Indiana · Private foundation
The Thomasson 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.
- $387k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,260
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 34
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $165k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Thomasson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 31 | $327k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $334k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $306k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $304k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $230k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $493k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarville University | $348,519 | 6 | 0% |
| College Park Church Inc | $303,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Liberty University Inc | $79,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Global Fellowship Inc | $76,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Grace Schools | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Evangelical Alliance Mission | $40,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Anderson University | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Resourcing Christian Education International | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cornerstone University | $33,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarville University | $348,519 | 6 | 0% |
| College Park Church Inc | $303,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Liberty University Inc | $79,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Global Fellowship Inc | $76,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Grace Schools | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Evangelical Alliance Mission | $40,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Anderson University | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Resourcing Christian Education International | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cornerstone University | $33,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Westmont College | $33,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Butler University | $33,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $30,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Greenville College | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| George Fox University | $24,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Word of Life Inc | $21,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Cmf International | $20,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Freedom 4 24 | $11,500 | 5 | 1% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $10,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Julian Center Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harding University Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Judson University a Baptist Institution | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rider University | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seminole State College | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bryan College | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Berry College Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Messiah University | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lancaster Bible College | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Toccoa Falls College Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camptown Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Citystep Org Inc | $4,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Traders Point Christian Church Inc | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| One Mission Society USA Inc | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($620k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Thomasson 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: Lilly Endowment Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Palmer Family Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc
How this is measured
About The Thomasson Foundation
- How much does The Thomasson Foundation give?
- The Thomasson Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $387,260 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 34 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Thomasson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (61%), Religion (28%), Philanthropy (7%).
- Who are The Thomasson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Cedarville University ($349k), College Park Church Inc ($303k), Liberty University Inc ($79k).
- Does The Thomasson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Thomasson 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 Thomasson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, Christian Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Thomasson Foundation based?
- The Thomasson Foundation is based in IN.
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