Indiana · Private foundation
Thurston Foundation
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.
- $743k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 39
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 32
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Thurston Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 39 | $743k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $912k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $811k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $367k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $157k | 65% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Oaks Academy Inc | $546,250 | 6 | 1% |
| Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc | $320,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Servants at Work Inc | $274,750 | 6 | 7% |
| Outreach Inc | $191,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Shepherd Community Inc | $166,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Gennesaret Free Clinic Inc | $115,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Second Helpings Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis Inc | $62,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Hope Academy Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($516k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thurston Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Hoover Family Foundation · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc
How this is measured
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About Thurston Foundation
- How much does Thurston Foundation give?
- Thurston Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $743,050 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 32 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Thurston Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Education (23%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are Thurston Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Oaks Academy Inc ($546k), Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc ($320k), Servants at Work Inc ($275k).
- Does Thurston Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thurston 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 Thurston Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc, Lilly Endowment Inc.
- Where is Thurston Foundation based?
- Thurston Foundation is based in IN.
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