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $550k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $315k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $570k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $101k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $145k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vatican Observatory Foundation | $885,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Marine Corps University Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Allegheny College | $200,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Extra Mile Education Foundation | $190,000 | 8 | 3% |
| California Institute of Technology | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emmaus Ministries | $75,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Hamot Health Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Gettysburg Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gannon University | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vatican Observatory Foundation | $885,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Marine Corps University Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Allegheny College | $200,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Extra Mile Education Foundation | $190,000 | 8 | 3% |
| California Institute of Technology | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emmaus Ministries | $75,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Hamot Health Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Gettysburg Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gannon University | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercy Center for Women Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mother Teresa Academy | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($496k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta 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: Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta
- How much does The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta give?
- The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta reported 7 grants totaling $190,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (39%), Education (35%), Health (12%).
- Who are The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vatican Observatory Foundation ($885k), Marine Corps University Foundation Inc ($300k), Allegheny College ($200k).
- Does The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta based?
- The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta is based in PA.
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