Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust Grants
Private foundation · Metairie, LA · EIN 46-7235211 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 · Latest filing: preselected organizations only
Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Metairie, LA (EIN 46-7235211). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $5.9M paid in 142 grants, with a median grant of $25K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $78.6M. Its latest 990-PF says it contributes only to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · ojtolmastrust.org
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Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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This foundation's latest 990-PF says it contributes only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: OSCAR J TOLMAS CHARITABLE TRUST
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/oscar-j-tolmas-charitable-trust-467235211
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge House Corporation | New Orleans, LA | To assist in the organization's tax exempt mission | Tax year 20242024 | $337.5K |
| Bridge House Corporation | New Orleans, LA | To assist in the organization's tax exempt mission | Tax year 20252025 | $325K |
| Children's Advocacy Center | Covington, LA | To assist in the organization's tax exempt mission | Tax year 20252025 | $200K |
| Volunteers of America Southeast La | New Orleans, LA | To assist in the organization's tax exempt mission | Tax year 20252025 | $175K |
| Community Sailing New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | To assist in the organization's tax exempt mission | Tax year 20242024 | $175K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (142 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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