Walter J & Holly O Thomson Charitable Foundation
EIN 30-6268353 · files IRS 990-PF
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 139 grants · $5.1m
Who it funds most
39 of its 44 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Walter J & Holly O Thomson Charitable Foundation's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2023, filing 202433069349100808
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IRS 990-PF | 202631249349102108 | IRS batch file |
| 2024 | IRS 990-PF | 202541229349102104 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS 990-PF | 202433069349100808 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS 990-PF | 202313009349101216 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS 990-PF | 202202739349100915 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS 990-PF | 202122639349100022 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Walter J & Holly O Thomson Charitable Foundation made 348 grants across 2020–2025, totalling $13.1m as filed.
- Grants
- 348
- Total, as filed
- $13.1m
- Years
- 2020–2025
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| FOOD BANK OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY | 6 | $535.0k |
| MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST | 6 | $395.0k |
| DIRECT RELIEF | 6 | $365.0k |
| LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY | 6 | $350.0k |
| LOBERO THEATRE FOUNDATION | 6 | $315.0k |
| MIDNIGHT MISSION | 5 | $300.0k |
| LOS ANGELES CONSERVATION CORPS | 6 | $289.0k |
| TRANSITION HOUSE | 6 | $280.0k |
| SANTA BARBARA HUMANE SPCA | 5 | $270.0k |
| CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FDN | 6 | $265.0k |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT WALLS-SANTA BARBARA | 6 | $250.0k |
| SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION | 6 | $250.0k |
| WILDERNESS YOUTH PROJECT INC | 6 | $250.0k |
| BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC | 6 | $245.0k |
| SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | 6 | $240.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 54 | $2.0m |
| 2021 | 59 | $2.1m |
| 2022 | 58 | $2.5m |
| 2023 | 58 | $2.1m |
| 2024 | 60 | $2.1m |
| 2025 | 59 | $2.2m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-306268353. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified