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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 03-0179429

Thomas Thompson Trust

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 45 grants and $1 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending May 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Susan T Monahan
One Federal St 20th Fl
Boston, MA 02110
(978) 500-0786
Form and materials
Initial contact by phone.
Deadlines
None.
Restrictions
Grants are strictly limited to brattleboro, VT and rhinebeck, NY and their surrounding areas.

Assets and giving by year

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,001,000

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $17,394,416

  • Tax year 2023

    $912,000

    Grants listed
    40
    Assets, end of year
    $10,246,762

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,098,450

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $11,020,599

  • Tax year 2021

    $900,000

    Grants listed
    48
    Assets, end of year
    $11,683,289

  • Tax year 2020

    $861,420

    Grants listed
    46
    Assets, end of year
    $11,687,142

Grants paid in 2024

45 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Northern Duchess Hospital FoundationRhinebeck, NY

    For emergency department expansion at northern dutchess hospital

    $125,000
  2. Brattleboro Memorial HospitalBrattleboro, VT

    For healthworks act

    $100,000
  3. Brattleboro Memorial HospitalBrattleboro, VT

    For BMH clinical workforce development program

    $68,000
  4. Brattleboro Memorial HospitalBrattleboro, VT

    For windham aging project

    $50,000
  5. Groundworks CollaborativeBrattleboro, VT

    For capital campaign for foodworks & new shelter

    $50,000
  6. Rescue IncBrattleboro, VT

    For mobile simulation/operation trailer

    $50,000
  7. Windham County Dental CenterBrattleboro, VT

    For launching WCDC dental assistant training program

    $40,000
  8. Starr InstituteRhinebeck, NY

    For expansion feasibility study for starr library

    $25,000
  9. Upstate FilmsRhinebeck, NY

    For shine the starr campaign : improvements to a cultural asset

    $25,000
  10. Wilderstein PreservationRhinebeck, NY

    For carriage house project phase 2a

    $25,000
  11. Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family DevelopmentBrattleboro, VT

    For new vehicle for early learning express bookmobile program

    $25,000
  12. New England Youth TheatreBrattleboro, VT

    For next costume department upgrade

    $23,000
  13. Brattleboro Area HospiceBrattleboro, VT

    For supporting individuals with serious illnesses

    $20,000
  14. Southeast Vermont Transit IncWilmington, VT

    For sevt fy 25 annual giving fund

    $20,000
  15. St Brigid's Kitchen & PantryBrattleboro, VT

    For next generation project

    $20,000
  16. Bonnyvale Environmental Education CenterBrattleboro, VT

    For increasing access to nature explorers youth program

    $15,000
  17. Brattleboro Recreation and Parks - Town of BrattleboroBrattleboro, VT

    For building pickleball courts for brattleboro community and beyond

    $15,000
  18. Community Action Partnership for Dutchess County IncPoughkeepsie, NY

    For red hook central school district family relief fund

    $15,000
  19. Community Action Partnership for Dutchess County IncPoughkeepsie, NY

    For rhinebeck schools family contingency fund

    $15,000
  20. Cultureconnect IncRhinebeck, NY

    For community connect and youth programming

    $15,000
  21. Ethiopian Community Development CouncilBrattleboro, VT

    For launching edcvt shuttle service for resettled families

    $15,000
  22. Green Mountain Camp for Girls IncDummerston, VT

    For launching leaders program

    $15,000
  23. Rhinebeck Community Nursery SchoolRhinebeck, NY

    For expanding enrichment & technology project

    $15,000
  24. Rhinebeck Performing Arts IncRhinebeck, NY

    For fundraising matching grant

    $15,000
  25. River Gallery SchoolBrattleboro, VT

    For refugee art fund

    $15,000
  26. Turning Point of Windham CountyBrattleboro, VT

    For turning point emergency operational support

    $15,000
  27. Vermont Food BankBarre, VT

    For fiscal year 2025 support of windham county youth programs

    $15,000
  28. Ramapo for Children IncRhinebeck, NY

    For camp scholarship assistance

    $13,000
  29. Brattleboro Area Affordable Housing CorporationBrattleboro, VT

    For demand-driven program expansion

    $12,000
  30. Edible BrattleboroBrattleboro, VT

    For building local food sovereignty and resilence project

    $10,000
  31. Ferncliff Nursing HomeRhinebeck, NY

    For child care center

    $10,000
  32. Insight Photography ProjectBrattleboro, VT

    For accessibility to the photographic arts

    $10,000
  33. Next Stage Arts ProjectPutney, VT

    For 15th anniversary commemoration

    $10,000
  34. Prevent Child Abuse VTMontpelier, VT

    For supporting schools in windham county to provide empircally based child sexual abuse prevention education (specs)

    $10,000
  35. Red Hook Responds IncRed Hook, NY

    For dinner delivery program

    $10,000
  36. Rhinebeck Historical Society IncRhinebeck, NY

    For the rhinebeck gazette digitalization project

    $10,000
  37. The Governors Institute of VermontWinooski, VT

    For academic enrichment & career exploration for windham county/brattleboro high school students

    $10,000
  38. The HatchBrattleboro, VT

    For pilotiing vermont works for women trailblazers trades training program in southern vermont

    $10,000
  39. The Red Hook Daily Catch IncRed Hook, NY

    For expansion of coverage in rhinbeck NY

    $10,000
  40. Estey Organ Museum IncBrattleboro, VT

    For installation of heating/cooling system

    $5,000
  41. Hudson Valley Hospice FoundationPoughkeepsie, NY

    For capital campaign for hudson valley hospice house

    $5,000
  42. Interaction for Building A Positive CommunityBrattleboro, VT

    For bolstering brattleboro youth council- collaboration, capacity-building and communication

    $5,000
  43. Out in the OpenBrattleboro, VT

    For general operations for out in the open

    $5,000
  44. Reach Out and Read IncBoston, MA

    For windham county RX for success

    $5,000
  45. The Vermont Symphony OrchestraBurlington, VT

    For musicians in schools and jukebox: heavy metal strings

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Health5 grants $308,00052% of the total
  2. Arts and culture8 grants $95,00016% of the total
  3. Education4 grants $60,00010% of the total
  4. Human services4 grants $50,0008% of the total
  5. Public affairs1 grant $20,0003% of the total
  6. Mental health1 grant $15,0003% of the total
  7. 4 other causes4 grants $48,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Vermont29 grants $663,000
  2. New York15 grants $333,000
  3. Massachusetts1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Michael F O'ConnellTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0
  • Susan T MonahanTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $47,397
  • Ellen M HarringtonTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0

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