Illinois · Public charity
The Thoracic Surgery Foundation
The mission of tsf is to advance heart and lung health for all.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $437k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Thoracic Surgery Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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 | 12 | $437k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $653k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $245k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $140k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $257k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $322k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $245k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $175k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Voom Foundation | $404,800 | 7 | 41% |
| Duke University | $205,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $147,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Joyce Family Foundation | $142,500 | 4 | 18% |
| University of Washington | $140,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $140,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Peruvian American Medical Society | $125,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Team Heart Inc | $112,500 | 3 | 5% |
| University of Texas | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Cape Town Fund Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 7% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Voom Foundation | $404,800 | 7 | 41% |
| Duke University | $205,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $147,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Joyce Family Foundation | $142,500 | 4 | 18% |
| University of Washington | $140,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $140,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Peruvian American Medical Society | $125,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Team Heart Inc | $112,500 | 3 | 5% |
| University of Texas | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Cape Town Fund Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 7% |
| University of Utah | $104,150 | 3 | n/a |
| Upmc Pinnacle Foundation | $99,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $72,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Divine Will Foundation | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Foundation | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's National | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Peruvian American Medical Society | $37,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Riley Children's Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University Health Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Research Institute | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance | $35,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baptist Health System Inc | $29,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St John Health System Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hearts for Mission International | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Thoracic Surgery Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Thoracic Surgery Foundation
- How much does The Thoracic Surgery Foundation give?
- The Thoracic Surgery Foundation reported 12 itemized grants totaling $437,200, out of $1,833,233 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Thoracic Surgery Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (69%), Education (17%), International (7%).
- Who are The Thoracic Surgery Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Voom Foundation ($405k), Duke University ($205k), University of Colorado Foundation ($148k).
- Does The Thoracic Surgery Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Thoracic Surgery Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Thoracic Surgery Foundation based?
- The Thoracic Surgery Foundation is based in IL.
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