Grants awarded
Who does Wc and Ej Thornton Foundation fund?
Wc and Ej Thornton Foundation has awarded $939,000 across 137 grants to 77 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $1,000, with most between $1,000 and $8,500. Repeat grantees receive a median $3,500 versus $1,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$939K
Typical grant
$1K
Grantees
77
Grants
137
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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$167K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| B Bold | $130K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Maine College of Art and Design | $95K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$65K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $62K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$50K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Cleveland Institute of Music
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$45K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
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$41K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CO | |
| L Local Theater Company | $22K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society
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$20K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| F Fora | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Boldorg | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
College Now Greater Cleveland INC
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$18K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| I Individual recipient | $16K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Colorado Photographic Arts Center INC
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$15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| L Leap of Joy | $12K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Merrick House
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$8K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
| S Scholarship America | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C College Now | $5K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Coastal Children's Museum | $4K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Maine Blue Collar Scholarship Found | $4K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$3K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$3K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| T Talespinner Childrens Theater | $3K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Summit Artspace
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$3K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| E El Paso Society for Musicians of Th | $3K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Transformative Justice Project of C | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N National Center for Children's Illu | $2K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Macon Trust | $2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Colorado Black Cube Museum | $2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Highland Youth Garden INC | $2K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
| T The Mayfly Project | $2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| A Artspark | $2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Trekkers INC
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$2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | OH | |
| F Ft Bend Children's Discovery Museum | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Elevate Dallas
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
Maine Alliance for Arts Education
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$1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Loveland Youth Gardeners
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
| N National Center for Childrens Illu | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Access Gallery
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$1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| I Imagine America | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Dayton International Peace Museum INC
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$1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | OH | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
Youth on Record
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I International Womens Air and Space | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Artvan
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | ME | |
| T The Texas Association of Developing | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | OH | |
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| S Stages Youth Theater | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Peak Education
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
| G Gateway Community Services | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Hearts for Music Ohio | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Maine Robotics Fund | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Music and Magic of Maine | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| E Essie S Girls INC | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| J Jessie Combs Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | ME | |
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | OH | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Maine Foodscapes INC | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | ME | |
| G Guiding Light Mentoring | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | OH | |
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| M Music Bridge INC | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
| K Kidstek at Pcs for People | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Luminaria
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| A Athens Photo Project | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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