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Flora L Thornton Foundation

Name: Flora L Thornton Foundation grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

209
grants reported: $7.2M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Greenbelt Alliance3 grants · $420,000
Environmental Defense Fund3 grants · $300,000
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust (Daf) #9464x7392 grants · $290,000
As You Sow3 grants · $270,000
The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $270,000
Usc2 grants · $225,000
Southern Environmental Law Center3 grants · $210,000
Center for Environmental Health3 grants · $210,000
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (Glaza)3 grants · $205,000
Library Foundation of Los Angeles3 grants · $200,000

Giving over time

$2.5M

2021

$2.5M

2022

$2.2M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 209 grants.

$260,000
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust (Daf) #9464x739 · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
$200,000
Usc · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$140,000
Greenbelt Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$140,000
Greenbelt Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$140,000
Greenbelt Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
$100,000
As You Sow · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Environmental Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
As You Sow · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Environmental Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Environmental Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
$90,000
The Nature Conservancy · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$90,000
The Nature Conservancy · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$90,000
The Nature Conservancy · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$85,000
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (Glaza) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$85,000
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (Glaza) · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$85,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2021
General support
$80,000
University of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2021
General support
$75,000
California Science Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Library Foundation of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Library Foundation of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$70,000
African Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$70,000
Center for Environmental Health · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$70,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$70,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General support
$70,000
Center for Environmental Health · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$70,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General support
$70,000
As You Sow · Oakland, CA · 2021
General support
$70,000
Center for Environmental Health · Oakland, CA · 2021
General support
$70,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2021
General support
$65,000
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$65,000
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$60,000
Population Media Center · South Burlington, VT · 2023
General support
$60,000
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$60,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$60,000
Population Media Center · South Burlington, VT · 2022
General support
$60,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$60,000
Population Media Center · South Burlington, VT · 2021
General support
$60,000
Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
$55,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023
General support
$55,000
The Climate Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
General support
$55,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$55,000
Pepperwood Foundation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
General support
$55,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
General support
$55,000
The Climate Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
General support
$55,000
Pepperwood Foundation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021
General support
$55,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2021
General support
$50,000
Cpmc Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Pacific Forest Trust · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$50,000
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
California Science Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Trust for Public Land · Pasadena, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
California Science Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$50,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$50,000
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$50,000
Library Foundation of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$50,000
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$50,000
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
$45,000
Save the Redwoods League · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$45,000
African Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$45,000
Save the Redwoods League · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$45,000
Save the Redwoods League · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
$45,000
Wild Aid · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$40,000
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$40,000
Dalberg Catalyst · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$40,000
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2021
General support
$40,000
Preventing Future Pandemics · Cambridge, MA · 2021
General support
$40,000
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$35,000
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (Glaza) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$35,000
Pepperwood Foundation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
General support
$35,000
Rising Artist Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$35,000
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$35,000
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$35,000
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust (Daf) #9464x739 · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Muse-Ique · Pasadena, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Muse-Ique · Pasadena, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Wild Aid · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$30,000
Children of Conservation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$30,000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$30,000
Muse-Ique · Pasadena, CA · 2021
General support
$30,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
$30,000
The Climate Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021
General support
$30,000
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
$25,000
Center for Science in the Public Interest · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Classical California Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Los Angeles Conservancy · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Students Run La · Tarzana, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Usc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support

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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.