· Private foundation
Virginia Thomas Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k15 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $26k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| State Fair Community College | $26,250 |
| Westminster College | $7,925 |
| University of Missouri Columbia | $4,900 |
| University of Central Missouri | $4,900 |
| State Technical College | $4,650 |
| Mission University | $3,650 |
| William Woods University | $3,650 |
| Washington University | $2,400 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $2,400 |
| Columbia College | $1,900 |
| Central Methodist University | $1,875 |
| Missouri State University | $1,250 |
| Lindenwood University | $1,250 |
| Lincoln University | $1,250 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City | $1,250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +30% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 9 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, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WWWILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY4× · 2021–2024 · $12k · revenue +38%
- MVMISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE4× · 2018–2021 · $10k · revenue +40%
- CMCENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY4× · 2018–2024 · $5k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $7k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $3k
CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICAgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +43%
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.
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Mcdaniel college is a diverse student-centered community committed to excellence in the liberal arts & sciences and professional studies with careful mentoring and attention to the individual. mcdaniel changes lives. we challenge students…
Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 38 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 WESTMINSTER COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM ↗
- Who funds CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
- Who funds A T Still University of Health Sciences ↗
- Who funds Webster University ↗
- Who funds Tiffin University ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗
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: Tulsa Community Foundation · T Michal Flottman Scholarship Trust · Griffin Family Foundation Inc · Missouri Colleges Fund Inc · Jack J Isgur Foundation · Bour Memorial Scholarship Fund American National Bank of Texas · The Gr & Mf Nichols Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · William Edgar Charitable Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Porter Edwin M Educational Fund · Lester R Birbeck Charitable Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Virginia Thomas Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Virginia Thomas Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
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