Iowa · Private foundation
Thomson Charitable 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.
- $177k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations Thomson Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k 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 | 30 | $177k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $132k | 52% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $166k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $44k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $113k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $136k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $53k | 59% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $90k | 71% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Cresco | $190,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation | $65,000 | 3 | 49% |
| Howard County Agricultural Society | $62,050 | 4 | 9% |
| Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc | $43,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Iowa State University Foundation | $42,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Floyd County Fair Society | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Mitchell County Memorial Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Howard - Winneshiek Community School Foundation Inc | $11,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Northeast Iowa Food Bank | $10,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Osage Community Schools | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($412k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Thomson Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: First Citizens Bank Charitable Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · First Security Foundation · Melissa Lea Reicks Foundation · Lsb Foundation · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · GreenState Credit Union · Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About Thomson Charitable Foundation
- How much does Thomson Charitable Foundation give?
- Thomson Charitable Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $176,789 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Thomson Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Public Benefit (18%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are Thomson Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Cresco ($191k), Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation ($65k), Howard County Agricultural Society ($62k).
- Does Thomson Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomson Charitable 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 Thomson Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Citizens Bank Charitable Foundation, Land O'Lakes Foundation, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
- Where is Thomson Charitable Foundation based?
- Thomson Charitable Foundation is based in IA.
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