· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k26 grants · $46k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $80k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $51k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| City of Cresco | $50,750 |
| Norman-Borlaug Heritage Foundation | $35,000 |
| Floyd County Fair Society | $25,000 |
| Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation | $20,000 |
| Northeast Iowa Food Bank | $6,000 |
| Shriners Childrens Hospital | $5,250 |
| Wartburg College | $5,000 |
| St Jude Children Research Hospital | $5,000 |
| Notre Dame Catholic Parish | $5,000 |
| Cresco Elm Street Rentals | $5,000 |
| Howard County Agrl Society | $4,100 |
| Howard County Business and Tourism | $1,500 |
| Howard County Community Schools Foundation | $1,400 |
| Opportunity Homes Inc | $1,000 |
| Midwest Mission Teens MBTC | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
39 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HCHOWARD COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY4× · 2018–2025 · $62k · revenue +35%
- NINortheast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc5× · 2018–2025 · $44k · revenue +70%
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2022 · $42k · revenue +1%
Funded once
- OSOsage School Capital Campaignone grant, 2024 · $50k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $25k
- MCMITCHELL COUNTY MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -69%
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.
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.
To promote the common business interests of member companies without profit and without the inuring of income to the benefit of any member company or individual. to present the executive, legislative, judicial and regulatory bodies…
The university of iowa center for advancement's mission is to advance the university of iowa through engagement and philanthropy. we serve our alumni and friends in the state and the region, throughout the country, and around the world. we…
The iowa corn promotion board (icpb) works to develop and defend markets, fund research, and provide education about corn and corn products. icpb's mission is to create opportunities for long term iowa corn grower profitability.
The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.
Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.
Founded in 1995 as the philanthropic arm of the iowa credit union league and guided by the credit union philosophy of "people helping people", the iowa credit union foundation (the foundation) works to champion financial well-being for…
Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.
The intertribal agriculture council was founded in 1987 to pursue and promote the conservation, development and use of our agricultural resources of american indian and alaska native tribes.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
The iowa soybean association (isa) is driven to deliver increased soybean demand through market development and new uses, farmer-focused research and results, timely information and know-how, and policy initiatives enabling farmers and the…
How this is measured
35 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. 35 of the 110 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHEAST IOWA ↗
- Who funds NORMAN BORLAUG HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOWARD COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FLOYD COUNTY FAIR SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MITCHELL COUNTY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY HOMES INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds WARTBURG COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
- Who funds NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thomson Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomson Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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