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Thoren Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$369k
Granted FY2023
77
Grants FY2023
75
Organizations funded FY2023
89%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2023
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 75
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
11
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 89% of the organizations Thoren Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $314k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentHealthAnimalsArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & 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
FY202375$357k89%
FY202210$15k40%
FY20215$4k60%
FY20201$5000%
FY20197$49k29%
FY201831$82k58%
FY201723$42kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Environment$191kHealth$65kHuman Services$57kAnimals$55kArts & Culture$28kRecreation & Sports$27kFood & Nutrition$22kReligion$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
CA
CO
VA
MD
AR
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 82 grantees
All grantees of Thoren Family Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
San Juan Citizens Alliance$30,00013%
National Wildlife Federation$26,00730%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$25,70060%
San Juan Mountains Association$25,00012%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$19,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$19,00010%
Sierra Club Foundation$15,00010%
California State Parks Foundation$12,80030%
Earthworks$10,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$7,50020%
Smile Train Inc$7,00020%
Peninsula Open Space Trust$6,50030%
National Park Foundation$6,50020%
Peninsula Family Service$6,00030%
i AM Music Inc$6,00012%
Samaritan House$5,50020%
Team Up$5,00010%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$5,00010%
St John's United Church of Christ$5,0001n/a
Parker's Animal Rescue$5,00011%
Volunteers of America Inc$5,0001n/a
Four Corners Office for Resource Eff$5,00011%
The Wilderness Society$5,00010%
Manna - the Durango Soup Kitchen$5,00010%
Renewable World Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
St Anthony Foundation$5,0002n/a
Durango Food Bank$5,00010%
La Plata Open Space Conservancy$5,00011%
The Colorado Parks Foundation Inc$5,00012%
Kute Inc Dba Ksut Public Radio$5,00010%
Oak Tree Youth Resources$5,00013%
High Country News$5,00010%
National Parks Conservation Association$5,00010%
Haynes Family of Programs$5,00010%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$5,00010%
Sexual Assault Services Organization$5,00011%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Catalino Tapia Scholarship Foundati$4,50023%
Paws for Purple Hearts$4,00010%
Alzheimers Research Foundation Inc$3,50021%
Call Primrose$3,00010%
Save the Redwoods League$3,00020%
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation$3,00010%
Curiodyssey$3,00020%
The Salvation Army$2,7501n/a
Mission Hospice & Home Care Inc$2,70020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$2,50010%
Durango Adult Education Center$2,50010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2,50010%
Music in the Mountains Inc$2,50010%
Animas Alano Club$2,50011%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$2,50010%
Durango Arts Center Inc$2,50010%
Local First Foundation$2,50011%
La Plata Family Centers Coalition$2,50010%
Dogsters Spay and Neuter$2,50011%
Trails 2000 Inc$2,50011%
Southwest Center for Independence Inc$2,50010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,50010%
Alternative Horizons Corporation$2,50010%
Habitat for Humanity of la Plata County Inc$2,50010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado Inc$2,50011%
La Plata County Humane Society$2,50010%
Boys & Girls Club of la Plata County Inc$2,50010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,50010%
Durango Education Foundation$2,50011%
First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame$2,5001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$2,50010%
Operation Smile Inc$2,00010%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,00010%
Conservation Legacy$2,00010%
San Francisco Symphony$2,00010%
St Anthonys Church$1,5001n/a
La Plata County Search & Rescue Inc$1,50011%
Annies Orphans$1,00011%
The Humane Society of Pomona Valley Inc$1,00010%
Friends of Colorado Avalanche Information Center$1,00010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$1,00010%
Pollinator Partnership$1,00010%
Yosemite Foundation$50010%
Young Men's Christian Association$50010%
AARP Foundation$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($115k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thoren Family Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSan Juan Citizens Alliance: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $26,007 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $25,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSan Juan Mountains Association: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $19,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $19,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia State Parks Foundation: $12,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEarthworks: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPeninsula Open Space Trust: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPeninsula Family Service: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgeti AM Music Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSamaritan House: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Up: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRocky Mountain Public Media Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParker's Animal Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFour Corners Office for Resource Eff: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetManna - the Durango Soup Kitchen: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDurango Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLa Plata Open Space Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Colorado Parks Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetKute Inc Dba Ksut Public Radio: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOak Tree Youth Resources: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHigh Country News: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHaynes Family of Programs: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Broadcasting of Colorado Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSexual Assault Services Organization: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatalino Tapia Scholarship Foundati: $4,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetPaws for Purple Hearts: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimers Research Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCall Primrose: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSave the Redwoods League: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCuriodyssey: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMission Hospice & Home Care Inc: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDurango Adult Education Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMusic in the Mountains Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAnimas Alano Club: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDurango Arts Center Inc: $2,500 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 75.

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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.

Community Foundation Serving Southwest ColoradoCO51.5× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado · Colorado Gives Foundation · Ballantine Family Fund · Team Up · El Pomar Foundation · The Moniker Foundation · Westmeath Foundation · La Plata Electric Association Inc · The Erteszek Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Larry and Elizabeth Crawford Family Foundation

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 Thoren Family Charitable Trust

How much does Thoren Family Charitable Trust give?
Thoren Family Charitable Trust reported 77 grants totaling $369,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 75 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Thoren Family Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Environment (34%), Health (12%), Human Services (10%).
Who are Thoren Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: San Juan Citizens Alliance ($30k), National Wildlife Federation ($26k), Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc ($26k).
Does Thoren Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Thoren Family Charitable Trust 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 Thoren Family Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado, Colorado Gives Foundation, Ballantine Family Fund.
Where is Thoren Family Charitable Trust based?
Thoren Family Charitable Trust is based in CO.

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 119 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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