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Thorne Family Foundation at a glance

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Thorne Family 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.

$68k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$122kReligion$58kHealth$31kArts & Culture$16kFood & Nutrition$11kHuman Services$2kYouth Development$2kHousing & Shelter$600Other$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $46k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH$15,500
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION DBA WI FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
TREVOR PROJECT INC$10,000
SHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE$6,000
SHEBOYGAN SENIOR COMMUNITY$5,500
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS$4,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH$2,500
UNIV OF MADISON & NOLAN BUNNELL - EVELYN THORNE SCHOLARSHIP$2,000
MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING$2,000
SHEBOYGAN ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION$150
WASHINGTON CO MEALS ON WHEELS$100
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$100
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$100
CAMP EVERGREEN CORPORATION INC$100
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 41% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH: $3k → 15%TREVOR PROJECT INC: $10k → 14%ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $5k → 17%WEST BEND COLUMNS: $10k → 6%SHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE: $6k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $5k → 10%ANTIGO HIGH SCHOOL: $8k → 12%MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $2k → 17%SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL: $8k → 11%WEST BEND COLUMNS: $10k → 6%SHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE: $6k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON LETTERS AND SCIENCE: $5k → 10%MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $2k → 17%SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL: $3k → 11%WEST BEND COLUMNS: $8k → 6%SHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE: $5k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE: $5k → 10%MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $2k → 17%SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL: $3k → 11%WEST BEND COLUMNS: $8k → 6%SHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE: $5k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $5k → 10%MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY & STELLA QUINLAN - EVELYN THORNE SCHOLARSHIP: $2k → 17%WEST BEND COLUMNS: $8k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $5k → 10%MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY & STELLA QUINLAN - EVELYN THORNE SCHOLARSHIP: $2k → 17%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $5k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS: $5k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE: $5k → 10%MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY & STELLA QUINLAN: $2k → 17%MEALS ON WHEELS: $5k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $5k → 10%MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY & STELLA QUINLAN: $2k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON LETTERS AND SCIENCE: $5k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $4k → 10%MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $16k → 16%UNIV OF MADISON & OWEN QUINLAN - EVELYN THORNE SCHOLARSHIP: $2k → 10%MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $15k → 16%UNIV OF MADISON & OWEN QUINLAN - EVELYN THORNE SCHOLARSHIP: $2k → 10%MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $15k → 16%UNIV OF MADISON & LOGAN THOMAE - EVELYN THORNE SCHOLARSHIP: $2k → 10%MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $12k → 16%KOHLER SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $8k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE: $2k → 10%MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $12k → 16%SHEBOYGAN SENIOR COMMUNITY: $6k → 9%MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $3k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION DBA WI FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $10k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
OH
CO
TN
GA
TX
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$244k · 20 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
30

Total granted

$244k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+41%

Still filing today

35%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationYouth DevelopmentAnimalsCivil RightsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SS
    SHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $22k · revenue +33%
  • TS
    THE SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $13k · revenue +42%
  • SS
    SHEBOYGAN SENIOR COMMUNITY INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $7k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • AH
    ANTIGO HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $8k
  • KS
    KOHLER SCHOOL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +436%
  • AF
    ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +83%
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
4
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
5
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

SRAlab is dedicated to providing the best patient outcomes through the highest-quality clinical care, translational research, scientific discovery and education.

Health
6
Curepsp Inc

To raise awareness, build community, improve care and find a cure for psp, cbd and msa.

Health
7
City of Hope National Medical Center

To make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. please see schedule o for a continuation of our mission.

Health
8
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
9
Gastric Cancer Foundation

The gastric cancer foundation helps patients to face their diagnosis with reliable information, tools to navigate the journey, and a compassionate community that truly understands. the foundation funds research initiatives that contribute…

Health
10
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
11
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with parkinson's today.

Health
12
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sheboygan Senior Community Inc; the most unlike its peers is Standing Up to Pots 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

22 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. 22 of the 59 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $72,771 · OtherMESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $44,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $19,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF BUSINESSUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE: $12,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS OF STEVENS POINT: $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON LETTERS AND SCIENCE: $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION DBA WI FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherANTIGO HIGH SCHOOL: $8,000 · Other+33 more: $52,010 · Other+33 moreSHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC: $22,100 · HealthSHARON S RICH…SHEBOYGAN SENIOR COMMUNITY INC: $6,500 · HealthSHEBOYGAN SEN…ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,100 · HealthALZHEIMER'S F…BRAIN CENTER OF GREEN BAY INC: $2,000 · HealthBRAIN CENTER …+6 more: $750 · HealthTHE SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL INC: $12,750 · EducationTHE SAVAN…KOHLER SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · EducationKOHLER SC…MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $6,000 · EducationMILWAUKEE…+1 more: $250 · EducationTREVOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsUNION MISSION INC: $500 · Housing & ShelterNORTH STAR REACH: $250 · Youth DevelopmentHUMANE SOCIETY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $100 · Animals
Other$237,781Health$36,450Education$27,000Civil Rights$10,000Housing & Shelter$500Youth Development$250Animals$100

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 budgetSHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC: $22,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL INC: $12,750 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF STEVENS POINT: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetKOHLER SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetSHEBOYGAN SENIOR COMMUNITY INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRAIN CENTER OF GREEN BAY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPARK PLACE OUTREACHINC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNION MISSION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEBOYGAN COUNTY CANCER CARE FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTANDING UP TO POTS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH STAR REACH: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEBOYGAN ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEREBRAL PALSY FOUNDATION INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds SHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF STEVENS POINT ↗
  • Who funds KOHLER SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEBOYGAN SENIOR COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds BRAIN CENTER OF GREEN BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds PARK PLACE OUTREACHINC ↗
  • Who funds UNION MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEBOYGAN COUNTY CANCER CARE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds STANDING UP TO POTS INC ↗

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.

Randall J & Judith F …Grover Family Foundat…Terry Kohler Family F…Baird Foundation IncMorgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Randall J & Judith F Hake Family Foundation IncWI15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Randall J & Judith F Hake Family Foundation Inc · Grover Family Foundation Inc · Terry Kohler Family Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 59 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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