· Private foundation
Tobola Educational Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k20 grants · $58k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $29k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UW EAU CLAIRE | $17,392 |
| CVTC | $11,334 |
| UW LA CROSSE | $8,857 |
| UW RIVER FALLS | $6,997 |
| NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE | $6,491 |
| UW STOUT | $6,285 |
| NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY | $2,570 |
| UW STEVENS POINT | $2,500 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | $2,397 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS | $2,397 |
| UW - MILWAUKEE | $2,397 |
| NORTHWOOD TECHNICAL COLLEGE | $2,397 |
| COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY | $2,397 |
| RIPON COLLEGE | $2,397 |
| VITERBO UNIVERSITY | $2,100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VUVITERBO UNIVERSITY5× · 2017–2025 · $8k · revenue +11%
Cornell University2× · 2021–2022 · $7k · revenue +23%- SOST OLAF COLLEGE4× · 2018–2021 · $6k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSEone grant, 2022 · $11k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLSone grant, 2022 · $8k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIREone grant, 2022 · $8k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.
Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…
Wisconsin lutheran college is a private, four-year liberal arts college.
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 77 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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: Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc · Edwin E and Janet L Bryant Foundation Inc · Lee Griffin Scholarship Fund · Culver's Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tobola Educational Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tobola Educational Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
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