Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Tholos Foundation
Tholos Foundation was created for the purpose of engaging in charitable and educational activities relating to the promotion of tax fairness and economic prosperity. Tholos accomplishes this mission through education and analysis.
- $432k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $10k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Tholos Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $19k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Freedom Educational Foundation Inc | $60,352 | 3 | 3% |
| The Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy Research | $17,500 | 1 | 11% |
| Atlas Economic Research Foundation | $16,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Austrian Economics Center | $11,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Fiscal Alliance Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Students for Liberty Inc | $7,151 | 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Tholos Foundation
- How much does Tholos Foundation give?
- Tholos Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $10,000, out of $432,016 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Tholos Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (63%), Social Science (23%), Public Benefit (8%).
- Who are Tholos Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: International Freedom Educational Foundation Inc ($60k), The Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy Research ($18k), Atlas Economic Research Foundation ($17k).
- Does Tholos Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tholos Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Tholos Foundation based?
- Tholos Foundation is based in DC.
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