Michigan · Private foundation
The Thompson Family 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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 56
- Grants FY2024
- 49
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $175,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 48 to 55
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations The Thompson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 55 | $2.0M | 22% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $1.6M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 48 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 55 | $1.8M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 53 | $1.5M | 13% |
| FY2019 | 55 | $1.4M | 25% |
| FY2017 | 49 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroads of Michigan | $888,170 | 6 | 14% |
| Covenant House Michigan | $776,630 | 4 | 5% |
| Starfish Family Services Inc | $650,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Turning Point Inc | $645,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Vista Maria | $606,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $595,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $505,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Salvation Army | $465,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Lawrence Technological University | $450,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kensington Community Church | $359,000 | 7 | n/a |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Thompson Family 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · The Barton Malow Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Canton Community Foundation Inc · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · The Carls Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Kresge Foundation
How this is measured
About The Thompson Family Foundation
- How much does The Thompson Family Foundation give?
- The Thompson Family Foundation reported 56 grants totaling $1,954,345 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Thompson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (43%), Health (12%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Thompson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Crossroads of Michigan ($888k), Covenant House Michigan ($777k), Starfish Family Services Inc ($650k).
- Does The Thompson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Thompson Family 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 Thompson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, The Barton Malow Foundation.
- Where is The Thompson Family Foundation based?
- The Thompson Family Foundation is based in MI.
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