Florida · Private foundation
The Thornton 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.
- $163k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
59% of The Thornton Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Myriad Usa Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,745
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $96,274
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $411k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations The Thornton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 3 | $66k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $93k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $61k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrepont School Inc | $90,796 | 2 | 1% |
| National Poetry Series Inc | $45,807 | 3 | 4% |
| The Pierpont Morgan Library | $38,026 | 3 | 0% |
| Magnum Cultural Foundation | $30,692 | 3 | 1% |
| African Mission Healthcare Foundation | $30,645 | 2 | 0% |
| Financial Services Volunteer Corps Inc | $24,884 | 1 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $19,977 | 1 | n/a |
| Intercollegiate Tennis Association Inc | $5,021 | 1 | 0% |
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Thornton Foundation
- How much does The Thornton Foundation give?
- The Thornton Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $162,641 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Thornton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (45%), Arts & Culture (30%), Education (24%).
- Who are The Thornton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pierrepont School Inc ($91k), National Poetry Series Inc ($46k), The Pierpont Morgan Library ($38k).
- Does The Thornton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Thornton 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 Thornton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Thornton Foundation based?
- The Thornton Foundation is based in FL.
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