New Jersey · Private foundation
The Thomas P Waters Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $280k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2025
- 50
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 49 to 56
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Thomas P Waters Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 | 45 | $280k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 50 | $278k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 53 | $270k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 56 | $286k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 49 | $210k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 50 | $245k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Whispering Hope Ranch Foundation | $50,000 | 4 | 22% |
| Ron and Vicki Santo Diabetic Alert Dogs Foundation | $46,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Star House Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| North Texas Patriot Anglers Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 21% |
| Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency Inc | $44,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc | $42,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $40,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Conscious Alliance | $37,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Monastery of the Holy Ghost Inc | $36,500 | 5 | n/a |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($300k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Thomas P Waters 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · AEC Trust · The Denver Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Rose Community Foundation · The Frances & William H Beattie Fdn · Pajwell Foundation · The Longmont Community Foundation · The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Impactassetsinc
How this is measured
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About The Thomas P Waters Foundation
- How much does The Thomas P Waters Foundation give?
- The Thomas P Waters Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $280,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 56 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Thomas P Waters Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (15%), Human Services (14%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are The Thomas P Waters Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Whispering Hope Ranch Foundation ($50k), Ron and Vicki Santo Diabetic Alert Dogs Foundation ($46k), Star House Foundation Inc ($45k).
- Does The Thomas P Waters Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Thomas P Waters 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 Thomas P Waters Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Community Foundation Boulder County, AEC Trust.
- Where is The Thomas P Waters Foundation based?
- The Thomas P Waters Foundation is based in NJ.
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