Thornwell Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests and lists its application method as by invitation only, so do not send a cold application; the realistic route in is a personal introduction or a connection built beforehand.
- Its grants are mostly modest, with half of its 89 grants to organisations at $10,000 or less and a median of $10,000, so a request around that figure matches its usual giving, though its largest grant was $250,000.
- Repeat support is significant, as 60% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so a first gift should be seen as the start of a longer relationship.
- The filings show grants mainly in Ohio, Florida and Georgia, but no geographic focus is stated, so an organisation elsewhere should not assume it is excluded, though checking the fit before any approach is sensible.
- Its grants span schools, addiction treatment, youth and family services, veterans' groups, food assistance, legal aid and health care, so a broad social-service or community organisation has a plausible match.
Overview
Thornwell Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Atlanta, GA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Recorded grants went to varied charitable organisations, including schools, addiction-treatment centres, youth and family services, veterans’ organisations, food-assistance groups, and legal-aid and health-care providers. Most purposes are listed simply as support for charity; other recorded purposes include scholarships, drug treatment, veteran welfare and rehabilitation, fresh food access, early childhood education and after-school programmes, and help with homelessness, hunger and poverty. The grants therefore show broad support across education, social services, health and community assistance, rather than a single stated funding field.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Ohio, Florida and Georgia.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 60% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 89 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
3 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 15% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 60% of grant dollars went to organisations Thornwell Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 25% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 42 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $20,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- People Working Cooperatively · To Support Charity$250,0002025 tax year
- The Boyce L. Ansley School · To Support Charity$150,0002025 tax year
- Raymond James Charitable · To Support Charity$101,4872025 tax year
- Raymond James Charitable · To Support Charity$101,4532025 tax year
- Meals on Wheels Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky · To Support Charity$100,0002025 tax year
- Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio · To Support Charity$100,0002025 tax year
- CISE · To Support Charity$100,0002025 tax year
- Greater Cincinnati Foundation · To Support Charity$100,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Timothy Edward Stautberg — Treasurer
- Katherine Conrad Thornwell — Secretary
- Rembert Marshall Thornwell — Director
- Katherine Thornwell Stautberg — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $274,498 | $242,500 | $3,813,263 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $989,622 | $597,500 | $51,878,969 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $2,380,736 | $1,792,939 | $55,465,804 | Filing for 2025 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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Contact
- Atlanta, GA