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Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2025
28
Organizations funded FY2024
75%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$285,430
Organizations funded a year
7 to 28
FY2022 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$10M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $376k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving48$1.3M73%
FY202428$1.0M75%
FY20237$404k43%
FY20228$229kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Human Services$919kReligion$554kHealth$394kInternational$203kEnvironment$177kEducation$151kHousing & Shelter$150kCivil Rights$100kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
OR
IN
OH
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Heart Change Ministries Inc$855,820435%
The Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries$453,58521%
Next Step Foundation Inc$195,57543%
Big Life Foundation USA$175,00021%
Empathy & Compassion$140,000368%
Turning Point USA Inc$100,00010%
1792 Exchange$100,0001n/a
Apartment Life Inc$98,00030%
Crossroads Care Clinic$98,00038%
World Hope International Inc$60,00010%
Heart for Lebanon Foundation$50,00011%
New Story Inc$25,0001n/a
Lifepoint Church Indy Inc$25,0001n/a
Sagamore Institute Inc$25,0001n/a
Eastside Christian Academy Inc$25,00013%
Iladd$25,0001n/a
Champion Ministries Inc$25,0001n/a
Indiana State University Foundation Inc$20,00020%
The Lions Tribe Academy$16,00035%
Federated Insurance Foundation Inc$15,00010%
The Navigators$15,0002n/a
St Andrew Assembly of God$12,0001n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$10,00010%
National Christian Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Open Eyes$10,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana Inc$7,50010%
Camp Navigate Inc$6,00020%
Wabash Valley Youth for Christ Inc$6,00023%
Anglican Church International$5,3001n/a
Donate Life Foundation$5,0001n/a
Terre Haute Children's Museum Inc$5,00010%
Veritas Ministries$5,0001n/a
University of Saint Mary Inc$5,00010%
Coram Deo Academy Inc$5,00010%
Outreach Inc$4,0001n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$3,00010%
Center for Global Impact Inc$2,50010%
Reliant Foundation$2,5001n/a
Indiana Wish Inc$2,50010%
Christian Foundation of Indiana Inc$2,50013%
Terre Haute Symphony Association Inc$2,50010%
Keep Pensacola Beautiful Inc$2,00011%
Manes and Miracles$2,00011%
Special Olympics Arizona Inc$2,00010%
Wabash Valley Habitat for Humanity$2,00010%
Circle City Fellows Inc$2,00012%
Paws N Hooves$2,00011%
A Friends House Inc$2,00010%
Big Cat Habitat Education and Conservation Center Inc$2,00010%
The Children's Hunger Project Inc$2,0001n/a
Loveland Center Inc$2,00010%
Atlanta Union Mission Corporation$2,00010%
Tessa$2,00010%
Weld Food Bank$2,00010%
Chances and Services for Youth Inc$1,75010%
Project Never Broken Inc$1,29011%
Hoosier Salon Patrons Association Inc$1,25010%
Crossroads of America Council Boy Scouts of America Inc$1,25010%
Community Health Network Foundation Inc$1,25010%
St Patrick Catholic Church Indianapolis Inc$1,0001n/a
Shepherds of Griffin Bike Park Inc$1,00017%
Young Men's Christian Association of Wabash Valley Inc$1,0001n/a
Youth Mentoring Initiative Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($228k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHeart Change Ministries Inc: $855,820 over 4y, 35% of budgetThe Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries: $453,585 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNext Step Foundation Inc: $195,575 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetBig Life Foundation USA: $175,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetEmpathy & Compassion: $140,000 over 3y, 68% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetApartment Life Inc: $98,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCrossroads Care Clinic: $98,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetWorld Hope International Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHeart for Lebanon Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEastside Christian Academy Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetIndiana State University Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Lions Tribe Academy: $16,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetFederated Insurance Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCamp Navigate Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWabash Valley Youth for Christ Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTerre Haute Children's Museum Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Saint Mary Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoram Deo Academy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Global Impact Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIndiana Wish Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Foundation of Indiana Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTerre Haute Symphony Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKeep Pensacola Beautiful Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetManes and Miracles: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSpecial Olympics Arizona Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWabash Valley Habitat for Humanity: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCircle City Fellows Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPaws N Hooves: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetA Friends House Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Cat Habitat Education and Conservation Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLoveland Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Union Mission Corporation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTessa: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWeld Food Bank: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChances and Services for Youth Inc: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Never Broken Inc: $1,290 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHoosier Salon Patrons Association Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCrossroads of America Council Boy Scouts of America Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Network Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShepherds of Griffin Bike Park Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetYouth Mentoring Initiative Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 45.

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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.

Lilly Endowment IncIN22.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Max L Gibson & Jacqueline Gibson Foundation · Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Indiana Chemical Trust Tr Ua-Fdt 320006018 · United Way of the Wabash Valley Inc · Servant Foundation · Hollie & Anna Oakley Foundation Inc · Clara Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Gregory L Gibson Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

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About Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc

How much does Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc give?
Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc reported 49 grants totaling $1,281,230 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 28 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
What does Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Religion (19%), Health (13%).
Who are Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Heart Change Ministries Inc ($856k), The Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries ($454k), Next Step Foundation Inc ($196k).
Does Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Max L Gibson & Jacqueline Gibson Foundation, Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc based?
Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc is based in IN.

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 69 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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