Ohio · Private foundation
Tam Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $92k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $53,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $682k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Tam Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $92k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $44k | 78% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $102k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $23k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $41k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $21k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $70k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raise the Roof for the Arts | $208,350 | 8 | 14% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Sidney & Shelby County | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New Choices Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio Living Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelby County Historical Society | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pink Ribbon Good Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sidney Dance Company | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Winifred Haun & Dancers | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| The Edison Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raise the Roof for the Arts | $208,350 | 8 | 14% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Sidney & Shelby County | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New Choices Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio Living Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelby County Historical Society | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pink Ribbon Good Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sidney Dance Company | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Winifred Haun & Dancers | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| The Edison Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Compassionate Care of Shelby County Inc | $1,050 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Logan County Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilson Health Foundation | $390 | 1 | 0% |
| Elmhurst University | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($152k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tam Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Shelby County · First Bank Richmond Inc Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Tam Foundation Inc
- How much does Tam Foundation Inc give?
- Tam Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $92,155 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Tam Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Philanthropy (19%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Tam Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Raise the Roof for the Arts ($208k), Young Men's Christian Association of Sidney & Shelby County ($30k), New Choices Inc ($20k).
- Does Tam Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tam Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tam Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Shelby County, First Bank Richmond Inc Community Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Tam Foundation Inc based?
- Tam Foundation Inc is based in OH.
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