Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Dallas, TX · EIN 46-5446388. Reported 196 grants totalling $114.7M to 154 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $125 and the largest $35.1M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwab Charitable | Orlando, FL | $90.2M | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Schwab Donor Advised Fund | Santa Fe, NM | $12.2M | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Collegiate Edu-Nation | Roscoe, TX | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shirley Ryan Abilitylab Fka Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yavapai County | Prescott, AZ | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | Chicago, IL | $574,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $553,645 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Santa Fe Opera | Santa Fe, NM | $425,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Mexico School for the Arts | Sante Fe, NM | $415,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Enterprise Institute | Washington, DC | $341,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Site Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $310,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amarillo College | Amarillo, TX | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Golden Apple Foundation | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Mexico State University | Las Cruces, NM | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ngage New Mexico | Las Cruces, NM | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portland Art Museum | Portland, OR | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc Dba Seo Scholars | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Empower Schools | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mass Design Group | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $176,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $169,844 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Georgia O'keeffe Museum | Santa Fe, NM | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Phoenix Art Museum | Phoenix, AZ | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Scholarships | Dallas, TX | $123,197 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma State University Foundation | Stillwater, OK | $111,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival | Sante Fe, NM | $108,166 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Laura Vargas Murcia | Santa Fe, NM | $103,155 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asia Society Texas | Houston, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buffalo Fine Arts Academy | Buffalo, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creative Startups | Santa Fe, NM | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flagstaff Arts Council | Flagstaff, AZ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rooted Alliance | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shirley Ryan Abilitylab | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University College London | London | $82,508 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cnm Ingenuity Deep Dive | Albuquerque, NM | $76,650 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | Riverside, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Snow City Arts Foundation | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Think New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blanton Museum of Art | Austin, TX | $68,420 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Electronic Arts Intermix | New York, NY | $64,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| John Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Judd Foundation | Marfa, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | San Francisco, CA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asia Society Texas Center | Houston, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hoover Institution | Stanford, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indian Pueblo Cultural Center | Albuquerque, NM | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Myriad USA | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moving Arts Espanola | Espanola, NM | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parallel Studios Inc | Santa Fe, NM | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Dallas Foundation | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mcknight Center for the Performing Arts | Stillwater, OK | $48,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brain Research Foundation | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museo De Arte De Lima | Lima | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Berry Library | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ok Contemporary Arts Center | Oklahoma City, OK | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tucson Museum of Art | Tucson, AZ | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Universidad De Ingeniera Y Tecnologia | Lima | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carla Garcia | Buenos Aires | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillsboro Medical Center Foundation | Hillsboro, OR | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amon Carter Museum of Art | Fort Worth, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bard College | Annandaleonhudson, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Smarthistory | Pleasantville, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $26,011 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Prado Museum | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Autry Museum of the American West | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Opera | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Figge Art Museum | Davenport, IA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hoover Institution | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Print Center New York | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nakatomi Hajime | Taketa City | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Mexico Museum of Art | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Museum of Contemporary Art | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | Urbana, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Winterthur Museum Garden and Library | Winterarthur, DE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Writers Theatre | Glencoe, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | Chicago, IL | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rhizome Communications Inc | New York, NY | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cantor Art Museum Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Denver Art Museum | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| MIT List Visual Arts Center | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portland Museum of Art | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Smart Museum of Art | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Texas Foundation | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pilot Light | Chicago, IL | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Radius Books | Santa Fe, NM | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Armand Hammer Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma State University Museum of Art | Stillwater, OK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rodrigo Villalobos Ruiz | Queretaro | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Utec | Lowell, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ewa Kubiak | Lodz | $14,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation | Roswell, NM | $12,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| State University of New York State | Stony Brook, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Katherine Anne Mills | Santa Fe, NM | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Universidad De Los Andes | Santa Fe, Bogota | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fundacion De Osma Gildenmeister | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| High Plains Educational Cooperative | Ulysses, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morris Museum | Morristown, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of New Mexico Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nasher Sculpture Center | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nevada Museum of Art | Reno, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Mind Music Festival | Rutherford, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Fe Children's Museum | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Artists Coalition | Chicago, IL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baylor Scott Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation - Next Gen Awards | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Communities Foundation of Texas | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Art Museum | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kondo Massayo | Beppucity | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Katherine Mcallen | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Watanabe Chiaki | Yamanashi | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sofia Ortega-Guerrero | Oakland, CA | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Henrry Ibanez Mogrovejo | Stony Brook, NY | $3,350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Association for Latin American Art | Tampa, FL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Phillips Collection | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA of Polk County | Dallas, OR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Madelaine Benitez Daporta | Buenos Aires | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maria Belen Ballesta | Buenos Aires | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barbara Mundy | New Orleans, LA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carmen Fernandez-Salvador | Quito | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College Art Association | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carmen Fernandez-Salvador | Santa Fe, NM | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gabriela Siracusano | Buenos Aires | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Luisa Elena Alcala | Santa Fe, NM | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Natalila Majluf | Santa Fe, NM | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thomas Bf Cummins | Santa Fe, NM | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Daniela Serrano | Bogota | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jose Luis Lazarte | Brooklyn, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Laura Hartman | Dallas, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Allegra Burnette | Santa Fe, NM | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christopher Barr | Santa Fe, NM | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seema Rao | Santa Fe, NM | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Andre Gonzales | Santa Fe, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jose Luis Quispe Bejar | Cuzco | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Melissa Rinne | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monika Binsik | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Natalia Majluf Brahi | Lima | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Inc Dba Swaia | Santa Fe, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thomas Bf Cummins | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yuki Morishima | Berkeley, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Swaia Santa Fe Indian Market | Sante Fe, NM | $560 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cnm Ingenuity | Albuquerque, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Van Duzer Vineyards | Dallas, OR | $352 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mds Foundation | Yardville, NJ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dr Rita Hazen Educational Foundation | Ellwood City, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Taos Art Museum at Fechin House | Taos, NM | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
25 of 154 (16%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 30%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Portland Art Museum
JEFFREY GIBSON BIENNALE SUPPORT - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
DEDUCTIBLE PORTION OF 2023 SPIRIT OF SHAKESPEARE HOST COMMITTEE SPONSORSHIP - Myriad USA
EXHIB SUPPORT ELIAS SIME AT BIENNALE - New Berry Library
GRANT: SEEING RACE BEFORE RACE - Tucson Museum of Art
GRANT FOR CUMBI: TEXTILES, SOCIETY AND MEMORY IN ANDEAN SOUTH AMERICA - Amon Carter Museum of Art
GENERAL & EXHIBITION SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 96 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61 | $15.2M | $30,000 |
| 2022 | 40 | $24.4M | $27,500 |
| 2023 | 27 | $36.6M | $35,000 |
| 2024 | 68 | $38.5M | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation has 20 of them, worth $2,549,250. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Amarillo College | Amarillo, TX | $700,000 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $500,000 |
| Brain Research Foundation | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Rooted Alliance | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Creative Startups | Santa Fe, NM | $200,000 |
| Shirley Ryan Abilitylab | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | Urbana, IL | $75,000 |
| Laura Vargas Murcia | Santa Fe, NM | $60,000 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Radius Books | Santa Fe, NM | $50,000 |
| Asia Society Texas Center | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| Georgia O'keeffe Museum | Santa Fe, NM | $50,000 |
| Indian Pueblo Cultural Center | Albuquerque, NM | $50,000 |
| Moving Arts Espanola | Espanola, NM | $50,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 79% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1925 Cedar Springs Rd 205, Dallas, TX, 75201. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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