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Private foundation (trust)EIN 366051916Est. 1957-12

THE THORSON FOUNDATION

PO BOX CHI, IL 60680

Total Assets

$3.6M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$159K

FY 2023

Grants Made

52

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$3K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$250–$14K

Typical

Deadlines

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Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$103K

Total Expenses

$196K

Qualifying Distributions

$176K

Distributable Amount

$172K

Min. Investment Return

$173K

Undistributed Income

$144K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

52 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $250 through median $2K to maximum $14K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $177K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

55 grants

Recipient names are missing from the available filing data for some grants.

Alzheimers Foundation of America
$14K
1 grant
ACCA Inc
$14K
1 grant
Massachusetts General Hospital
$12K
1 grant
Noble and Greenough School
$11K
1 grant
Circus World MuseumWisconsin
$9K
1 grant
ALS Therapy Development Institute
$8K
1 grant
The American Legion
$6K
1 grant
Family of the Americas Foundation
$6K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

55 grants

<$10K
48
grants
$10–50K
4
grants
$50–250K
3
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

15 states

Illinois
$482K
76% of total
Massachusetts
$57K
9% of total
New York
$23K
4% of total
Virginia
$20K
3% of total
Florida
$15K
2% of total
Maryland
$10K
2% of total
Wisconsin
$9K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$8K
1% of total
Texas
$3K
0% of total
Tennessee
$2K
0% of total

+5 more states

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