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Thompson 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$396kPublic Benefit$316kArts & Culture$181kCivil Rights$150kEnvironment$85kPhilanthropy$80kHuman Services$70kFood & Nutrition$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $850k
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Movement Voter Fund$200,000
Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund$150,000
Debt Collective via Sustainable Markets Foundation$100,000
NewBridge Cleveland Center for Arts & Technology$75,000
Edwins Leadership and Restaurant Institute$75,000
We Are Down Home$50,000
National Network of Abortion Funds$50,000
Homeward Bound of Western NC$50,000
Carolina Federation Fund$50,000
Democracy Now Productions Inc$50,000
Resource Generation$40,000
Solidaire Network Inc$40,000
The Ohio State University College of Medicine$20,000
Haw River Assembly$20,000
Neighborhood Markets Inc$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program: $10k → 16%RIP Medical Debt: $10k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
NJ
CA
NC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$663k · 7 repeat orgs$784k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
4

Total granted

$663k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+105%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $740k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MV
    MOVEMENT VOTER FUND
    2× · 2023–2024 · $300k · revenue +87%
  • CC
    CLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
    3× · 2020–2024 · $121k · revenue +83%
  • DN
    DEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $56k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • MC
    MAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $14k · revenue +60%
  • MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +265%
  • SL
    SHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -13%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
2
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
3
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
4
News Media Alliance

The news media alliance (nma) is a nonprofit organization representing nearly 2,000 news media organizations and their multi-media platform businesses in the us, canada and europe.

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5
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
6
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
7
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
8
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
9
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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10
National Endowment for Democracy

Ned has a singular mission - advancing democracy in support of freedom around the world. our targeted, demand-driven small grants program responds to the needs of local ngos that defend human rights, strengthen independent media and civic…

Public Benefit
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Southern coalition for social justice partners with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities across the south to defend and advance their political, social, and economic rights. through an intersectional and…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Movement Voter Fund; the most unlike its peers is Cleveland Museum of Art. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOVEMENT VOTER FUND: $300,000 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT VOTER FUNDNEIGHBORHOOD MARKETS INCORPORATED: $22,500 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD MARKETS INCO…CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $121,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ARTCLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY: $120,500 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND CENTER FOR ART…DEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC: $56,000 · Arts & CultureDEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTION…+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDebt Collective via Sustainable Markets Foundation: $100,000 · OtherDebt Collective via Sustai…Homeward Bound of Western NC: $50,000 · OtherHomeward Bound of Western …CAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION: $22,500 · OtherCAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP …The Ohio State University College of Medicine: $20,000 · OtherThe Ohio State University …CAROLINA FEDERATION FUND: $50,000 · OtherCAROLINA FEDERATION FUNDMAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INC: $14,000 · OtherChristian Herald Association Inc: $15,000 · OtherSEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC: $15,000 · Other+7 more: $55,000 · Other+7 moreSHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND INC: $150,000 · Civil RightsSHOWING UP F…NORTHEAST OHIO VOTER ADVOCATES INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsNORTHEAST OH…EDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE: $75,000 · EducationEDWINS LEADE…WE ARE DOWN HOME: $50,000 · EducationWE ARE DOWN …FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $20,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF B…+2 more: $10,000 · Education+2 moreNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentHAW RIVER ASSEMBLY INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentSHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $10,000 · EnvironmentSolidaire Network Inc: $40,000 · PhilanthropyRESOURCE GENERATION INC: $40,000 · Philanthropy
Community Improvement$322,500Arts & Culture$307,500Other$341,500Civil Rights$160,000Education$155,000Environment$80,000Philanthropy$80,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMOVEMENT VOTER FUND: $300,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND INC: $150,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $121,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY: $120,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetEDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE: $75,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC: $56,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCAROLINA FEDERATION FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWE ARE DOWN HOME: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSolidaire Network Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRESOURCE GENERATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD MARKETS INCORPORATED: $22,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetCAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION: $22,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHAW RIVER ASSEMBLY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPassage Theatre Company Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNORTHEAST OHIO VOTER ADVOCATES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAbove and Beyond Family Recovery Center NFP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND METROPOLITAN BAR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKENYON COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Cleveland Foundat…The George Gund Found…Amalgamated Charitabl…The Char and Chuck Fo…Jewish Federation of …ImpactassetsincCommon Counsel Founda…Tides FoundationThe Chicago Community…American Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…
The Cleveland FoundationOH18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Impactassetsinc · Common Counsel Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Thompson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thompson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Passage Theatre Company Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Thompson Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Thompson Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home