Illinois · Private foundation
Thomas B Earle 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.
- $56k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 27
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Thomas B Earle Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 21 | $56k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $58k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $68k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $77k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $59k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $56k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $73k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handishop Industries Inc | $29,504 | 7 | 0% |
| Families First of Monroe County Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Neighbor to Neighbor | $14,049 | 4 | n/a |
| Lighthouse Assembly of God | $14,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Tomah Rotary Foundation Inc | $11,500 | 4 | 13% |
| Family Promise of the Great Rivers Inc | $10,925 | 4 | 2% |
| Veterans Assistance Foundation Inc | $10,751 | 5 | 1% |
| Monroe County Sheltercare Inc | $10,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Area Community Theater Inc | $10,250 | 6 | 2% |
| St Clare Health Mission Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handishop Industries Inc | $29,504 | 7 | 0% |
| Families First of Monroe County Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Neighbor to Neighbor | $14,049 | 4 | n/a |
| Lighthouse Assembly of God | $14,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Tomah Rotary Foundation Inc | $11,500 | 4 | 13% |
| Family Promise of the Great Rivers Inc | $10,925 | 4 | 2% |
| Veterans Assistance Foundation Inc | $10,751 | 5 | 1% |
| Monroe County Sheltercare Inc | $10,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Area Community Theater Inc | $10,250 | 6 | 2% |
| St Clare Health Mission Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
| North American Squirrel Association | $6,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Tomah Concert Association | $5,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Parenting Place Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Monroe County Agricultural Society | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Caring Closet Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Western Technical College | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Treasured Chests Incorporated | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tomah School of Childhood Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Tomah Area Scouting Booster Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tomah Area Historical Society Inc | $525 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($281k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas B Earle Foundation 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: Frank G Andres Charitable Trust · Jw Etzelmueller Trust Fund · The Covia Foundation · Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation · Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc · Stephen D and Betty J Gebhardt Family Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Thomas B Earle Foundation
- How much does Thomas B Earle Foundation give?
- Thomas B Earle Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $55,935 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 27 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Thomas B Earle Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (21%), Education (18%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Thomas B Earle Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Handishop Industries Inc ($30k), Families First of Monroe County Inc ($15k), Neighbor to Neighbor ($14k).
- Does Thomas B Earle Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas B Earle 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 Thomas B Earle Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Frank G Andres Charitable Trust, Jw Etzelmueller Trust Fund, The Covia Foundation.
- Where is Thomas B Earle Foundation based?
- Thomas B Earle Foundation is based in IL.
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