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 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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Top recipients
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- 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
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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