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Thompson Jones Alexander 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.

$50k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$90kArts & Culture$42kHealth$27kEnvironment$22kInternational$18kYouth Development$15kRecreation & Sports$14kPhilanthropy$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$484k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$10,000
CHARLOTTESVILLE BALLET$5,000
WILSON DISEASE ASSOCIATION$5,000
STRATFORD HALL HISTORIC PRESERVE$5,000
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL$2,500
GROTON SCHOOL$2,500
BOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE PIEDMONT$2,500
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$2,500
RARE BOOK SCHOOL$2,500
INT'L CENTER FOR RELIGION & DIPLOMA$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
US COURT TENNIS PRESERVATION FOUN$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS$1,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTH ATLANTI$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 8%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 8%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.
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$206k · 23 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
12

Total granted

$206k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+47%

Still filing today

74%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TA
    THE ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $44k · revenue +90%
  • GROTON SCHOOL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $16k · revenue +17%
  • CB
    Charlottesville Ballet
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • SM
    SAINT MARYS HALL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +71%
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
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
3
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.

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6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
8
The Seed Public Charter School of Washington Dc

The seed public charter school of washington, dc is a public college-preparatory boarding school whose primary mission is to provide an outstanding intensive educational program that prepares children, both academically and socially, for…

Education
9
Bullis School

Bullis school provides a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service. bullis uniquely prepares all students to become caring citizens and creative, critical thinkers who will thrive in…

Education
10
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
11
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint Marys Hall Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 41 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS INC: $43,500 · EducationTHE ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS INCGROTON SCHOOL: $15,500 · EducationGROTON SCHOOLTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $8,000 · EducationTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SC…SAINT MARYS HALL INC: $2,500 · EducationRon Brown Scholar Fund: $2,500 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $13,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERWilson Disease Association: $10,000 · OtherWilson Disease AssociationTHE CENTER AT BELVEDERE: $6,000 · OtherTHE CENTER AT BELVEDEREGRACE CHURCH IN NEW YORK: $6,000 · OtherGRACE CHURCH IN NEW YORKUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $5,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIASTRATFORD HALL HISTORIC PRESERVE: $5,000 · OtherSTRATFORD HALL HISTORIC PRESERVEUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO: $4,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherRARE BOOK SCHOOL CO UNIV OF VIRGINIA: $3,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE: $7,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLEBOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE PIEDMONT: $7,500 · OtherBOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE PIEDMONT+11 more: $17,000 · Other+11 moreCharlottesville Ballet: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCharlottesvi…GRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureGRAMERCY PAR…CHARLOTTESVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $4,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTESVI…STRATFORD HALL: $1,500 · Arts & CultureSTRATFORD HA…CENTER FOR RELIGION AND DIPLOMACY INC: $15,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 · InternationalBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $10,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC: $4,000 · HealthTRUDEAU INSTITUTE INC: $500 · HealthUNITED STATES COURT TENNIS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $13,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$72,500Other$89,000Arts & Culture$27,500International$18,000Youth Development$15,000Health$14,500Recreation & Sports$13,000

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 budgetTHE ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS INC: $43,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetGROTON SCHOOL: $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCharlottesville Ballet: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR RELIGION AND DIPLOMACY INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES COURT TENNIS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilson Disease Association: $10,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE PIEDMONT: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTESVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSAINT MARYS HALL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRon Brown Scholar Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MUNICIPAL BAND OF CHARLOTTESVILLE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTRATFORD HALL: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA HEADWATERS COUNCIL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM ACADEMY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUDEAU INSTITUTE INC: $500 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.

Charlottesville Area …The Joseph and Robert…The J & E Berkley Fou…Sentara HealthWhitney and Anne Ston…Perry Foundation IncThe Genan FoundationCaplin FoundationNational Philanthropi…Dominion Energy Chari…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…
Charlottesville Area Community FoundationVA21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation · The J & E Berkley Foundation · Sentara Health · Whitney and Anne Stone Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · The Genan Foundation · Caplin Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Jones Alexander Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thompson Jones Alexander Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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

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    How do I get to Thompson Jones Alexander Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Thompson Jones Alexander 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 41 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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