Funding search · EIN 371221883 · Michigan City, IN

James W Thornton Family Foundation

Name: James W Thornton Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

57
grants reported: $26,706
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $300
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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Salvation Army3 grants · $6,000
Music of the Baroque3 grants · $3,000
The Ethel Walker School3 grants · $1,800
Greater Chicago Food Depository2 grants · $1,550
Wttw 113 grants · $1,500
Wfmt Radio3 grants · $1,500
World Wildlife Fund3 grants · $1,050
Planned Parenthood2 grants · $1,032
Illinois Nature Conservancy3 grants · $1,019
American Red Cross3 grants · $908

Giving over time

$9,200

2022

$8,575

2023

$8,931

2024

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$2,000
Salvation Army · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
Salvation Army · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Salvation Army · Carol Stream, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Music of the Baroque · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Music of the Baroque · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Music of the Baroque · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$850
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$700
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$700
Greater Chicago Food Depos · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$600
The Ethel Walker School · Simsbury, CT · 2024
General purpose
$600
The Ethel Walker School · Simsbury, CT · 2023
General purpose
$600
The Ethel Walker School · Simsbury, CT · 2022
General purpose
$516
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$516
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$500
Wfmt Radio · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$500
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$500
Wttw 11 · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$500
Wfmt Radio · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$500
Wttw 11 · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$500
The Antiquarian Society · Kenilworth, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Wfmt Radio · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Wttw 11 · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$360
Illinois Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$350
Illinois Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$309
Illinois Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$308
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2023
General purpose
$300
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
General purpose
$300
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$300
Salisbury School · Salisbury, CT · 2024
General purpose
$300
The Antiquarian Society · Kenilworth, IL · 2023
General purpose
$300
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
General purpose
$300
Denison University Annual Fund · Granville, OH · 2022
General purpose
$300
Duke University Annual Fund · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose
$300
Easter Seals · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$300
Salisbury School · Salisbury, CT · 2022
General purpose
$300
The National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$300
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$250
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$250
Aurora Regional Fire Museum · Aurora, IL · 2022
General purpose
$210
Alliance for Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$207
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$206
Easter Seals · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$200
Alliance for Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$200
Bga Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$200
Chatham Hall Annual Fund · Chatham, VA · 2024
General purpose
$200
Denison University Annual Fund · Granville, OH · 2024
General purpose
$200
Duke University Annual Fund · Durham, NC · 2024
General purpose
$200
Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$200
Bga Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$200
Denison University Annual Fund · Granville, OH · 2023
General purpose
$200
Duke University Annual Fund · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose
$200
Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$200
Salisbury School · Salisbury, CT · 2023
General purpose
$200
Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$200
Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$150
Bga Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$124
Easter Seals · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose

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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.