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The Tkbw Private Foundation

Holland, OH · EIN 34-1903674. Reported 291 grants totalling $1,322,100 to 89 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,322,100granted, 2021-2024
89recipients, as named on its returns
88%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,411,270assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Tkbw Private Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $600 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
111 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
173 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC$27,500442024
Habitat for Humanity Maumee ValleyMaumee, OH$27,000442024
Progeria Research FoundationReabody, MA$25,000442024
Toledo Area Humane SocietyMaumee, OH$25,000442024
The Heritage FoundationWashington, DC$24,000442024
The Victory CenterToledo, OH$24,000542024
Alzheimer's AssociationToledo, OH$20,000442024
Ashbrook CenterAshland, OH$20,000442024
Buckeye InstituteColumbus, OH$20,000442024
Capital Research CenterWashington, DC$20,000442024
Heartbeat of ToledoToledo, OH$20,000442024
Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, MI$20,000442024
Hospice of NwoPerrysburg, OH$20,000442024
Humane OhioToledo, OH$20,000442024
Intrepid Fallen Heroes FundNew York, NY$20,000442024
Kidney Foundation Nw OhioToledo, OH$20,000442024
Lymphoma Research FoundationNew York, NY$20,000442024
Mackinac Center for Public PolicyMidland, MI$20,000442024
Media Research CenterReston, VA$20,000442024
Operation Blessing InternationalVirginia Beach, VA$20,000442024
St Judes HospitalMemphis, TN$20,000442024
State Policy NetworkArlington, VA$20,000442024
The Daughter ProjectPerrysburg, OH$20,000442024
The Salvation ArmyToledo, OH$20,000442024
Tunnel to Tower FoundationNew York, NY$20,000442024
AmericaresStanford, CT$19,000442024
Judicial Watch on StrayerWashington, DC$19,000442024
Moving Picture InstituteNew York, NY$19,000442024
Nightingale HarvestToledo, OH$19,000442024
The Ability CenterSylvania, OH$19,000442024
The Fund for American StudiesWashington, DC$19,000442024
The Leadership InstituteArlington, VA$19,000442024
Young America's FoundationReston, VA$19,000442024
American Legislative Exchange CouncilArlington, VA$18,000442024
Cherry Street MissionToledo, OH$18,000442024
Fisher HouseRockville, MD$18,000442024
Institute for JusticeArlington, VA$18,000442024
Institute of Humane StudiesArlington, VA$18,000442024
Mercatus Center George Mason UniversityArlington, VA$18,000442024
Sunshine CommunityMaumee, OH$18,000442024
The Gary Sinise FoundationStudio City, CA$18,000442024
Toledo Seagate Food BankToledo, OH$18,000442024
Wounded Warrior ProjectTopeka, KS$18,000442024
ManahanToledo, OH$17,000442024
Open Door MinistryToledo, OH$17,000442024
Toledo Lucas County CarenetToledo, OH$17,000442024
Advocating OpportunityToledo, OH$16,500442024
Ohana ProjectToledo, OH$16,500442024
Bethany HouseToledo, OH$16,000442024
Bgsu FoundationBowling Green, OH$16,000332024
Lilly Creek FarmsDefiance, OH$16,000442024
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$15,000332023
Eisenhower FoundationAbilene, KS$15,000332024
Natures NurseryBoone, NC$15,000332024
Cato InstituteWashington, DC$14,000442024
Toledo Szeged CommitteeToledo, OH$14,000442024
Center for Urban Renewal & EducationWashington, DC$13,000442024
United Way of Greater ToledoToledo, OH$13,000332023
Aurora Project IncToledo, OH$12,000442024
The CocoonBowling Green, OH$12,000332024
American Council on Science & HealNey York, NY$11,000332024
American Red CrossToledo, OH$10,000222022
Evergreen Athletic DepartmentMetamora, OH$10,000112024
Rattle the Starsbella VitaToledo, OH$10,000112023
Foundation for Economic EducationAtlanta, GA$9,000332023
Imagination StationToledo, OH$9,000222022
ImpactMonclova, OH$9,000332024
The USOWashington, DC$9,000222023
Foundation for LifeToledo, OH$8,500332024
Monclova Christian AcademyMonclova, OH$8,500222024
Anthony Wayne EducationWaterville, OH$8,000222022
Beach House Family ShelterToledo, OH$8,000222022
Citizens Against Government WasteWashington, DC$8,000222024
Competive Enterprise InstituteWashington, DC$8,000222024
National Legal and Policy CenterFort Royal, VA$8,000222024
The Clairmont InstituteClairmont, CA$8,000222024
Pacific Legal FoundationSacramento, CA$7,000222024
Toledo Day NurseryToledo, OH$7,000222024
Moms House of ToledoToledo, OH$6,000222022
The Church on StrayerMaumee, OH$6,000222022
The Pregnancy Center of ToledoToledo, OH$6,000222022
Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food BankToledo, OH$6,000222022
Monclova Road Baptist Church and AcademyMonclova, OH$5,000112023
Monclova Historical FoundationMonclova, OH$4,100442024
FirePhiladelphia, PA$4,000112023
Bella Viti NetworkToledo, OH$3,000112023
Operation Underground RailroadDenver, CO$3,000112023
The Lararus ExperienceHolland, OH$2,500112021
Operation Clean DudsArchbold, OH$1,000112024

81 of 89 (91%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 88%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 137 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Human Services
19 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
18 grants
Arts & Culture
17 grants
Education
15 grants
Civil Rights
11 grants
Animal Welfare
8 grants
Community Improvement
8 grants
Health Care
8 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202168$290,000$4,000
202275$362,000$5,000
202377$351,000$5,000
202471$319,100$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

50% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Ohio
$659K
Virginia
$178K
District of Columbia
$134K
New York
$105K
North Carolina
$42K
Michigan
$40K
Kansas
$33K
California
$33K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund26 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc25 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program21 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc20 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust16 shared recipientsToledo Community Foundation Inc15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Tkbw Private Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 8007 Airport Hwy B, Holland, OH, 43528. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 34-1903674 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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