Funding search · EIN 581754763 · New York, NY

The Thompson Charitable 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.

262
grants reported
$8.7M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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5 grants matching “workforce development · $512,500

  • $100,000

    Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board · Lebanon, VA · 2023

    Lets train program

  • $135,000

    Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board · Lebanon, VA · 2022

    Apprenticeship program

  • $100,000

    Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board · Lebanon, VA · 2022

    Lets train program

  • $100,000

    Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board · Lebanon, VA · 2022

    S-bee program

  • $77,500

    Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board · Lebanon, VA · 2022

    Project reconnect

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board5 grants · $512,500
  • Coalfield Water Development Fun D2 grants · $350,000
  • United Way of Southwest Virginia3 grants · $263,188
  • Virginia Community Capital2 grants · $208,333
  • Tazewell County Public Library2 grants · $208,000
  • Cumberland Plateau Planning District2 grants · $155,000
  • Buchanan County Youth2 grants · $150,000
  • Town of Tazewell2 grants · $147,980
  • Shora Foundation3 grants · $145,000
  • Four Seasons Ymca2 grants · $140,000

Giving over time

$3.1M
2022
$3.1M
2023
$2.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 262 grants.

  • $186,835

    Coalfield Water Development Fun D · Coeburn, VA · 2023

    Water project

  • $163,165

    Coalfield Water Development Fun D · Coeburn, VA · 2022

    Water project

  • $138,188

    United Way of Southwest Virginia · Abingdon, VA · 2022

    B&t childcare project

  • $135,000

    Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board · Lebanon, VA · 2022

    Apprenticeship program

  • $133,000

    Tazewell County Public Library · Tazewell, VA · 2023

    Building renovations

  • $125,000

    Cumberland Plateau Planning District · Lebanon, VA · 2024

    General

  • $125,000

    Virigina Community Capital (Locus Imapct · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General

  • $125,000

    Virginia Community Capital · Richmond, VA · 2023

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Sunset Holler · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General

  • $100,000

    Ywca Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    General

  • $100,000

    Historic Pocahontas · Pocahontas, VA · 2023

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Shora Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board · Lebanon, VA · 2023

    Lets train program

  • $100,000

    Tennessee Wesleyan University · Athens, TN · 2023

    Furniture purchase

  • $100,000

    Crab Orchard Museum · Tazewell, VA · 2022

    Building renovation

  • $100,000

    Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board · Lebanon, VA · 2022

    S-bee program

  • $100,000

    Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board · Lebanon, VA · 2022

    Lets train program

  • $100,000

    Town of Tazewell · Tazewell, VA · 2022

    Program support

  • $100,000

    United Way of Southwest Virginia · Abingdon, VA · 2022

    Hurley flood relief

  • $90,000

    Four Seasons Ymca · Tazewell, VA · 2023

    Equipment purchase

  • $83,333

    Virginia Community Capital · Richmond, VA · 2022

    Program support

  • $81,324

    Theatre Guild of Buchanan Co · Oakwood, VA · 2024

    General

  • $77,500

    Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board · Lebanon, VA · 2022

    Project reconnect

  • $75,000

    Care Center of Swva · Richlands, VA · 2024

    General

  • $75,000

    Buchanan County Youth · Vansant, VA · 2023

    Ram clinic

  • $75,000

    Appalachian Service Project · Johnson City, TN · 2022

    Program support

  • $75,000

    Buchanan County Youth · Vansant, VA · 2022

    Ram clinic

  • $75,000

    Fish Hospitality Pantries · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Building purchase/renovation

  • $75,000

    Tazewell County Public Library · Tazewell, VA · 2022

    Building renovations

  • $74,768

    Ymca of Buchanan County Va · Grundy, VA · 2023

    Program support

  • $72,555

    Appalachian Sustainable Development · Duffield, VA · 2022

    Program support

  • $60,000

    Teen Venture · Richlands, VA · 2024

    General

  • $60,000

    Wesley House Community Center · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Program support

  • $56,250

    Mission Dental · Bristol, VA · 2024

    General

  • $55,000

    Boys & Girls Club of the Cumberland Plat · Oneida, TN · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Central Appalachia · Grundy, VA · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tn Valley · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Caney Creek Community Center · Pippa Passes, KY · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Communites in Schools of Appalachian Hig · Bristol, VA · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Fdn for Appalachian Ky · Hazard, KY · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Girl Talk · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Helen Ross McNabb · Knxoville, TN · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Interfaith Health Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Manchester Memorial Hospital Dba Advent · Manchester, KY · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Tazewell Community Fdn · Tazewell, VA · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Appalachian Service Project · Johnson City, TN · 2023

