The Thompson Family Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Your work fits if it sits within the foundation's stated themes of historic preservation, arts and culture, medical research or community services, and its stated priority is New York.
- Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $10,000 and $350,000, and half of its grants to organisations were $50,000 or less, so a request near $50,000 is in line with typical giving, though its largest grant was about $2,100,000.
- The filing gives no deadlines and says the foundation accepts applications, which are submitted by email, so there is no set window to plan around.
- Repeat giving is strong, with 76% of its grant dollars to organisations in its most recent filing going to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so it is worth checking whether your organisation has been funded before and making a considered first approach.
Overview
The Thompson Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (broadwayworld.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 12 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation describes its giving as funding historic preservation, arts and culture, medical research and community services in and around New York. Its organisation grants have gone to a broad range of charitable bodies, including museums and performing arts organisations, parks and conservation groups, hospitals and research institutions, schools and universities, and organisations concerned with justice, education and community support. In the filings, grant purposes are generally described as helping recipients carry out their exempt functions rather than specifying a shared project purpose. This reflects a diverse portfolio rather than one narrow type of grantee.
Themes
- Historic preservation
- Arts and culture
- Medical research
- Community services
Geographic Focus
Priority: New York. (as reported in other published sources)
How to apply
Submit the required information by email.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 76% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 371 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 2%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 9% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 76% of grant dollars went to organisations The Thompson Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- 2% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (New Zealand).
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 143 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $50,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · To aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.$2,048,2412024 tax year
- Studio Museum in Harlem · To aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.$1,250,0002024 tax year
- Central Park Conservancy · To aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.$1,150,0002024 tax year
- Pioneer Works Center for Art and Innovation · To aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.$1,100,0002024 tax year
- Mystic Seaport · To aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.$1,100,0002024 tax year
- Joyce Theater Foundation · To aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Brigham and Women's Hospital · To aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.$948,1602024 tax year
- American Committee for Weizmann Institute · To aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.$720,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Jim Kallman — Treasurer / Director
- Charles Ay Thompson — Vice President / Director
- Amanda JT Riegel — President / Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $17,024,366 | $14,983,686 | $507,938,522 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $25,094,680 | $17,044,395 | $569,011,399 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $24,887,977 | $24,111,751 | $599,596,772 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Applying to The Thompson Family Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (212) 370-1570
- New York, NY