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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-2284151

The Tombros Foundation

A private foundation in Albany, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $485,000 paid in grants.

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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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $485,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $7,650,992

  • Tax year 2024

    $630,200

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $7,633,310

  • Tax year 2023

    $932,400

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $7,793,520

  • Tax year 2022

    $527,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $8,615,964

  • Tax year 2021

    $604,100

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $8,635,809

  • Tax year 2020

    $854,250

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $8,231,745

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,103,600

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $8,858,628

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Penn State UniversityUniversity Park, PA

    General

    $387,000
  2. One MindRutherford, CA

    General

    $65,000
  3. Discovery Space of Central PennsylvaniaState College, PA

    General

    $15,000
  4. Hospital for special surgeryNew York, NY

    General

    $10,000
  5. Special Olympics PennsylvaniaNorristown, PA

    General

    $6,000
  6. Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society IncBrooklyn, NY

    General

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $15,00056% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $10,00037% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $2,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania3 grants $408,000
  2. California1 grant $65,000
  3. New York2 grants $12,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Peter G TombrosDirector Hours 35Pay $54,437
  • Ann C TombrosDirector Hours 35Pay $54,437
  • Rodney P KirschDirector Hours 2Pay $4,736
  • John NovogrodDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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