New York · Nonprofit
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $826,685 to it, the largest being THE SKOLL FOUNDATION ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $827k
- Net assets
- $19k
What Thomson Reuters Foundation Inc does
Mission
The organization's purpose is to offer humanitarian relief support community projects, health care, environmental and arts projects; as well as to provide disaster emergency relief in response to humanitarian crises throughout the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Trust law: objective: we spread the practice of pro bono around the world, connecting the best law firms and corporate legal teams with high impact ngos and social enterprises working to create social progress.
$12,500 spentof which $12,500 as grants7% of program spendingTrust conference: we convene thought leaders, decision makers and activists to take action to put the rule of law behind women's rights, and to fight modern day-slavery.
$0 spent0% of program spendingUnder reported stories: we cover the world's under reported stories: humanitarian issues, women's rights, the human impact of climate change, and modern-day slavery.
$170,000 spentof which $170,000 as grants92% of program spendingGeneral charitable donations
$2,580 spentof which $2,580 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $185,080.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $204k to $42k (−79%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Anya Schiffrin
Chairperson & director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $50k → $199k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 89% · 2021 83% · 2022 82% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 7,183 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,183 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
23%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC?
- THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $826,685 to it, the largest being THE SKOLL FOUNDATION ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $826,685 in grants to THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC?
- THE SKOLL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing