Missouri · Private foundation
Thomas Martin 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.
- $39k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $455k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Thomas Martin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | $39k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $37k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $51k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $50k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $70k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $70k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $69k | 29% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Library of Congress | $226,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation | $32,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Safehome Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Baptist College | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University Academy | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University Academy Foundation | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kansas City Symphony | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($197k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas Martin 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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Sunderland Foundation · Kelly Family Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · Buttonwood Foundation Charitable Tr · Greater Horizons · Hartley Family Foundation · The Atterbury Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Thomas Martin Foundation
- How much does Thomas Martin Foundation give?
- Thomas Martin Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $39,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Thomas Martin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (58%), Education (28%), Health (3%).
- Who are Thomas Martin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of the Library of Congress ($226k), Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation ($32k), The Kansas University Endowment Association ($20k).
- Does Thomas Martin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas Martin 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 Martin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, The Francis Family Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
- Where is Thomas Martin Foundation based?
- Thomas Martin Foundation is based in MO.
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