The Thomas E Hall Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954788906
IRS 990-PF coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Barrington, NH, USA
Phone
5627069651
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$663,301
Expenses
$595,057

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Private Grantmaking Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 8 grants totaling $36,015. The stated grant purpose was unconditional.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 83
  • Cost Efficiency: 6
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 93

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 6; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 36.37; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 82.8% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 93th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 6/100.