Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation Inc
Falls Church, VA · EIN 31-1704650. Reported 427 grants totalling $2,568,670 to 142 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation Inc 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $140,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington | Washington, DC | $285,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood South Atlantic | Chapel Hill, NC | $285,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Falls Church Presbyterian Church | Falls Church, VA | $149,000 | 12 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Katherine Greek Orthodox Church | Falls Church, VA | $142,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kennedy Center | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Gallery of Art | Washington, DC | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Library of Congress | Washington, DC | $103,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Literacy Council of Northern Virginia | Falls Church, VA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Deep Springs College | Dyer, NV | $96,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Montana | Billings, MT | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St John's College | Annapolis, MD | $87,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Washington Performing Arts | Washington, DC | $71,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| All God's Children UMC | Aulander, NC | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chautauqua Institution | Chautauqua, NY | $51,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mary's Center | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chautauqua Foundation | Chautauqua, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| English Empowerment Center | Falls Church, VA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chautauqua Foundation (pianos) | Chautauqua, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Literacy Project | Durham, NC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Literacy Project (was Augustine Literacy) | Durham, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of the Cumberlands | Williamsburg, KY | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Yale Law School | New Haven, CT | $30,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bat Conservation International | Austin, TX | $27,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| International Crane Foundation | Baraboo, WI | $27,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dickinson College | Carlisle, PA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Literacy Council of N Virginia | Falls Church, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tidelines Institute | Gustavus, AK | $22,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chautauqua Opera | Chautauqua, NY | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Kanab, UT | $20,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $20,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Katherine's Greek Orthodox Church | Falls Church, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood of Montana | Billings, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indiana University Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Steel Magnolia Moms | Houston, TX | $14,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Augustine Literacy Project | Chapel Hill, NC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maya Education Foundation | Well Fleet, MA | $12,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Remote Area Medical | Rockford, TN | $12,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Deep Springs College (piano Rebuild) | Dyer, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| House of Ruth | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Appalachian Trail Conservancy | Harpers Ferry, WV | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation | Columbus, OH | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Samaratin Inns | Washington, DC | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| International Assoc of Women Judges | Washington, DC | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| N Street Village | Washington, DC | $8,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Yale Law School Fund | New Haven, CT | $8,500 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Falls Church Education Foundation | Falls Church, VA | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Smithsonian Associates | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Catching the Dream | Albuquerque, NM | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $6,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kappa Kappa Gama Foundation | Columbus, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Unity Club Inc | Falls Church, VA | $5,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Zion Canyon Mesa | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Houston Grand Opera | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| International Association of Women Judges | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Building Museum | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Shenandoah National Park Trust | Charlottesville, VA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Yellowstone Forever (bat Related Research) | Bozeman, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Yosemite Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bethany House of No Va | Alexandria, VA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bethany House of Nova | Alexandria, VA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 122 East 66TH Street Foundation | New York, NY | $4,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Haven Museum | New Haven, CT | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Rome Chamber Music Festival | New York, NY | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The English Concert in America | New Canan, CT | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bcc High School Ed Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bcc High School Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Indiana University | Indianapolis, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Assoc of Women Judges (afghan Women Judges) | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Aquarium | Baltimore, MD | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Paul Sherwin Project Inc | Hilton Head, SC | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Phillips Collection | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Washington Ballet | Washington, DC | $2,960 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Vocal Arts DC | Washington, DC | $2,550 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Exotic Feline Rescue Center | Center Point, IN | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Smithsonian National Zoo | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Tidewater Institute | Gustavus, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yale University (manuscripts & Archives) | New Haven, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Young Concert Artists | New York, NY | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends Without a Border | New York, NY | $2,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Virginia Opera | Richmond, VA | $2,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brown Pembroke Center Associates | Providence, RI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Falling Water | Mill Run, PA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pet Florida | Penney Farms, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Potomac Appalachian Trail Club | Vienna, VA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cornwall Cemetery Association | Cornwall, CT | $1,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Opera Support the Met Broadcast | New York, NY | $1,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum | Washington, DC | $1,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Bcc Hs Education Foundation | Bethesday, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boston Boroque | Belmont, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chautauqua Dance Circle | Chautauqua, NY | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Samaritan Inns | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | Williamsburg, VA | $1,450 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Opera Guild | New York, NY | $1,350 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Frick Collection | New York, NY | $1,335 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts | Washington, DC | $1,150 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Massanutten Regional Library | Harisenburg, VA | $1,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ahcc Asylum Hill Congregational Church | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Akc Reunite | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animal Welfare League of Arlington | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bethany House of No Virginia | Alexandia, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Folger Shakespeare Theatre | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pet Penney Farms | Penney Farms, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Smitsonian American Art Museum | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mary Riley Styles Pub Lib Found Inc | Falls Church, VA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mary Riley Styles Public Foundation Inc | Falls Church, VA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brown Alumni Magazine | Providence, RI | $750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Shakespear Theatre Co | Washington, DC | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wolf Trap Foundation | Vienna, VA | $650 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Elizabeth Seton Hs | Bladensburg, MD | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Georgetown University Women's Law Fellows | Washington, DC | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University-Women's Law Fellowships | Washington, DC | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shakespeare Theatre Co | Washington, DC | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Applachian Trail Conservancy | Harpers Ferry, WV | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conservation Nation | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Riverside, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chautauqua Opera Guild | Chautauqua, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fallingwater | Mill Run, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Potomac Appalichian Trail Club | Vienna, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Paul Sherwen Project Inc | Hilton Head, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Potomac Applachian Trail Club | Vienna, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save All the Pets | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington English Center | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston Boraque | Belmont, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carnegie Hall Corporation | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elizabeth Seton High School | Bladensburg, MD | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Blue Ridge Pkwy | Roanoke, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Blueridge Pkwy | Roanoke, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway | Roanoke, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mary Riley Styles Public Library Foundation | Falls Church, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metropolitian Opera Support the Broadcast | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| UCLA Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 92ND Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brown University for Pembroke | Providence, RI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Waiana Library | Waialua, HI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Folger Shakespear Theatre | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morgan Library & Museum | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue | Frederick, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shriver Hall Concert Series Suite 14 | Baltimore, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beta Gamma Sigma | Maryland Heights, MD | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
91 of 142 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 76%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Falls Church Presbyterian Church
General Purposes and Haiti relief - Chautauqua Institution
Piano purchases and piano program - International Association of Women Judges
Assist Afgan women judges - Mary's Center
General purposesand Covid related relief - University of the Cumberlands
General purposes &Covid related relief - Georgetown University
Women's Law &Public Policy
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 175 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 88 | $370,525 | $550 |
| 2022 | 87 | $402,560 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 86 | $487,435 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 86 | $673,250 | $1,250 |
| 2025 | 80 | $634,900 | $1,500 |
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.
Where its money goes
32% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- 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 Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 304 Buxton Road, Falls Church, VA, 22046. 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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