Texas · Public charity
Thompson & Knight Foundation
The purpose of the Foundation is to give financial support to civic and charitable organizations.
- $679k
- Granted FY2021
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $444k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 32
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 63% of the organizations Thompson & Knight Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 32 | $444k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $351k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Shelter Inc | $85,875 | 1 | 19% |
| The Advisory Board of Booker T Washington Hs for Performing & | $70,000 | 2 | 5% |
| American Cancer Society | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dallas Theater Center | $30,500 | 2 | 1% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $30,125 | 1 | 0% |
| Austin Street Center | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dallas Symphony Association | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Human Rights Initiative of North Texas Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thompson & Knight 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: The Dallas Foundation · Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Hillcrest Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation · Katherine C Carmody Charitable Tuw · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · The Sidley Austin Foundation
How this is measured
About Thompson & Knight Foundation
- How much does Thompson & Knight Foundation give?
- Thompson & Knight Foundation reported 32 itemized grants totaling $444,000, out of $678,752 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 32 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does Thompson & Knight Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2021, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (17%), Education (14%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Thompson & Knight Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2021: Project Shelter Inc ($86k), The Advisory Board of Booker T Washington Hs for Performing & ($70k), American Cancer Society ($35k).
- Does Thompson & Knight Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Thompson & Knight Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dallas Foundation, Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation.
- Where is Thompson & Knight Foundation based?
- Thompson & Knight Foundation is based in TX.
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