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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.

$307k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
47
Grants FY2024
40
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$88,440
Organizations funded a year
21 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$3.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Thompson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterReligionInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving45$305k29%
FY202340$239k20%
FY202237$234k14%
FY202129$227k3%
FY202039$228k33%
FY201931$155k29%
FY201821$178k33%
FY201723$130kn/a
82% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$566kEducation$359kHuman Services$301kPhilanthropy$113kHousing & Shelter$53kArts & Culture$42kEnvironment$35kRecreation & Sports$28kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Old Mission Methodist Church$325,1508n/a
Community Center of Shawnee Inc$135,50064%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$90,60080%
Salvation Army$78,0008n/a
Americans for Oxford Inc$60,00030%
Cross-Lines Community Outreach Inc$51,00080%
Delta Delta Delta Foundation$38,00071%
Harvesters - the Community Food Network$25,00030%
Alpha Nu Educational Foundation$25,0001n/a
Well Done Foundation Inc$20,00012%
Show all 34 grantees
All grantees of Thompson Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Old Mission Methodist Church$325,1508n/a
Community Center of Shawnee Inc$135,50064%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$90,60080%
Salvation Army$78,0008n/a
Americans for Oxford Inc$60,00030%
Cross-Lines Community Outreach Inc$51,00080%
Delta Delta Delta Foundation$38,00071%
Harvesters - the Community Food Network$25,00030%
Alpha Nu Educational Foundation$25,0001n/a
Well Done Foundation Inc$20,00012%
Vineyard Community Church$16,0003n/a
Kansas 4-H Foundation Inc$15,00080%
Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties of Kansas$14,04573%
City Union Mission$11,00060%
Neighborhood Ministries Inc$10,00020%
New City Church$7,5003n/a
Youthfront Inc$6,00030%
The Eisenhower Foundation$6,00020%
Dysautonomia International Inc$5,00010%
The Land Institute$5,00010%
Kansas Land Trust Inc$5,00010%
Rose Brooks Center Inc$5,00050%
Friends of Shawnee Town$5,0001n/a
Characterplus$3,00020%
Friends of Sacred Structures Inc$3,0002n/a
Waterorg$2,50010%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$2,50030%
Baker University$2,00010%
Main Street Corridor Development Corp DBA Midtown KC Now$2,00020%
Media Research Center$1,25010%
American Brain Foundation$1,00010%
Womens Employment Network$1,00010%
Veterans Voices Writing Project Inc$1,00011%
The Rabbit Hole Kc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($716k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thompson Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Center of Shawnee Inc: $135,500 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $90,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans for Oxford Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCross-Lines Community Outreach Inc: $51,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetDelta Delta Delta Foundation: $38,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetHarvesters - the Community Food Network: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWell Done Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetKansas 4-H Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJunior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties of Kansas: $14,045 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetCity Union Mission: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYouthfront Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDysautonomia International Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Land Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKansas Land Trust Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRose Brooks Center Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCharacterplus: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWaterorg: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRails to Trails Conservancy: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBaker University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMain Street Corridor Development Corp DBA Midtown KC Now: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMedia Research Center: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Brain Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Employment Network: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans Voices Writing Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Rabbit Hole Kc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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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.

Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO27.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Greater Horizons · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

Compare Thompson Family Foundation with peer funders

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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.

About Thompson Family Foundation

How much does Thompson Family Foundation give?
Thompson Family Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $306,890 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Thompson Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Education (21%), Human Services (18%).
Who are Thompson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Old Mission Methodist Church ($325k), Community Center of Shawnee Inc ($136k), The Kansas University Endowment Association ($91k).
Does Thompson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Thompson Family 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 Thompson Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Greater Horizons, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Where is Thompson Family Foundation based?
Thompson Family Foundation is based in KS.

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 80 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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