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Tomkins Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$223k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2024
21
Organizations funded FY2023
43%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 32
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$2.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Tomkins Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationEnvironmentPublic BenefitOther
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 arriving25$215k40%
FY202321$120k43%
FY202217$120k35%
FY202127$116k44%
FY202032$104k53%
FY201927$157k33%
FY201828$171k71%
FY201719$178kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$275kInternational$244kPhilanthropy$170kHuman Services$78kCivil Rights$78kEnvironment$64kPublic Benefit$59kArts & Culture$22kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
CA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX

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 53 grantees
All grantees of Tomkins Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Women Donors Network$147,93781%
University of Illinois Foundation$100,00020%
Women Thrive Worldwide (Ch 7 Bkrptcy)$96,31524%
World Pulse Voices$75,00064%
The Hamlin School$50,00040%
Kurandza$43,20267%
University of Arizona Foundation$35,00030%
Way to Rise$28,00020%
Sierra Club$27,00020%
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco$22,50040%
Powerpac Foundation$20,0001n/a
Free Speech for People Inc$20,00020%
Dairies in Developing Communities Inc$20,0001n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$19,83520%
Alliance for Youth Organizing$19,00030%
Infact DBA Corporate Accountability$15,00020%
Friends of Christ's Hospital$15,000113%
Town School for Boys$10,00020%
Kqed Inc$9,00080%
Public Citizen Inc$8,40070%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$6,00020%
Carolina Federation Fund$6,00020%
Asian Community Development Corporation$5,00010%
Equal Rights Advocates$5,00030%
The American India Foundation$5,00010%
Global Fund for Children$5,00020%
Common Cause Education Fund$5,00010%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$5,00010%
United States Association for UNHCR$4,50040%
A Jewish Voice for Peace$4,46630%
Fonkoze USA Inc$3,90040%
Rainforest Action Network$3,40030%
Friends of Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls$2,2002n/a
Forward Together$2,00010%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$1,55030%
Madre Inc$1,50020%
Great River Greening$1,03910%
Fellowship of Reconciliation Inc$1,01010%
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander$1,00010%
We Are Down Home$1,00010%
Pebble Beach Company Foundation$1,00010%
Canal Alliance$1,00010%
Urban Ecology Center Inc$1,00010%
Cispes Education Fund$5001n/a
National Womens Studies Association Inc$50010%
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees$50010%
Helpberkeley Inc$50011%
Honor the Earth$50010%
The Intercept Media Inc$40010%
PhoenixONE$2501n/a
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights$2501n/a
Choral Singers of Marin$15010%
Common Dreams Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($323k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tomkins Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWomen Donors Network: $147,937 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen Thrive Worldwide (Ch 7 Bkrptcy): $96,315 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetWorld Pulse Voices: $75,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetThe Hamlin School: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKurandza: $43,202 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWay to Rise: $28,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSierra Club: $27,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Center of San Francisco: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFree Speech for People Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $19,835 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Youth Organizing: $19,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Christ's Hospital: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTown School for Boys: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Citizen Inc: $8,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSustainable Markets Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarolina Federation Fund: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAsian Community Development Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEqual Rights Advocates: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe American India Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Fund for Children: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Organizing Project Education Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetA Jewish Voice for Peace: $4,466 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFonkoze USA Inc: $3,900 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $3,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetForward Together: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDemocracy Now Productions Inc: $1,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMadre Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreat River Greening: $1,039 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship of Reconciliation Inc: $1,010 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOrange County Asian and Pacific Islander: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWe Are Down Home: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPebble Beach Company Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanal Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Ecology Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Womens Studies Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGrantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelpberkeley Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHonor the Earth: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Intercept Media Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChoral Singers of Marin: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommon Dreams Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% 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 47.

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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.

Tides FoundationCA25.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Tomkins Family Foundation

How much does Tomkins Family Foundation give?
Tomkins Family Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $222,817 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Tomkins Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), International (20%), Philanthropy (14%).
Who are Tomkins Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Women Donors Network ($148k), University of Illinois Foundation ($100k), Women Thrive Worldwide (Ch 7 Bkrptcy) ($96k).
Does Tomkins Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Tomkins 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 Tomkins Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
Where is Tomkins Family Foundation based?
Tomkins Family Foundation is based in IL.

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 109 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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