Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Tom Drexler Charitable Trust
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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Tom Drexler Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $500k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $148k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Christian Church | $260,000 | 2 | n/a |
| 502circle Nil Collective Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Giving Hope Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Circle Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 29% |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harbor House of Louisville Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kosair Charities Committee Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Potter's Wheel Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Christian Church | $260,000 | 2 | n/a |
| 502circle Nil Collective Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Giving Hope Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Circle Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 29% |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harbor House of Louisville Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kosair Charities Committee Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Potter's Wheel Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Crimson Mission Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 13% |
Where it is load-bearing
Tom Drexler Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
About Tom Drexler Charitable Trust
- How much does Tom Drexler Charitable Trust give?
- Tom Drexler Charitable Trust reported 2 grants totaling $65,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Tom Drexler Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (55%), Religion (12%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are Tom Drexler Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Southeast Christian Church ($260k), 502circle Nil Collective Foundation ($250k), Giving Hope Inc ($100k).
- Does Tom Drexler Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tom Drexler 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 Tom Drexler Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is Tom Drexler Charitable Trust based?
- Tom Drexler Charitable Trust is based in PA.
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