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16 foundations that funded “Thompson”

  1. Private foundation · Terre Haute, IN

    Thompson Thrift Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,000 · typical grant $4,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Warrenville, IL

    Thompson Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $7,500 · typical grant $7,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  3. Private foundation · New York, NC

    The Thompson Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

    39 Tennessee grants totaling $1 million · typical grant $13,747 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 1, Aug 15 · next Mar 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    56% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Jim Thompson Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $150 · typical grant $150 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Youth healthcare

  5. Private foundation · Mccordsville, IN

    Thrush-Thompson Foundation Inc.

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $8,000 · typical grant $8,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  6. Private foundation · Norwich, NY

    Lillian Thompson Scholarship Fund Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,800 · typical grant $1,800 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: May 15 · next May 15, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship

  7. Private foundation · Warren, MI

    The Thompson Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $22,000 · typical grant $22,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  8. Private foundation · Pasadena, CA

    Joseph H Thompson Fund

    Invitation only

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $14,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $11,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: The land trust for Tennessee's mission is to preserve the unique character of Tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.; Scholarship programs

  9. Private foundation · Lafayette, CA

    Warren L Thompson and Cecile M Thompson

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  10. Private foundation · Omaha, NE

    The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $252,691 · typical grant $252,691 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  11. Private foundation · Portland, OR

    Lee H & Marion B Thompson Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $1 million · typical grant $1 million (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Wetlands preservation

  12. Private foundation · St Louis, MO

    William S and Blair Y Thompson Family Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To advance cures and meas of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.

  13. Private foundation · Cpe Girardeau, MO

    Paul E & Helen S Meyer Foundation

    Invitation only

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To fund scholarship for Jesse Thompson

  14. Public charity · Knoxville

    Fort Sanders Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $26,674 to $371,048 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To help provide equipment, staff and patient education, rehabilitation programs and cardiopulmonary programs, CVA, brain injury and amputee support groups. Also helps provide...

  15. Private foundation · Parsons

    The Ayers Foundation Trust

    Takes applications

    36 Tennessee grants totaling $10.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $106,600 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded: General/operating

  16. Private foundation · Thompsons Station

    G Harbaugh Foundation

    Invitation only

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $1.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $1.1 million (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support program

Source: each funder's latest e-filed IRS return. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which lists the grants they paid and how to apply. Community foundations, United Ways and other public charities file Form 990, and we use its Schedule I (grants over $5,000). We include every funder, wherever it is based, whose latest return lists grants to Tennessee groups. Corporate and community-foundation grant rounds are in the grant search.