Wisconsin · Private foundation
Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $80k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 12 | $80k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $82k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $67k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $69k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $70k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $72k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $103,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Illinois Birddog Rescue Inc | $37,625 | 6 | 8% |
| Gathering Waters Inc | $31,100 | 6 | 1% |
| Door County Land Trust Inc | $26,025 | 6 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Humane Society | $23,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust Inc | $22,725 | 6 | 1% |
| Landmark Conservancy Inc | $21,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Tag Treatment Action Group Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Living Desert The | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| THE ANIMAL RETREAT INC formerly MERIDIAN CANINE RESCUE INC | $12,000 | 2 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $103,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Illinois Birddog Rescue Inc | $37,625 | 6 | 8% |
| Gathering Waters Inc | $31,100 | 6 | 1% |
| Door County Land Trust Inc | $26,025 | 6 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Humane Society | $23,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust Inc | $22,725 | 6 | 1% |
| Landmark Conservancy Inc | $21,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Tag Treatment Action Group Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Living Desert The | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| THE ANIMAL RETREAT INC formerly MERIDIAN CANINE RESCUE INC | $12,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Groundswell Conservancy Inc | $4,975 | 1 | 0% |
| Waukesha County Land Conservancy Inc | $3,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Riveredge Nature Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Loving All Animals Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Occupaws Guide Dog Association | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($117k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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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: James E Dutton Foundation Inc · John C Bock Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust
- How much does Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust give?
- Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust reported 12 grants totaling $79,775 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (34%), Animals (29%), Education (22%).
- Who are Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc ($103k), Illinois Birddog Rescue Inc ($38k), Gathering Waters Inc ($31k).
- Does Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include James E Dutton Foundation Inc, John C Bock Foundation, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
- Where is Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust based?
- Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust is based in WI.
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