· Private foundation
Thomas Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k8 grants · $255k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $860k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Feeding America | $250,000 |
| PLANT FOR THE PLANET FOUNDATION | $210,000 |
| LEAF | $110,000 |
| Gettysburg Foundation | $100,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS | $100,000 |
| Trees for the future | $100,000 |
| Sustainable Harvest International | $90,000 |
| Ameri Cares | $50,000 |
| Our City Forest | $50,000 |
| Better Together Animal Alliance | $50,000 |
| Family Education and Support Services | $40,000 |
| Child Care Action Council | $40,000 |
| Angels On Stage | $35,000 |
| American Forests | $35,000 |
| Sandpoint Senior and DayBreak Centers | $30,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $264k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Feeding America5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +40%- FOFriends of the Shelter Inc dba Better Together Animal Alliance8× · 2017–2024 · $280k · revenue +91%
- SHSustainable Harvest International7× · 2017–2024 · $235k · revenue +20%
Funded once
- GSGEORGE SPANGLER FARM PROJECTone grant, 2023 · $50k
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC2× · 2020–2021 · $40k · revenue +21%- TETRI-CITY ECOLOGY CENTERone grant, 2019 · $15k
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.
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.
Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…
To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.
Foundation for food and agriculture research connects funders, researchers and farmers through public-private partnerships to support audacious research addressing the biggest food and agriculture challenges.
Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
Accelerate the transformation to a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 42 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Feeding America ↗
- Who funds Friends of the Shelter Inc dba Better Together Animal Alliance ↗
- Who funds Sustainable Harvest International ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds KHAN ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY EDUCATION & SUPPORT SERVICES ↗
- Who funds GETTYSBURG FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OUR CITY FOREST ↗
- Who funds TREES FOR THE FUTURE INC ↗
- Who funds FEED THE CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds ANGELS ON STAGE ↗
- Who funds CHILD CARE ACTION COUNCIL OF THURSTON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ZACHARY & ELIZABETH M FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Sandpoint Area Seniors Inc ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds American Forests ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds IDAHO PANHANDLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
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: United Way of Thurston County · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thomas Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
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