Texas · Private foundation
Thomas J Gordon 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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $180k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Thomas J Gordon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% 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 | 5 | $15k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $21k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $18k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $36k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $16k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $54k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $40k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $23k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation | $38,750 | 4 | 1% |
| St Peters Episcopal Church | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Museum of Western Art | $7,100 | 4 | 1% |
| Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Honorhealth Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Memorial Hermann Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Peace of Mind Foundation Inc | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Lensic Performing Arts Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $950 | 3 | 0% |
| Tourette Association of America Inc | $850 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation | $38,750 | 4 | 1% |
| St Peters Episcopal Church | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Museum of Western Art | $7,100 | 4 | 1% |
| Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Honorhealth Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Memorial Hermann Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Peace of Mind Foundation Inc | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Lensic Performing Arts Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $950 | 3 | 0% |
| Tourette Association of America Inc | $850 | 2 | 0% |
| Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Indian River Hospital Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ Church Santa Fe Pca | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Girlfriend Factor | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwestern Association for Indian Indian Arts Inc | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Auburn University Foundation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House Texas | $275 | 1 | 0% |
| Scottsdale Museum of the West Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Hill Country Veterans Center | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Springs Air Museum Inc | $110 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($161k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas J Gordon 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.
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How this is measured
About Thomas J Gordon Foundation
- How much does Thomas J Gordon Foundation give?
- Thomas J Gordon Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $15,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Thomas J Gordon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Health (23%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are Thomas J Gordon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Vincent Hospital Foundation ($39k), St Peters Episcopal Church ($13k), The Museum of Western Art ($7k).
- Does Thomas J Gordon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas J Gordon 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 J Gordon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Thomas J Gordon Foundation based?
- Thomas J Gordon Foundation is based in TX.
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