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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-5174152

Tomlinson Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Boise, ID. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $30,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $627,323
  • Tax year 2024

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $623,333
  • Tax year 2023

    $31,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $625,954
  • Tax year 2022

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $628,490
  • Tax year 2021

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $623,359
  • Tax year 2020

    $20,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $419,549
  • Tax year 2019

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $421,881
  • Tax year 2018

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $413,023

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Fund educational scholarships

    $10,000
  2. Boise Public School FoundationBoise, ID

    Further charitable purpose of donee

    $4,500
  3. Ada County Sheriff Employees AssocBoise, ID

    Further charitable purpose of donee

    $3,000
  4. Dae Lou FoundationBoise, ID

    Further charitable purpose of donee

    $2,500
  5. Idaho Diaper BankMeridian, ID

    Further charitable purpose of donee

    $2,500
  6. Individual

    To further charitable purpose of donee

    $2,500
  7. Iea Childrens FundBoise, ID

    Further charitable purpose of donee

    $2,500
  8. St Lukes Childrens Cancer CenterBoise, ID

    Further charitable purpose of donee

    $1,250
  9. St Lukes Childrens HospitalBoise, ID

    Furthe charitable purpose of donee

    $1,250

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services2 grants $5,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Idaho7 grants $17,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Gregory TomlinsonPRESIDENT Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Richard J TomlinsonVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • James R TomlinsonSECRETARY Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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