Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Tolson Family Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $83k
- Granted FY2019
- 7
- Grants FY2019
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 20% of the organizations Tolson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 5 | $60k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $117k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc | $133,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Capitol Hill Day School | $53,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Fight for Children Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Potomac School | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barracks Row Main Street Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc | $133,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Capitol Hill Day School | $53,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Fight for Children Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Potomac School | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barracks Row Main Street Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Washington County Incorporated | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fighting Viking Football Family | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tolson Family Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Tolson Family Foundation
- How much does Tolson Family Foundation give?
- Tolson Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $82,629 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Tolson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Human Services (49%), Education (21%), Religion (17%).
- Who are Tolson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc ($133k), Capitol Hill Day School ($53k), Fight for Children Inc ($30k).
- Does Tolson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tolson Family Foundation 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 Tolson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Network for Good, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Tolson Family Foundation based?
- Tolson Family Foundation is based in DC.
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