Funding search · EIN 431885761 · Bluffton, SC

The Thorpe Family Foundation

Name: The Thorpe 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.

74
grants reported: $107,696
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $200
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

educational

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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.

Heritage Classic Foundation3 grants · $30,600
Lowcountry Presbyterian Church3 grants · $28,570
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $11,000
Hilton Head Choral Society3 grants · $7,600
Harvard Medical School3 grants · $6,000
South Carolina Nurse Retention Init2 grants · $5,100
Burgundy Farm Country Day School3 grants · $3,000
Lean Ensemble1 grant · $2,500
St Lawrence University3 grants · $2,425
American Orthopedic Association2 grants · $2,000

Giving over time

$34,750

2022

$35,373

2023

$37,573

2024

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

$14,050
Heritage Classic Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Charitable
$11,550
Heritage Classic Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Lowcountry Presbyterian Church · Bluffton, SC · 2022
Charitable
$9,560
Lowcountry Presbyterian Church · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Charitable
$9,010
Lowcountry Presbyterian Church · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Charitable
$5,500
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Hilton Head Choral Society · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Heritage Classic Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
South Carolina Nurse Retention Init · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Charitable
$3,500
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Lean Ensemble · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2024
Educational
$2,000
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2023
Educational
$2,000
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2022
Educational
$1,600
Hilton Head Choral Society · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Charitable
$1,425
St Lawrence University · Canton, NY · 2024
Charitable
$1,250
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Burgundy Farm Country Day School · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
American Orthopedic Association · Rosemont, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Burgundy Farm Country Day School · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
San Francisco Chanticleer · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Educational
$1,000
American Orthopedic Association · Rosemont, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Burgundy Farm Country Day School · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Hilton Head Choral Society · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Hilton Head International Piano Com · Hilton Head, SC · 2022
Charitable
$500
St Lawrence University · Canton, NY · 2023
Charitable
$500
St Lawrence University · Canton, NY · 2022
Charitable
$400
Lean Ensemble Theater · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Charitable
$350
Community Foundation of the Lowcoun · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Charitable
$250
Belfair 1811 Charitable Fund · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Charitable
$250
Harvard Club of New York City · New York City, NY · 2023
Charitable
$200
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Charitable
$200
Family Promise of Beaufort · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Charitable
$200
Volunteers in Medicine · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Charitable
$200
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Charitable
$200
Volunteers in Medicine · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Charitable
$200
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2022
Charitable
$200
Volunteers in Medicine · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Charitable
$145
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Educational
$135
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Charitable
$125
Princeton University Class of 1969 · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
Charitable
$100
Child Abuse Prevention Association · Beaufort, SC · 2024
Charitable
$100
Coastal Discovery Museum · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Educational
$100
Le Bonheur Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable
$100
Princeton Club of Hilton Head · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Charitable
$100
Princetonians for Free Speech · Burlingame, CA · 2024
Educational
$100
South Carolina Nurse Retention Init · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Charitable
$100
Spoleto Festival USA · Charleston, SC · 2024
Charitable
$100
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Educational
$100
Alzheimer'S Association · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2023
Charitable
$100
Coastal Discovery Museum · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Educational
$100
Hopeful Horizons · Beaufort, SC · 2023
Charitable
$100
Prager University · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
Educational
$100
Princeton Club of Hilton Head · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Charitable
$100
Princetonians for Free Speech · Burlingame, CA · 2023
Educational
$100
Spoleto Festival USA · Charleston, SC · 2023
Charitable
$100
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Educational
$100
Water Mission · N Charleston, SC · 2023
Charitable
$100
Hopeful Horizons · Beaufort, SC · 2022
Charitable
$100
Princeton Club of Hilton Head · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Charitable
$100
Spoleto Festival USA · Charleston, SC · 2022
Charitable
$100
St Vincent De Paul Parish · Cape Girardeau, MO · 2022
Charitable
$100
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
Educational
$68
Wreaths Across America · Columbia Falls, ME · 2024
Charitable
$68
Wreaths Across America · Columbia Falls, ME · 2023
Charitable
$50
Friends of the Bluffton Library · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Charitable
$50
Harvard Magazine · Boston, MA · 2024
Educational
$50
Prager University · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
Educational
$50
Friends of the Bluffton Library · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Charitable
$50
Hillsdale College · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational
$50
Friends of the Bluffton Library · Bluffton, SC · 2022
Charitable
$50
Harvard Magazine · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Charitable
$10
First Tee of the Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Charitable

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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.