Michigan · Private foundation
Thompson 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.
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $278,127
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,125,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- 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 Thompson 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 | 4 | $3.6M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $6.4M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $2.7M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $3.9M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $5.2M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $14M | 30% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $4.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley State University | $14,031,213 | 7 | n/a |
| Thompson Schools Foundation | $12,707,562 | 3 | 67% |
| Saginaw Valley State University Foundation | $5,224,316 | 7 | 14% |
| Michigan Tech Fund | $5,023,508 | 6 | 8% |
| Ferris State University | $1,211,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Grass Lake Community Schools | $246,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Jonesville Community Schools | $240,500 | 4 | n/a |
| MAPSA Foundation | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($548k), not named here.
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About Thompson Foundation
- How much does Thompson Foundation give?
- Thompson Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $3,553,490 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Thompson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Thompson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Grand Valley State University ($14M), Thompson Schools Foundation ($13M), Saginaw Valley State University Foundation ($5.2M).
- Does Thompson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thompson 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.
- Where is Thompson Foundation based?
- Thompson Foundation is based in MI.
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