· Private foundation
The Thompson 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MIDDLEBURG MUSEUM | $1,000 |
| SEVEN LOAVES | $1,000 |
| SEVEN LOAVES | $1,000 |
| GREAT MEADOWS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| THE ARC OF LOUDOUN | $1,000 |
| WINDY HILL FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL | $750 |
| A PLACE TO BE | $750 |
| SMILE TRAIN | $500 |
| BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK | $500 |
| PIEDMONT HISTORICAL ASSOC | $500 |
| THE PLAINS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT | $500 |
| BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION | $500 |
| SMILE TRAIN | $100 |
| MIDDLEBURG MUSEUM | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 4%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
The mission of the green mountain club is to make the vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people by protecting and maintaining the long trail system and fostering, through education, the stewardship of vermont's hiking…
Lula Lake Land Trust is dedicated to the preservation of lands located within the Rock Creek watershed on Lookout Mountain. The mission of Lula Lake Land Trust is to preserve the natural and historic landscapes surrounding Rock Creek and…
To promote permanent conservation of the natural resources and scenic beauty of the mountains and foothills of north georgia through land protection, collaborative partnerships and education.
Virginias United Land Trusts was founded to promote conservation statewide and to coordinate conservation planning and green infrastructure. The Organization offers training and educational programs, like our annual Virginia Land…
Buffalo audubon society leads and inspires western new yorkers to connect with and protect the natural world through bird-focused activities, advocacy and habitat restoration.
Blue ridge prism's mission is to improve the health of our natural world for future generations. we are dedicated to the conservation and stewardship of our shared natural heritage.
To conserve and steward lands and waters of Westmoreland County that harbor ecological, cultural or recreational qualities to offer a healthier and more sustainable future for all.
To assist rural virginians in developing and advancing their agricultural, economic and social interests to enhance their quality of life.
The mission of the willowsford conservancy is to protect our land and promote conservation and sustainable farming so that our community discovers a deeper connection to nature and each other.
Mission - we connect people to plants by inspiring communities to explore and conserve nature.our commitments - organizational sustainability, environmental resiliency, collaboration and gathering, social responsibilityour vision - we are…
The mission of the autism society central virginia (ascv) is to support, empower, & build connections for our local autism community.
The nature foundation at wintergreen exists to encourage the understanding, appreciation and conservation of the natural and cultural resources of the blue ridge mountains of central virginia. the foundation will function as a research and…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 16 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 MIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds GREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE ARC OF LOUDOUN ↗
- Who funds BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds A FARM LESS ORDINARY ↗
- Who funds WINDY HILL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds A PLACE TO BE ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds THE LAND TRUST OF VIRGINIA INC ↗
- Who funds BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION ↗
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: The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Dun Foundation · Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties · McGraw Foundation · Awa Family Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · Wise Foundation · Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda · The Van Metre Family Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Thompson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Thompson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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