Funding search · EIN 311704650 · Falls Church, VA

Adele M Thomas 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.

338
grants reported
$2.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington4 grants · $255,000
  • Planned Parenthood South Atlantic5 grants · $250,000
  • St Katherine Greek Orthodox Church4 grants · $142,500
  • Falls Church Presbyterian Church11 grants · $122,750
  • Kennedy Center4 grants · $100,000
  • Literacy Council of Northern Virginia3 grants · $100,000
  • National Gallery of Art4 grants · $95,000
  • Planned Parenthood Montana3 grants · $95,000
  • Library of Congress4 grants · $85,500
  • Deep Springs College4 grants · $81,000

Giving over time

$400,060
2022
$487,435
2023
$673,250
2024
$634,900
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 338 grants.

  • $140,000

    Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington · Washington, DC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $110,000

    St Katherine Greek Orthodox Church · Falls Church, VA · 2024

    Capital campaign

  • $75,000

    Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

    Capital campaign

  • $45,000

    Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $45,000

    Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $45,000

    Planned Parenthood Montana · Billings, MT · 2023

    General purposes

  • $45,000

    Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $45,000

    Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $40,000

    Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $40,000

    Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · Chaptel Hill, NC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $35,000

    English Empowerment Center · Falls Church, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $35,000

    Literacy Council of Northern Virginia · Falls Church, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $35,000

    Literacy Council of Northern Virginia · Falls Church, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $32,250

    Falls Church Presbyterian Church · Falls Church, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $30,000

    Children'S Literacy Project (Was Augustine Literacy) · Durham, NC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $30,000

    St John'S College · Annapolis, MD · 2025

    General purposes

  • $30,000

    Falls Church Presbyterian Church · Falls Church, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $30,000

    Literacy Council of Northern Virginia · Falls Church, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $30,000

    Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Deep Springs College · Dyer, NV · 2025

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Kennedy Center · Washington, DC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    National Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Planned Parenthood Montana · Billings, MT · 2025

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Kennedy Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    National Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Planned Parenthood Montana · Billings, MT · 2024

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Falls Church Presbyterian Church · Falls Church, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Kennedy Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    National Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Falls Church Presbyterian Church · Falls Church, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Kennedy Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $23,000

    Deep Springs College · Dyer, NV · 2024

    General purposes

  • $22,500

    Library of Congress · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support music program

  • $21,500

    Library of Congress · Washington, DC · 2024

    Concert sponsorship

  • $21,500

    Library of Congress · Washington, DC · 2023

    Music support

  • $20,000

    Chautauqua Foundation · Chautauqua, NY · 2025

    Piano purchase

  • $20,000

    Library of Congress · Washington, DC · 2025

    Concert sponsorship

  • $20,000

    National Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $18,000

    Deep Springs College · Dyer, NV · 2023

    General purposes

  • $17,500

    Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $16,000

    Washington Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    All God'S Children Umc · Aulander, NC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Children'S Literacy Project · Durham, NC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    St John'S College · Annapolis, MD · 2024

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Washington Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Children'S Literacy Project · Durham, NC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Washington Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Deep Springs College · Dyer, NV · 2022

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Tidelines Institute · Gustavus, AK · 2022

    Capital campaign

  • $14,000

    St John'S College · Annapolis, MD · 2023

    General purposes

  • $14,000

    St John'S College · Annapolis, MD · 2022

    General purposes

  • $14,000

    Washington Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $12,500

    St Katherine Greek Orthodox Church · Falls Church, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,500

    Chautauqua Opera · Chautauqua, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,500

    Chautauqua Opera · Chautauqua, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Mary'S Center · Washington, DC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Steel Magnolia Moms · Houston, TX · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    All God'S Children Umc · Aulander, NC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Chautauqua Foundation (Pianos) · Chautauqua, NY · 2024

    Piano purchase

  • $10,000

    Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Mary'S Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Yale Law School · New Haven, CT · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    All God'S Children Umc · Aulander, NC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Chautauqua Foundation (Pianos) · Chautauqua, NY · 2023

    Piano purchase

  • $10,000

    St Katherine Greek Orthodox Church · Falls Church, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Yale Law School · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $10,000

    All God'S Children Umc · Aulander, NC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Chautauqua Foundation (Pianos) · Chautauqua, NY · 2022

    Piano purchase

  • $10,000

    Deep Springs College (Piano Rebuild) · Dyer, NV · 2022

    Piano rebuilding

  • $10,000

    St Katherine Greek Orthodox Church · Falls Church, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $8,000

    Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2025

    General purposes

  • $8,000

    International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2025

    General purposes

  • $7,500

    Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $7,500

    Mary'S Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $7,500

    Mary'S Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $6,500

    University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2025

    General purposes

  • $6,500

    University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $6,000

    Appalachian Trail Conservancy · Harpers Ferry, WV · 2024

    Reliance fund

  • $6,000

    Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2024

    General purposes

  • $6,000

    International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2024

    General purposes

  • $6,000

    University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $6,000

    University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Dickinson College · Carlisle, PA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Houston Grand Opera · Houston, TX · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Yellowstone Forever (Bat Related Research) · Bozeman, MT · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Dickinson College · Carlisle, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Falls Church Presbyterian Church · Falls Church, VA · 2024

    Relief

  • $5,000

    Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Dickinson College · Carlisle, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Zion Canyon Mesa · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Dickinson College · Carlisle, PA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2022

    General purposes

  • $4,500

    Falls Church Education Foundation · Falls Church, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $4,500

    Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2024

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    Indiana University Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    Indiana University Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    General purposes

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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.