Funding search · EIN 522284151 · Albany, NY

The Tombros Foundation

Name: The Tombros Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

40
grants reported: $2.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $11,050
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Penn State University4 grants · $1.8M
Bps Foundation2 grants · $285,000
One Mind2 grants · $67,000
Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society3 grants · $60,100
Deer Valley Ymca Family Camp2 grants · $50,000
Hospital for Special Surgery4 grants · $42,000
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania2 grants · $32,600
Special Olympics Pennsylvania4 grants · $27,000
Bridge To a Cure2 grants · $27,000
Penn State Dance Marathon1 grant · $26,000

Giving over time

$527,000

2022

$932,400

2023

$630,200

2024

$485,000

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$552,200
Penn State University · University Park, PA · 2023
General
$450,200
Penn State University · University Park, PA · 2024
General
$414,500
Penn State University · State College, PA · 2022
General Charitable Purposes
$387,000
Penn State University · University Park, PA · 2025
General
$225,000
Bps Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
general
$65,000
One Mind · Rutherford, CA · 2025
General
$60,000
Bps Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
general
$30,100
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania · State College, PA · 2023
General
$30,000
Deer Valley Ymca Family Camp · Fort Hill, PA · 2023
general
$26,000
Penn State Dance Marathon · University Park, PA · 2022
General Charitable Purposes
$25,000
Americares Free Clinic · Stamford, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society · Rowayton, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society · Rowayton, CT · 2022
General Charitable Purposes
$24,000
Success With Honor · State College, PA · 2023
general
$22,000
Nittany Lion Wrestling Club · State College, PA · 2023
General
$22,000
Bridge To a Cure · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General Charitable Purposes
$20,000
Deer Valley Ymca Family Camp · Fort Hill, PA · 2024
general
$15,000
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania · State College, PA · 2025
General
$15,000
Nurturing Minds · Newtonville, MA · 2023
general
$12,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,100
Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society · Rowayton, CT · 2023
General
$10,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania · State College, PA · 2024
General
$10,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2022
General Charitable Purposes
$10,000
Nittany Lion Wrestling Club · State College, PA · 2022
General Charitable Purposes
$10,000
Stamford Ems · Stamford, TX · 2022
General Charitable Purposes
$7,000
Mount Nittany Health Foundation · State College, PA · 2024
General
$7,000
Special Olympics Pennsylvania · Norristown, PA · 2024
General
$7,000
Special Olympics Pennsylvania · Norristown, PA · 2023
General
$7,000
Special Olympics Pennsylvania · Norristown, PA · 2022
General Charitable Purposes
$6,000
Special Olympics Pennsylvania · Norristown, PA · 2025
General
$5,000
Mental Health Collaborative · Hopkinton, MA · 2024
General
$5,000
Penn State Women'S Volleyball Booster Club · State College, PA · 2024
General
$5,000
Bridge To a Cure · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General
$3,000
Karli Short Better Tomorrow Foundation · Edgewater, NJ · 2024
General
$2,500
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania · State College, PA · 2022
General Charitable Purposes
$2,000
Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General
$2,000
One Mind · Rutherford, CA · 2024
General
$1,000
Saint Catherine Center for Special Needs · Fairfield, CT · 2024
General

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