Thomas W Haas Foundation

• The filings state that the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered, and the realistic route in is an existing connection.
• Its stated themes are conservation, education and public well-being, and it stresses partnership and attention to underserved voices, so a request should show how the work fits those areas.
• Most grants are modest: half of its grants to organisations were $5,000 or less and the median was $5,000, so a request near that size fits best.
• About 8 in 10 grants fall between $2,500 and $650,000, which is a typical band rather than a ceiling, since the largest grant was $4,500,000.
• Repeat giving is strong, with 83% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had also funded in the two earlier filings, so it appears relationship-led; no geographic focus is stated, and although its grants have mainly gone to Maine, New Hampshire, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and South Dakota, that is a pattern in the grants, not a rule about who may apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• NHCF · Charitable
  $4,500,0002024 tax year
• Building a Resilient Great Bay · Charitable
  $3,000,0002024 tax year
• Smithsonian Institution · Charitable
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• Rosebud Sioux Tribe · Charitable
  $1,189,3552024 tax year
• National Philanthropic Trust · Charitable
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• MGH Health Administration · Charitable
  $924,6002024 tax year
• Northern Forest Center Forest Fund Campaign · Charitable
  $750,0002024 tax year
• Nature Conservancy · Charitable
  $500,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.