Skip to content
Tomkat Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Tomkat Foundation

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.

$88k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$218kEducation$186kHuman Services$74kReligion$61kPhilanthropy$50kHousing & Shelter$46kCrime & Legal$40kEmployment$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$930k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONNECTICUT PUBLC BROADCASTING NETW$25,000
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CT JOINING JES$10,000
ST MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$8,000
STONEHILL COLLEGE FUND$5,000
HOUR CHILDREN$5,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF E CT$5,000
WELLESLEY COLLEGE$5,000
MYSTIC SEAPORT$5,000
LA GRUA CENTER$3,000
ALWAYS HOME$3,000
THE WARM CENTER$2,500
NEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING$2,500
MYSTIC & NOANK PUBLIC LIBRARY$2,000
CHRISTOPHER & DANA REEVE FOUNDATION$2,000
COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $115k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOUR CHILDREN: $6k → 13%EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $3k → 17%COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE: $15k → 20%NOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SVC INC: $2k → 9%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $3k → 7%HOUR CHILDREN: $5k → 13%NOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SVC INC: $2k → 9%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $3k → 7%HOUR CHILDREN: $5k → 13%COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE: $15k → 20%NOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SVC INC: $2k → 9%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $3k → 7%HOUR CHILDREN: $5k → 13%COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE: $10k → 20%NOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SVC INC: $2k → 9%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $3k → 7%HOUR CHILDREN: $5k → 13%NOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SVC INC: $2k → 9%HOUR CHILDREN: $4k → 13%NOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SVC INC: $2k → 9%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $2k → 7%HOUR CHILDREN: $5k → 13%NOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SVC INC: $2k → 9%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $2k → 7%HOUR CHILDREN: $5k → 13%NOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SVC INC: $2k → 9%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $1k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$672k · 19 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
8

Total granted

$672k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+16%

Still filing today

47%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEducationHealthEmploymentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WC
    Wellesley College
    9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +63%
  • MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $44k · revenue +31%
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $40k · revenue +281%

Funded once

  • F
    FARESTART
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -42%
  • PS
    PARK SLOPE CHRISTIAN HELP
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Womens Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties

The women's resource center empowers survivors by providing trauma-informed services with equity and compassion while working collaboratively with the community to eliminate the root causes of interpersonal abuse.

Human Services
2
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc

The connecticut institute for refugees and immigrants, inc. (ciri) is a statewide nonprofit organization that assists refugees and immigrants resolve legal, economic, linguistic and social barriers so that they become self-sufficient,…

—
3
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
4
Primo Center for Women & Children

For more than 45 years, primo center has empowered families experiencing homelessness to become productive, responsible, and independent members of their community.

Education
5
Wayside House Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.

—
6
Community Solutions Inc

Positively impacting the lives of our clients and their communities by providing services that facilitate skill development, enhance responsible citizenship, and increase overall well-being.

Health
7
The Childrens Home Society of New Jersey

The mission of the children's home society of new jersey is to save children's lives and build healthy families. chs provides at-risk children and their families with a range of culturally sensitive social services that strengthen, support…

Human Services
8
Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development Inc

The mission of the women's institute is to promote economic resilience and stable homes by developing and preserving high quality affordable and supportive housing, with an emphasis on under-served populations.

—
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Crossroads Rhode Island

The core mission of the organization is to assist homeless or at-risk individuals and families secure stable homes. this is accomplished by providing a range of services including housing, basic needs, shelter, case management, referrals,…

Human Services
11
Family Service of Rhode Island Inc

Family service of rhode island's (fsri) mission is to advance equity, opportunity, and hope in our communities. we believe all children and families have limitless potential. but for those growing up surrounded by poverty, family…

Human Services
12
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Westerly Area Rest Meals (Warm) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alliance for Mystic River Watershed. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONNECTICUT PUBLC BROADCASTING NETW: $142,000 · OtherCONNECTICUT PUBLC BROADCASTING NETWCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF E CT: $65,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF E CTSTONEHILL COLLEGE FUND: $50,000 · OtherSTONEHILL COLLEGE FUNDBROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherBROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOLEPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CT JOINING JES: $30,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CT JOINING JESLA GRUA CENTER: $23,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL CHURCH IN JOINING JESUS: $20,000 · OtherMYSTIC & NOANK PUBLIC LIBRARY: $18,500 · Other+9 more: $54,000 · Other+9 moreCOMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HELP IN…HOUR CHILDREN INC: $39,500 · Human ServicesHOUR CHILDREN INCOCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $17,000 · Human ServicesOCEAN COMMUNITY Y…NOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesNOANK COMMUNITY S…+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC: $43,500 · Arts & CultureTrinity Repertory Company: $7,500 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKS: $2,000 · Arts & CultureWellesley College: $45,000 · EducationALWAYS HOME INC: $27,000 · Housing & ShelterWESTERLY AREA REST MEALS (WARM) INC: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterFARESTART: $25,000 · EmploymentCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $17,000 · Health
Other$452,500Human Services$115,000Arts & Culture$53,000Education$45,000Housing & Shelter$29,500Employment$25,000Health$17,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWellesley College: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC: $43,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHOUR CHILDREN INC: $39,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALWAYS HOME INC: $27,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetFARESTART: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $17,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTrinity Repertory Company: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERLY AREA REST MEALS (WARM) INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED: $1,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budget
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.

  • Who funds Wellesley College ↗
  • Who funds MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds ALWAYS HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds FARESTART ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds NOANK COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Trinity Repertory Company ↗
  • Who funds EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds WESTERLY AREA REST MEALS (WARM) INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ↗

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.

The Champlin Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Champlin FoundationPA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Champlin Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Tomkat Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tomkat Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • Noank Community Support Services Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 30 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Tomkat’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home