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The Tyler Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$708k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
57
Grants FY2024
41
Organizations funded FY2023
5%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$46,394
Organizations funded a year
41 to 51
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$11M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations The Tyler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationReligionFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving57$708k21%
FY202341$615k5%
FY202245$661k2%
FY202148$621k21%
FY202051$615k14%
FY201947$684k19%
FY201842$566k29%
FY201741$646kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.8MAnimals$749kHuman Services$606kEducation$561kEnvironment$451kHousing & Shelter$303kFood & Nutrition$270kYouth Development$158kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 61 grantees
All grantees of The Tyler Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Heart Association Inc$537,59480%
The Raptor Trust$200,00082%
Last Chance Ranch Inc$185,00082%
Mylestone Equine Rescue$163,00085%
Great Swamp Watershed Association$155,00082%
Cooperative Housing Corporation$135,00083%
The Wardlaw-Hartridge School$120,00080%
Summit Speech School$115,00080%
Mane Stream Inc$108,00072%
Visions and Pathways a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$105,00071%
New Jersey Highlands Coalition$105,00083%
Americas Grow-A-Row$102,50081%
Community Hope Inc$98,00080%
Bonnie Brae$90,00050%
Literacy New Jersey Inc$88,00081%
Home For Good Dog Rescue Inc$86,50073%
The Center for Great Expectations Inc$80,00080%
YWCA of Eastern Union County Inc$80,00080%
Crossroads4hope$80,00042%
Adult Day Center of Somerset County Inc$77,50081%
Raritan Headwaters Association$77,50081%
Sage Eldercare$70,00070%
John F Kennedy Medical Center Foundation Inc$70,0003n/a
The Food Bank Network of Somerset County Inc$69,00071%
Preschool Advantage Inc$66,50081%
Midland School Inc$66,16060%
Prevention Education Inc$60,00081%
Hunterdon Land Trust$58,74081%
Neighborhood Health Services Corporation$50,00020%
New Jersey Conservation Foundation$50,00040%
The Matheny School and Hospital Inc$45,00040%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc$45,00080%
Contact We Care Inc$42,50061%
Central Jersey Housing Resource Center$40,07581%
New Jersey Audubon Society$37,50040%
Nourishnj Inc$37,00041%
Mt Pleasant Animal Shelter Inc$37,00041%
Moms Helping Moms Foundation Inc$27,50041%
Family Promise of Hunterdon County Inc$20,00022%
Plainfield City Union of the King's Daughters King's Daughters Day School$20,00011%
Midland Foundation$20,00022%
Our House Inc$19,28070%
Cancer Hope Network$19,00052%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Washington$12,50010%
Little Hill Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Alcoholics Inc$10,00020%
Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge$10,00011%
St Hubert's Giralda D/B/A St Hubert's Animal Welfare Center$10,00010%
New Jersey Shares Inc$7,50010%
Children on the Green Inc$7,00010%
Sourland Conservancy$5,00011%
Hark-Als Inc$5,00011%
Friendship Center for New Beginnings Inc$5,00013%
Franklin Township Food Bank$5,00010%
Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary$5,00011%
Morris Educational Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Freedom House$5,00010%
Happy Paws Rescue Inc$5,00015%
Somerset Children's Center Inc$5,0001n/a
Hunterdon Helpline Inc$5,00012%
Opportunity Project Inc$5,00011%
Empower Somerset Inc$4,40010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Tyler Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $537,594 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Raptor Trust: $200,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetLast Chance Ranch Inc: $185,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetMylestone Equine Rescue: $163,000 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetGreat Swamp Watershed Association: $155,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCooperative Housing Corporation: $135,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetThe Wardlaw-Hartridge School: $120,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSummit Speech School: $115,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMane Stream Inc: $108,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetVisions and Pathways a Nj Nonprofit Corporation: $105,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetNew Jersey Highlands Coalition: $105,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetAmericas Grow-A-Row: $102,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity Hope Inc: $98,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBonnie Brae: $90,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy New Jersey Inc: $88,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetHome For Good Dog Rescue Inc: $86,500 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetThe Center for Great Expectations Inc: $80,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA of Eastern Union County Inc: $80,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCrossroads4hope: $80,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetAdult Day Center of Somerset County Inc: $77,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetRaritan Headwaters Association: $77,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSage Eldercare: $70,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Food Bank Network of Somerset County Inc: $69,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPreschool Advantage Inc: $66,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetMidland School Inc: $66,160 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPrevention Education Inc: $60,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHunterdon Land Trust: $58,740 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetNeighborhood Health Services Corporation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew Jersey Conservation Foundation: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Matheny School and Hospital Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc: $45,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetContact We Care Inc: $42,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCentral Jersey Housing Resource Center: $40,075 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetNew Jersey Audubon Society: $37,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNourishnj Inc: $37,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMt Pleasant Animal Shelter Inc: $37,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMoms Helping Moms Foundation Inc: $27,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFamily Promise of Hunterdon County Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPlainfield City Union of the King's Daughters King's Daughters Day School: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMidland Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetOur House Inc: $19,280 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Hope Network: $19,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Washington: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Hill Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Alcoholics Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWoodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSt Hubert's Giralda D/B/A St Hubert's Animal Welfare Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Jersey Shares Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren on the Green Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 59.

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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.

Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ64.4× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Investors Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Ej Grassmann Trust · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Columbia Bank Foundation · The Provident Bank Foundation · Pseg Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Union Foundation · Lillian P Schenck Tw Lps Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Compare The Tyler Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to The Tyler Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Tyler Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Tyler Foundation

How much does The Tyler Foundation give?
The Tyler Foundation reported 57 grants totaling $707,663 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Tyler Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (35%), Animals (15%), Human Services (12%).
Who are The Tyler Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Heart Association Inc ($538k), The Raptor Trust ($200k), Last Chance Ranch Inc ($185k).
Does The Tyler Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Tyler Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Tyler Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, Investors Foundation Inc, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
Where is The Tyler Foundation based?
The Tyler Foundation is based in NJ.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 94 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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