· Private foundation
Thurman Thomas Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $15,804 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,400 |
| MAKE A WISH | $4,460 |
| TRUSTED GIVES | $3,775 |
| BOOTSECTOR | $3,000 |
| BUFFALO HISTORY MUSEUM | $2,100 |
| GO FUND ME | $1,500 |
| HOPE RISES | $1,500 |
| SAMARITAN HOUSE | $800 |
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 (FY20–24, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GGOFUNDMEORG2× · 2023–2024 · $7k · revenue +279%
- AHAmerican Heart Association Inc2× · 2019–2020 · $4k · revenue +43%
- BEBUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY2× · 2022–2024 · $3k · revenue +42%
Funded once
- 5M514 MEMORIAL FUNDone grant, 2022 · $160k
BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INCone grant, 2022 · $81k · revenue +22%- HLHEART LOVE SOULone grant, 2022 · $15k
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.
Our mission is to provide skilled, compassionate, cost-effective care that promotes wellness and meets the community's healthcare needs.
See schedule oto make a positive difference in the lives and health status of individuals in the city of rochester, ny and western monroe county. we will educate our community, our providers, and future health care professionals in order…
The organization is organized and operated for the benefit of all of the affiliates within rochester regional health system. the organization supports and assists the affiliates by reviewing and monitoring their missions, objectives,…
To establish, erect and maintain a general hospital and dispensary in the county of monroe, ny for medical and surgical aid, care and treatment of persons in need thereof; to carry on and conduct a training school for nurses; to promote…
Argus community's mission is to provide innovative programs which help severely disadvantaged teens and adults to free themselves from poverty and drug abuse and build new lives based on responsibility, work, and hope. argus provides a…
Bailey house's mission is to help transform the lives of people with or at risk of hiv/aids or other chronic illnesses through housing, health services and community.
On the rise's work begins with individuals experiencing homelessness and continues if and when they secure housing. from our origin as a women's organization, our programs have evolved toward inclusion of those historically and…
In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…
To improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. the women's refugee commission envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in…
Safety, empowerment, and social change for victims of domestic violence and their families. to that end we offer a full compendium of services for victims of domestic violence.
Americares mission is to help people and communities around the world access (see schedule o).
Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 35 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 BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds GOFUNDMEORG ↗
- Who funds TRUSTED GIVES INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds BOOTSECTOR ↗
- Who funds BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ECMC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COMPASS HOUSE ↗
- Who funds THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED INC ↗
- Who funds THE HILARY GRACE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Hope Rises INC ↗
- Who funds Samaritan House Inc ↗
- Who funds BESTSELF FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE 11 DAY POWER PLAY 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.
Open a dossier: The Osc Charitable Foundation · New Era Cap Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thurman Thomas Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thurman Thomas Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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