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Thiry Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$8kHealth$8kYouth Development$7kHuman Services$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kRecreation & Sports$2kCrime & Legal$2kAnimals$775Other$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHPOINT PRE-SCHOOL AUCTION$1,050
TACOMA FIREFIGHTERS CHARITY FUND$1,000
TUNNELS TO TOWERS ASSOCIATION$1,000
LAW ENFORCEMENT YOUTH CAMPS$750
COASTAL TRAWLERS ASSOCIATION$650
TOYS FOR KIDS$300
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION$250
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT$250
SHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$250
SEATTLE HUMANE SOCIETY$200
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND$200
TREEHOUSE$200
AMERICAN RED CROSS$100
BREAD OF LIFE MISSION$100
PROJECT K-9 HERO$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TOYS FOR KIDS: $2k → 12%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 9%TOYS FOR KIDS: $1k → 12%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 9%TOYS FOR KIDS: $300 → 12%FIREFIGHTERS CHARITY FUND: $1k → 9%BREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $100 → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
CA
MD
TN
NC
DC
OK
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$42k · 23 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
7

Total granted

$42k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+988%

Still filing today

43%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $8k · revenue +392%
  • TF
    TOYS FOR KIDS SANTA ROSA FIRE FIGHTERS LOCAL 1401
    3× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue +98%
  • RT
    RUN TO WIN OUTREACH
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • FC
    FIREFIGHTERS CHARITY FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +988%
  • TF
    Tacoma Firefighter's Charity
    one grant, 2021 · $900
  • PC
    Premier Circle Smile Train
    one grant, 2020 · $600
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

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.

1
Baby Kitten Rescue

We specialize in neonatal, critical care, and special needs kitten rescue. this means we take in the smallest, sickest, most vulnerable and at-risk population. we believe these kittens' lives matter, and that they are worth the extra time,…

Animals
2
Shriners Hospitals for Children

Shriners children's is committed to compassionate, high-quality care that improves children's lives, in a family-centered and collaborative environment. (continued on schedule o)

Health
3
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
4
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
5
Miracle Flights

Miracle flights is a national charity that provides free commercial airline tickets for u.s. residents in need of distant medical care not available in their own communities.

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6
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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7
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation

Our mission is to strengthen disaster response in america by rescuing and recuiting dogs and partnering them with firefighters and other first responders to find people buried alive in the wreckage of disasters.

Health
8
Safe Kids Worldwide

Safe kids worldwide is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing childhood injuries.

Health
9
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
10
Children's Flight of Hope

Children's flight of hope (cfoh) provides flights to essential, life-changing, and life-saving medical care for children. together with our donors, partners, and champions, we ease the emotional and financial burden on families, with…

Health
11
Street Dog Hero

Serving dogs in need around the world and their communities through rescue, adoption, wellness, spay/neuter, and education. street dog hero envisions a world where all dogs are healthy, safe, cared for, and wanted.

Animals
12
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 34 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TUNNELS TO TOWERS ASSOCIATION: $5,400 · OtherTUNNELS TO TOWERS ASSOCIATIONSt Jude's Childrens Research Hospital EIN# 62-0646012: $3,000 · OtherSt Jude's Childrens Research Hospital EIN# 62-0646012TACOMA FIREFIGHTERS CHARITY FUND: $3,000 · OtherTACOMA FIREFIGHTERS CHARITY FUNDTreehouse EIN# 91-1425676: $2,100 · OtherTreehouse EIN# 91-1425676Ronald McDonald House Charities EIN# 91-1061043: $1,500 · OtherRonald McDonald House Charities EIN# 91-1061043SMILE TRAIN INC: $1,450 · OtherNORTHPOINT PRE-SCHOOL AUCTION: $1,369 · OtherLAW ENFORCEMENT YOUTH CAMPS: $1,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,050 · OtherCrime Stoppers Global Solutions EIN# 82-3925866: $1,050 · OtherCOASTAL TRAWLERS ASSOCIATION: $950 · Other+10 more: $5,400 · Other+10 moreSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $8,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNN…TOYS FOR KIDS SANTA ROSA FIRE FIGHTERS LOCAL 1401: $3,060 · Human ServicesTOYS FOR KI…FIREFIGHTERS CHARITY FUND: $1,000 · Human ServicesFIREFIGHTER…GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $400 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYE…+2 more: $200 · Human ServicesRUN TO WIN OUTREACH: $2,300 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE: $650 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,250 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $750 · HealthOLD DOG HAVEN: $250 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $225 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $200 · Animals
Other$27,519Education$8,000Human Services$4,660Youth Development$2,950Health$2,000Animals$675

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTOYS FOR KIDS SANTA ROSA FIRE FIGHTERS LOCAL 1401: $3,060 over 3y, 16% of budgetRUN TO WIN OUTREACH: $2,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIREFIGHTERS CHARITY FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOT YOUR 6 FISHING: $600 over 2y, 27% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOLD DOG HAVEN: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TOYS FOR KIDS SANTA ROSA FIRE FIGHTERS LOCAL 1401 ↗
  • Who funds RUN TO WIN OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds FIREFIGHTERS CHARITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds GOT YOUR 6 FISHING ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds OLD DOG HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds BREAD OF LIFE MISSION ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Amazonsmile FoundationWA3.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Thiry Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thiry Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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