Funding search · EIN 465446388 · Dallas, TX
Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 166
- grants reported
- $98.8M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $20,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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1 grant matching “watanabe” · $5,000
- $5,000
Watanabe Chiaki · 2024
Next gen award
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Schwab Charitable3 grants · $90.2M
- Collegiate Edu-Nation1 grant · $1.0M
- Shirley Ryan Abilitylab Fka Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago1 grant · $1.0M
- Yavapai County1 grant · $1.0M
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater2 grants · $474,700
- New Mexico School for the Arts3 grants · $305,000
- Ngage New Mexico1 grant · $300,000
- New Mexico State University1 grant · $300,000
- Golden Apple Foundation3 grants · $300,000
- Site Santa Fe3 grants · $280,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 166 grants.
- $35.1M
Schwab Charitable · Orlando, FL · 2024
General support
- $35.1M
Schwab Charitable · Orlando, FL · 2023
General support
- $20.0M
Schwab Charitable · Orlando, FL · 2022
General support
- $1.0M
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab Fka Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $1.0M
Collegiate Edu-Nation · Roscoe, TX · 2022
General support
- $1.0M
Yavapai County · Prescott, AZ · 2022
General support
- $350,000
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $300,000
New Mexico State University · Las Cruces, NM · 2022
General support
- $300,000
Ngage New Mexico · Las Cruces, NM · 2022
General support
- $250,000
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc Dba Seo Scholars · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2023
Jeffrey gibson biennale support
- $250,000
The Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
2023 season sponsorship
- $200,000
Empower Schools · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $200,000
Mass Design Group · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $162,500
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $125,000
Site Santa Fe · Sante Fe, NM · 2024
General support
- $124,700
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
Deductible portion of 2023 spirit of shakespeare host committee sponsorship
- $123,197
Scholarships · Dallas, TX · 2024
Scholarships
- $111,200
Oklahoma State University Foundation · Stillwater, OK · 2024
General support
- $105,000
New Mexico School for the Arts · Sante Fe, NM · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Publication grant
- $100,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
New Mexico School for the Arts · Sante Fe, NM · 2024
General support
- $100,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
New Mexico School for the Arts · Sante Fe, NM · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Phoenix Art Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
- $100,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Asia Society Texas · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Site Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General support
- $82,508
University College London · 2024
Post-doctoral fellowship
- $75,000
Regents of the University of California at Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2024
Exhibition support
- $75,000
Santa Fe Opera · Sante Fe, NM · 2024
General support
- $75,000
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Exhibition support
- $75,000
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
- $60,000
Adam Jasniewski · Dallas, TX · 2022
Travel award
- $60,000
Judd Foundation · Marfa, TX · 2022
General support
- $55,000
Site Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General support
- $50,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Exhibition support
- $50,000
The Dallas Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
Exhibition support
- $50,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Myriad USA · New York, NY · 2023
Exhib support elias sime at biennale
- $50,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $40,000
Museo De Arte De Lima · 2024
Exhibition support
- $40,000
Think New Mexico · Sante Fe, NM · 2024
General support
- $40,000
New Berry Library · Chicago, IL · 2023
Grant: seeing race before race
- $35,000
Universidad De Ingeniera Y Tecnologia · 2024
Conservation grant
- $35,000
Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Annual donation
- $35,000
Tucson Museum of Art · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Grant for cumbi: textiles, society and memory in andean south america
- $34,833
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival · Sante Fe, NM · 2022
General support
- $32,500
Carla Garcia · 2024
Doctoral fellowship
- $32,500
Hillsboro Medical Center Foundation · Hillsboro, OR · 2024
General support
- $32,500
Carla Garcia · 2023
Research award
- $30,000
Amon Carter Museum of Art · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General & exhibition support
- $30,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022
General support
- $30,000
John Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support
- $26,874
Blanton Museum of Art · Austin, TX · 2023
Annual leadership board contrib
- $25,000
Dallas Opera · Dallas, TX · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Figge Art Museum · Davenport, IA · 2024
Exhibition support
- $25,000
Nakatomi Hajime · 2024
Next gen award
- $25,000
New Mexico Museum of Art · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Publication grant
- $25,000
Autry Museum of the American West · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Grant for indigenous futures exhibit
- $25,000
Gaby Greenlee · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
2022-23 postdoctoral fellowship
- $25,000
International Print Center New York · New York, NY · 2023
Grant for storywork: the prints of marie watt
- $25,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York, NY · 2023
Donation for tuan andrew nguyen exhibit
- $25,000
Hoover Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
McKnight Center for the Performing Arts · Stillwater, OK · 2022
General support
- $25,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Winterthur Museum Garden and Library · Winterarthur, DE · 2022
General support
- $24,333
Yessica Porras · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Asa research and travel award
- $24,000
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $23,261
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $23,000
McKnight Center for the Performing Arts · Stillwater, OK · 2023
General support
- $22,500
Elena Amerio · 2023
Pre-doctoral fellowship grant
- $22,500
Elena Amerio · 2022
Pre-doctoral fellowship grant
- $21,400
Electronic Arts Intermix · New York, NY · 2024
Publication grant
- $20,000
Cantor Art Museum Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Publication grant
- $20,000
Portland Museum of Art · Portland, ME · 2024
Publication grant
- $20,000
University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Exhibition support
- $20,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2022
General support
- $20,000
MIT List Visual Arts Center · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Parallel Studios · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Phoenix Art Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Smart Museum of Art · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $17,534
Ninel Valderrama · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Research award
- $17,500
Pilot Light · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Exhibition support
- $15,000
Rodrigo Villalobos Ruiz · 2024
Conservation grant
- $15,000
Utec · Lowell, MA · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Oklahoma State University Museum of Art · Stillwater, OK · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Vanina Estela Scocchera · 2022
Asa research and travel award
- $14,600
Ewa Kubiak · 2024
Research & travel award
- $12,500
American Friends of the Prado Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
- $12,000
State University of New York State · Stony Brook, NY · 2024
Seminar support
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