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Appalachian Sustainable Development · Duffield, VA · 2023

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Bluegrass Care Navigators (Hospice of the Bluegrass Inc) · Lexington, KY · 2023

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Laurel Co Older Persons Activity Ctr · London, KY · 2023

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Leslie County Betterment · Hyden, KY · 2023

    Equipment purchase

  • $50,000

    Morgan Scott Project · Deer Lodge, TN · 2023

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Restoration House of East Tennessee (the Restoration House) · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Building renovations

  • $50,000

    Stinnett Area Community Center · Stinnett, KY · 2023

    Program support

  • $50,000

    The Salvation Army · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Thousandsticks Vol Fire & Rescue · Hyden, KY · 2023

    Program support

  • $50,000

    University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $50,000

    University of Virginia'S College at Wise Foundation · Wise, VA · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $50,000

    William King Museum of Art · Abingdon, VA · 2023

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $50,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Central Appalachia · Grundy, VA · 2022

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Daniel Boone Community Action Agency · Manchester, KY · 2022

    Clay county flood relief

  • $50,000

    East Tennessee Children'S Hospital · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Four Seasons Ymca · Tazewell, VA · 2022

    Equipment purchase

  • $50,000

    Helen Ross McNabb Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Recovery housing campaign

  • $50,000

    Restoration House of East Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Building renovations

  • $50,000

    University of Virginia'S College at Wise Foundation · Wise, VA · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $48,540

    Daniel Boone Community Action · Manchester, KY · 2024

    General

  • $47,980

    Town of Tazewell · Tazewell, VA · 2024

    General

  • $45,000

    Girls Inc of Tn Valley · Oak Ridge, TN · 2024

    General

  • $45,000

    Tazewell County Virginia-Burke'S Garden Vol Fire Dept · Tazewell, VA · 2022

    New fire station

  • $41,280

    Advent Health Manchester Foundation · Manchester, KY · 2022

    Equipment purchase

  • $40,000

    Olive Tree Early Learning · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    General

  • $40,000

    Stinnett Area Community Center · Stinnet, KY · 2024

    General

  • $40,000

    Ymca of Buchanan Co · Grundy, VA · 2024

    General

  • $40,000

    Appalachian College of Pharmacy · Oakwood, VA · 2023

    Technology upgrades

  • $40,000

    Right Fork Elementary School Center · Stoney Fork, KY · 2023

    Playground equipment

  • $40,000

    Big Creek Mission · Bear Branch, KY · 2022

    Vehicle purchase

  • $40,000

    Girl Talk · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Program support

  • $40,000

    Leslie County Betterment · Hyden, KY · 2022

    Equipment purchase

  • $40,000

    Stinnett Area Community Center · Stinnett, KY · 2022

    Program support

  • $34,000

    Reboot Recovery · Pleasant View, TN · 2024

    General

  • $31,066

    Lily Fire & Rescue · Lily, KY · 2022

    Equipment purchase

  • $31,000

    Remote Area Medical · Rockford, TN · 2023

    Program support

  • $30,000

    Appalachian School of Law · Grundy, VA · 2024

    General

  • $30,000

    Fostering Hope Tn · Farragut, TN · 2024

    General

  • $30,000

    Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge · Oak Ridge, TN · 2024

    General

  • $30,000

    Salvation Army - Knoxville Area Command · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    General

  • $30,000

    Appalachian Literary Initiative · Bristol, TN · 2023

    Books purchase

  • $30,000

    Carecuts · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Equipment purchase

  • $30,000

    Compassion Counseling · Maryville, TN · 2023

    Program support

  • $30,000

    Cumberland Plateau Planning District · Lebanon, VA · 2023

    Program support

  • $30,000

    Feeding My Sheep · Vansant, VA · 2023

    Vehicle purchase

  • $30,000

    Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge · Oak Ridge, TN · 2023

    Diagnostic/medication costs

  • $30,000

    Appalachian Literary Initiative · Bristol, TN · 2022

    Books purchase

  • $30,000

    Housing Development Alliance · Hazard, KY · 2022

    Program support

  • $30,000

    Knoxville Leadership Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Program support

  • $30,000

    Richard Williams Leadership Development Academy · Alcoa, TN · 2022

    Program support

  • $28,250

    Pregnancy Resource Center · Maryville, TN · 2023

    Supplies purchase

  • $27,500

    Interfaith Health Clinic · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Patient visits/lab costs

  • $26,794

    Richlands Youth Baseball Boosters Club · Pounding Mill, VA · 2023

    Field renovations

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.