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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “tolbert”
Where the money went
Met FoundationIndianapolis, IN
6 matching grants · $39,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER NASHVILLE — general operations - the brian and amanda tolbert family
Largest: $3,421 to KYLER TOLBERT — college scholarship
Largest: $110,000 to DEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — tolbert ophthalmology/general
Largest: $100,000 to Caroline Tolbert — as a 2021 andrew carnegie fellow for the project, "nationalizing accessible elections: what happens when the mailbox becomes the ballot box?"
Boynton Beach Firefighter Benevolent AssocBoynton Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $12,000 · through 2024Largest: $12,000 to LORRAINE TOLBERT — help with medical expenses for a fellow firefighter.
Largest: $3,270 to K Tolbert — scholarship grant
Arg Cultivators CommunityMesa, AZCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to CHATEAU TOLBERT SERVICES CORPORATIO — disparity gap for minority businesses
Largest: $6,000 to CHRIS TOLBERT — promote healthy, hopeful, and positive messaging to college and university students
Largest: $2,707 to ABBIE TOLBERT — scholarship to fuller theological seminary
Backpack Buddies Foundation of LoudounLeesburg, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $6,840 · through 2022Largest: $6,840 to JOHN W TOLBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — funding for purchase of food
Dc Or NothingWashington, DC
1 matching grant · $6,120 · through 2022Largest: $6,120 to Roy Tolbert — stipend provided
Largest: $4,000 to JAZZMYN TOLBERT — educator of the year award
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →