· Private foundation
The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VATICAN OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| ALLEGHENY COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| EMMAUS MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FND | $10,000 |
| MOTHER TERESA ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| EXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 72% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VOVatican Observatory Foundation8× · 2017–2025 · $885k · revenue +134%
- MCMARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $300k · revenue +114%
- ACALLEGHENY COLLEGE7× · 2017–2025 · $200k · revenue +15%
Funded once
- CICALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +0%
- DODIOCESE OF PITTSBURGHone grant, 2020 · $100k
- TOTRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYone grant, 2020 · $100k
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.
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.
Mount marty university, an academic community in the catholic benedictine liberal arts tradition, prepares students for a contemporary world of work, service to the human community, and personal growth. the institution is a private,…
Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…
Rooted in our Mercy Catholic liberal arts identity, we educate and inspire diverse learners in an environment where faith and reason flourish together for meaningful lives, dignified work, and leadership in service toward a just and loving…
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…
Marymount is a nationally ranked comprehensive catholic university, guided by the traditions of the religious of the sacred heart of mary, that emphasizes intellectual curiosity, service to others, and a global perspective. a marymount…
Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.
See schedule o.education of the heart: cabrini university was a catholic institution of higher education. the cabrini legacy corporation exists to protect the legacy of the former university.cabrini university was a catholic institution of…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
St. francis college is an independent, coeducational institution of higher education chartered by an act of the regents of the university of the state of new york on april 10, 1957.
Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.
Private, independent university providing higher education to students. The mission of Daemen University is to prepare creative, ethically-minded leaders for a diverse and interconnected world by integrating the intellectual strengths…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 19 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Vatican Observatory Foundation ↗
- Who funds MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALLEGHENY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds EXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HAMOT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GETTYSBURG FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GANNON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MERCY CENTER FOR WOMEN INC ↗
- Who funds MOTHER TERESA ACADEMY ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Thomas Lord Charitable Ta. Bigger dots raise more.
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