Funding search · EIN 464274950 · Boston, MA

The Thorne Cox Family Foundation

Name: The Thorne Cox 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.

61
grants reported: $2.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

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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.

Avenue Concept2 grants · $295,000
Friends of Katahdin Woods and Water2 grants · $250,000
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation1 grant · $250,000
Bay Chamber Concerts2 grants · $207,500
Maine Coast Heritage Trust2 grants · $200,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College3 grants · $200,000
The Avenue Concept1 grant · $100,000
Refugepoint1 grant · $100,000
United States Ski and Snowboard Association2 grants · $90,000
United States Ski Team Foundation2 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

$915,000

2022

$727,000

2023

$572,149

2024

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation · Lewiston, ME · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$195,000
Avenue Concept · Providence, RI · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$125,000
Friends of Katahdin Woods and Water · Portland, ME · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$125,000
Friends of Katahdin Woods and Water · Portland, ME · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$107,500
Bay Chamber Concerts · Rockport, ME · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$100,000
Bay Chamber Concerts · Rockport, ME · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$100,000
Avenue Concept · Providence, RI · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$100,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$100,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$100,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$100,000
Refugepoint · Boston, MA · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$100,000
The Avenue Concept · Providence, RI · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$50,000
Middlesex School · Concord, MA · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$50,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$50,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$45,000
United States Ski and Snowboard Association · Boston, MA · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$45,000
United States Ski and Snowboard Association · Boston, MA · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$45,000
United States Ski Team Foundation · Park City, UT · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$45,000
United States Ski Team Foundation · Park City, UT · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$31,200
National Debutante Cotillion Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$25,000
Boston Impact Initiative · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$25,000
Milton Academy · Milton, MA · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$25,000
Milton Academy · Milton, MA · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$25,000
Milton Academy · Milton, MA · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$20,000
Rockport Library Foundation · Rockport, ME · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$20,000
Council for Economic Education · New York, NY · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$20,000
Land Conservancy of North Kingstown · North Kingstown, RI · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$15,000
Issue One · Washington, DC · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$10,000
Maine Public Broadcasting Corp · Lewiston, ME · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$10,000
Presidents and Fellows of Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$10,000
American Repertory Theatre Co · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$10,000
Issue One · Washington, DC · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$10,000
American Repertory Theatre Co · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$10,000
Amos House · Providence, RI · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$10,000
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute · Miami, FL · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$10,000
Knox County Homeless Coalition · Rockland, ME · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$6,624
The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum · Rockland, ME · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Imagine North Carolina First · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Knox County Homeless Coalition · Rockland, ME · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Lifeflight Foundation · Camden, ME · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Ymca of the USA · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Freshgrass Public Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Knox County Homeless Coalition · Rockland, ME · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Lifeflight Foundation · Camden, ME · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum · Rockland, ME · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Yale School of Architecture · New Haven, CT · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Ymca of the USA · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Lifeflight Foundation · Camden, ME · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum · Rockland, ME · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$5,000
Wickford Sailing Association · North Kingstown, RI · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$2,500
Haus of Codec · Providence, RI · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$2,500
Pvd World Music Institute · Providence, RI · 2022
Operations budget assistance
$1,500
Bay Shore Center · Port Norris, NJ · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$1,500
Conanicut Island Sailing Foundation · Jamestown, RI · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$1,500
Providence Public Library · Providence, RI · 2023
Operations budget assistance
$1,325
Rockport Library Foundation · Rockport, ME · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$1,000
Aspen Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$1,000
Living Observatory · Plymouth, MA · 2024
Operations budget assistance
$1,000
Rocky Mountain Public Media · Denver, CO · 2024
Operations budget assistance

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