Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Thorne Cox 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.
- $572k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $195,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Thorne Cox Family 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; $172k 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 | 17 | $512k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $627k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $865k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $310k | 41% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $407k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $243k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Avenue Concept Inc | $615,000 | 6 | 17% |
| Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation | $285,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Rockport Library Foundation | $264,467 | 5 | 55% |
| Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters | $250,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Bay Chamber Concerts Inc | $207,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $205,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Milton Academy | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Council for Economic Education | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| United States Ski Team Foundation | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Refugepoint Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($243k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Thorne Cox Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 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: Fidelity Foundation · The Aldermere Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Tr Ua the Camden Foundation · Otter Island Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · Onion Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
About The Thorne Cox Family Foundation
- How much does The Thorne Cox Family Foundation give?
- The Thorne Cox Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $572,149 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Thorne Cox Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Education (21%), Environment (19%).
- Who are The Thorne Cox Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Avenue Concept Inc ($615k), Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation ($285k), Rockport Library Foundation ($264k).
- Does The Thorne Cox Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Thorne Cox 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 Thorne Cox Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Foundation, The Aldermere Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Thorne Cox Family Foundation based?
- The Thorne Cox Family Foundation is based in MA.
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